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Interview:
With Daniel Ballnik, Ford Environmental Control Engineer on August 16, 2005 and November 22, 2005.
Footnotes:
1. Mozingo, p. 52
2. Homeowner survey from Watershed Protection Techniques.
3. The National Xeriscape Council
4. Westerholm, Roger. Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, June 1, 2001, http://greengrasscutters.com
5. "Office Sprawl", p. 8.
6. USA Today, 10/31/2001