The celebrated artist Andrea Bowers grew up in Ohio on Lake Erie. Her exhibit at MoCa makes a case that the lake and its tributaries possess the legal rights to “Exist, Flourish and Evolve.”
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The Army Corps of Engineers Wants to Dredge the Cape Fear River. Environmentalists Tally the Costs.
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