MARSH LIFE BEGINS ANEW
WETLANDS RESTORATION
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
Scooping up a heaping load of black mud, an excavator ripped through a 100-year old earthen barrier between the Napa River and a 1,400-acre swath of former salt ponds Wednesday afternoon, marking the final step in one of the largest wetlands restoration projects in U.S. history.
Several years from now, migratory birds, native grasses, salmon and steelhead are expected to ply the briny marshes, along with human visitors drawn to its hiking trails, duck stands and boating channels, experts say.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT OF THE YEAR
ASCE Sacramento Section
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Rio Vista Chamber of Commerce
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SOMETIMES IT TAKES A VILLAGE
RIVER NEWS-HERALD & ISLETON JOURNAL
D.H. White Elementary School's original playground had been caught among ever tightening school budgetary constraints, new federal safety regulations for playgrounds, and the increased demand by the projected growth of the school. The School Insurance Authority mandated that the old playground be removed by the end of last December.
Replacing and expanding the outdated playground has been the primary focus of the D.H. White's Parent Teacher's Club and its President Julie Kelly. The latest push, chiefly orchestrated by Kelly, has marshaled enough resources that a new and greatly expanded playground should be completed "within a month or two," she told the River News-Herald last week.
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