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Acidification Impairing Upper Mulberry River, Scientist Says

Philip Moore stands in front several Mulberry River displays inside his USDA Agricultural Research Service water quality lab.
J. Froelich
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Philip Moore stands in front of several Mulberry River displays inside his USDA Agricultural Research Service water quality lab.

Levels of pH in the Mulberry River are plummeting. For the past several years a team of researchers led by USDA Agricultural Research Service scientist Philip Moore has been trying to sort out why. Moore, a river property owner, is also an active member of the Mulberry River Society which is working to conserve and improve the watershed.

Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative reporter and news producer for Ozarks at Large.
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