Grassroots group restores creeks in Southeast
“We’re not trying to create something that’s new, we’re trying to put it back the way it would be if it wasn’t logged in the first place.”
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Tag: Pat’s Creek
Borough and local tribe push back on state’s plan to relocate lead-contaminated soil to Pat’s Creek
The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation began the cleanup efforts last spring. Now, the borough and Wrangell Cooperative Association are pushing back on this relocation plan.
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Residents question state about soil-disposal plan
State officials apologized to Wrangell residents this week for the controversy surrounding plans to store contaminated soil near a popular recreation area. They also said they’d move the nearly 20,000 cubic yards of lead-laced material out of town if they could.
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Old junkyard’s lead-laced soil to be stored near Pat’s Creek
Some Wrangell residents are opposing a state plan to store contaminated soil near a popular recreation area. But officials say it’s safe and they’re coming to the Southeast Alaska city to explain why.
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