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Untangoing The Trade Mess
In 2004, Canadian companies earned about $5.7 billion (U.S.) selling softwood into the United States. American consumers of framing lumber and wood siding spent about $7 billion to purchase that same lumber. The difference, approximately $1.3 billion, went into the pockets of the U.S. Customs Service, adding to a stack of cash (now totaling more than $5 billion) that the United States has been collecting at the border since 2002.
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Water-Smart Landscapes
Over the past two decades, homeowners in arid parts of the United States have been quietly yanking out their thirsty Kentucky bluegrass lawns, replacing them with drought-tolerant turf such as tall fescue and buffalo grass, and surrounding them with stands of poppies, bellflowers, and bee balm whose lushness and color belie their scant need for water. It's part of a movement called xeriscape, from
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