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Water is life, and clean water means health. ~Audrey Hepburn
or sightsee here again is a joy.” The Fox River Cleanup Project, a multi-year effort cover- ing 13 miles that began in 2009, reduces the health and environmental risks from poly- chlorinated biphenyls (PCB) in the sediment. Lake Winnebago, source of the lower
Fox River, is currently stewarded under the 2000 Lake Sturgeon Management Plan. Recent meetings have sought citizen input for updates in managing sturgeon stock. In Athens County, Ohio, Michelle
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reeks, streams and rivers flow into ponds, lakes and oceans, carrying pollution. Keeping large bodies of water clean starts with local waterways. As awareness of this need rises, some
rivers in Africa, India, New Zealand and elsewhere are being protected and recog- nized as living entities, with rights, values and the legal status of people. While court cases brought by commercial interests
are challenging such decisions, progress continues on many fronts.
Cleanup Success Stories “The Fox River’s been our treasure since Na- tive Americans paddled there,” says Barbara Smits, part-owner of Old Northwest Frontier Tours, provider of self-guided auto, bicycle and walking tours via eBook, in De Pere, Wisconsin. “To see people sail, boat, ice fish
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Shively, in Trimble, is Sunday Creek’s watershed coordinator. “Every minute, 850 to 1,000 gallons of polluted water from an underground mine pool flows into the creek, turning the water orange from iron waste. Once the iron is removed, you need to do something with it,” she says. Guy Riefler, Ph.D., an associate professor of civil engineering, and John Sabraw, professor of art and chair of a painting and drawing program, both with Ohio University, in Athens, found a way to wash, dry and pulverize recovered iron. It will be sold to Gamblin Artists Colors to make oil paints for artists in mustardy ochre, rusty red and violet tones. Not yet widely available, 500 sample tubes of Reclaimed Earth Violet were featured at an initial fundraiser. “Cleaning water is expensive, but now we’ve turned the problem into a method
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