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"Obviously the cottonwood areas could be affected," said Steve Jones, watershed protection program attorney for the Wyoming Outdoors Council in Lander.— Forbes.com: News
But instead of placing his characters in smoky bars filled with lonely regulars and love-torn sad-sacks, Westerberg now sings about meeting his beloved in a meadow, "where the cottonwood is rustling in the trees," or focuses on defending the unalienable "Right to Arm Bears."— Riverfront Times | Complete Issue
The picture within the cavity in the great cottonwood was a pleasant one to contemplate.— The Black Phantom
For it is a "cottonwood"--a species not found elsewhere upon the same plain; its seed no doubt transported thither by some straying bird.— The Death Shot A Story Retold

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