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- ↑ "Environmental lawyer to lead resource agency". The Lexington Herald-Leader . December 20, 1991. p. A1.
- 1 2 Higdon, Greg (July 27, 2006). "Interview with Charles Gregory Higdon, July 27, 2006" (Interview). Interviewed by Catherine Herdman. Frankfort, Kentucky: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History . Retrieved June 6, 2024.
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