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**FILE** Chickens peck at flowers, recycle plant waste and provide manure for the gardens inside a fenced-in enclosure at the Illinois governor's mansion Friday, May 9, 2014, in Springfield, Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

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Herman Lewis, master gardener and chief chicken tender for the Illinois governors mansion, feeds eight chickens that peck at flowers, recycle plant waste and provide manure for the gardens inside a fenced-in enclosure at the mansion, Friday, May 9, 2014, in Springfield, Ill. They're part of an ongoing sustainability effort championed by Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

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Herman Lewis, the mansion's master gardener and chief chicken tender, holds one of eight chickens that peck at flowers, recycle plant waste and provide manure for the gardens inside a fenced-in enclosure at the Illinois governor's mansion Friday, May 9, 2014, in Springfield, Ill. They're part of an ongoing sustainability effort championed by Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

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Juvenile tagged salmon are released into the Columbia River below Rock Island Dam near Rock Island, Wash., on Tuesday, May 6, 2014. Grant County PUD is using a helicopter to reduce the time it takes to transport the fish and release them in the center of the river to track their movements through Wanapum and Priest Rapids dams. (AP Photo/The Wenatchee World, Mike Bonnicksen)

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Juvenile tagged salmon are released into the Columbia River below Rock Island Dam near Rock Island, Wash., on Tuesday, May 6, 2014. Grant County PUD is using a helicopter to reduce the time it takes to transport the fish and release them in the center of the river to track their movements through Wanapum and Priest Rapids dams. (AP Photo/The Wenatchee World, Mike Bonnicksen)