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How a levee breach in Dogtooth Bend, Illinois, impacted farmers in the area

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Chronic flooding has forced people in southern Illinois to return farmland to the Mississippi’s floodplain, and to reflect on what it means to live with the river.

Here & Now‘s Chris Bentley reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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Chris Bentley

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