The sad thing is that if they spent that same money toward preserving REAL
rainforests it might actually have some real benefit to the world.

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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WHY has Congress approved a rain forest for Iowa? It doesn't make any
sense...

No one here knows. This lame-brained idea has been proposed as an
environmental and educational tool by a wealthy businessman from Des
Moines.
He's been shopping the idea around for four or five years now, with little
success or interest from local developers.