The wavy line "Missouri is proud of its waterways. On our license plate, a wavy blue line appears under the state name. The line symbolizes the state's many bodies of water--rivers, streams and lakes. But what are we doing to those waterways? In many cases, their only value seems to be as a conduit for wastes."

---Jim Auckly, from his article "The Clean Water Crew"/Missouri Conservationist Online/2004

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