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In this July 2, 2015 photo, Alyssum Pohl, a Lexington native and University of Kentucky graduate, kayaks down the Mississippi River near Bemidji, Minn. Pohl, a 2004 biology grad and former Gaines Fellow, began her source-to-sea trip June 27 in Lake Itasca, Minn., and will take about three months to arrive at the Gulf of Mexico near New Orleans. (Alyssum Pohl via AP)
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