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Public meeting in South Park: EPA, Ecology, the Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition, the Lower Duwamish Waterway Group, and other partners hosted an open house and public meeting on November 29, 2007, to provide information about the six-year study of pollution in the Duwamish River.
Signs welcome the public in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese.
Photo credit: EPA, November 29, 2007 | 
Gary Palcisko, Washington Department of Health, surveys the standing-room-only crowd of about 300 or more people.
Photo credit: EPA, November 29, 2007 | 
Kathy Godtfredsen, Windward Environmental, describes where the study found pollution in the river mud.
Photo credit: EPA, November 29, 2007 |
Duwamish River Festival in South Park: EPA, Ecology, the Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition, the Lower Duwamish Waterway Group and others held a festival on August 13, 2005, to provide information and involve the community in the cleanup.
Flyers in English and Spanish inviting people to the festival
photo credit: Ecology, August 2005 | 
Grechen Schmidt and Cindy Schuster of EPA welcoming people to the festival
photo credit: Ecology, August 2005 | 
Informative and colorful festival displays stretching across the park grounds
photo credit: Ecology, August 2005 |
Festival visitor reading about sediment at the Ecology display
photo credit: Ecology, August 2005 | 
Lower Duwamish Waterway Group display showing equipment used for river work
photo credit: Ecology, August 2005 | 
Displays providing information about preventing pollution
photo credit: Ecology, August 2005 |
Children watching King County’s Bert the Salmon
photo credit: Ecology, August 2005 | 
Duwamish Tribal Chair Cecile Hansen and others dancing at the festival
photo credit: Ecology, August 2005 | 
Duwamish tribal children dancing for the festival
photo credit: Ecology, August 2005 |
Local disc jockey playing Hispanic background music for the festival
photo credit: Ecology, August 2005 | 
Showing off face painting and talking with friendly community police officers
photo credit: Ecology, August 2005 | 
Learning about the river on a kayak tour organized by the Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition and led by Rick Huey of Ecology
photo credit: Ecology, August 2005 |
Terminal 117 Meeting in South Park: Over one hundred people attended an open house and meeting about Terminal 117 on March 15, 2005.
Beth Stipek of Ecology interpreting the opening of the meeting into Spanish
photo credit: EPA on March 15, 2005. | 
EPA Project Manager Ravi Sanga answering a question about the cleanup proposal for Terminal 117
photo credit: EPA on March 15, 2005. | 
South Park community member speaking about the cleanup proposal for Terminal 117
photo credit: EPA on March 15, 2005. |
Community Meeting in South Park: EPA, Ecology, and other partners on the Lower Duwamish Waterway site worked together to hold an open house and meeting in South Park on October 21, 2004.
Musician, arranged by the Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition, playing before the meeting
photo credit: EPA, October 2004 | 
Dennis Clark, of Green/Duwamish & Central Puget Sound Watershed, explaining an open house exhibit
photo credit: EPA, October 2004 | 
Over 200 people listening to updates on the Lower Duwamish Waterway site
photo credit: EPA, October 2004 |
EPA Project Manager Allison Hiltner giving an update on the investigation of contamination in the waterway
photo credit: EPA, October 2004 | 
EPA Project Manager Ravi Sanga giving an update on cleanup activities in the Slip 4 and Terminal 117 areas
photo credit: EPA, October 2004 | 
Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition providing a response to agencies' updates on control of pollution sources
photo credit: EPA, October 2004 |
Salmon Sampling: On May 12 and 13, 2003, young chinook salmon were collected from the Lower Duwamish Waterway so that their tissue could be tested for chemical contamination. photo credit: Peter Heltzel, SAIC
Getting ready to sample, south of Slip 4 | 
Hauling in the net, north of Slip 4 | 
Hauling in the net, near Diagonal Ave. S |
Removing fish from the net, south of Slip 4 | 
Removing fish from the net, near Diagonal Ave. S | 
Wild juvenile chinook salmon in net |
Lower Duwamish Waterway Area: Important uses of the Lower Duwamish Waterway area include housing, recreation, fishing, shipping, industry, and wildlife habitat.
Houses on the waterway in South Park
photo credit: EPA, May 2002 | 
Boats at South Park Marina
photo credit: EPA, May 2002 | 
Fishing from east bank of waterway
photo credit: NOAA |
Turning basin for ships at south end of Lower Duwamish Waterway
photo credit: EPA, May 2002 | 
Metals recycling business on east bank of waterway
photo credit: NOAA | 
Boeing airplane parts manufacturing plant on east bank of waterway
photo credit: EPA, May 2002 |
EPA and Ecology in the Community: EPA, Ecology, and our partners on the Lower Duwamish Waterway site invite the community to be involved in the cleanup
EPA and Ecology project managers talking to students at a waterway restoration site
photo credit: EPA, March 2001 | 
Agencies listening to concerns at Community Coalition for Environmental Justice office
photo credit: EPA, July 2002 | 
Agencies touring the Duwamish area with Community Coalition for Environmental Justice
photo credit: EPA, July 2002 |
Public viewing exhibits at open house before meeting hosted by EPA and Ecology
photo credit: EPA, August 2002 | 
Community members and others listening to speakers at public meeting
photo credit: EPA, August 2002 | 
Panel answering questions at public meeting
photo credit: EPA, August 2002 |
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Point of contact: Cindy Schuster
E-Mail: schuster.cindy@epa.gov
Phone Number: (206) 553-1815
Last Updated: 12/03/2007
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