Bibliography on Vancouver Lake Watershed, including Burnt Bridge Creek, Flushing Channel, Lake River, and Salmon Creek |
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Bibliography of Vancouver Lake watershed, including Burnt Bridge Creek, Flushing Channel, Lake River, and Salmon Creek
A history of restoration efforts for Vancouver Lake
Gorini,
R.F. 1987. Lake Restoration by Dredging. IN Management of Bottom
Sediments Containing Toxic Substances: proceedings of the U.S./Japan
Experts Meeting (13th) held in Baltimore, Maryland on 3-5 November 1987.
This paper is a summary overview of the $17 million Vancouver Lake Restoration Project, the largest project of its type ever undertaken through the Federal Clean Lakes Program. It was funded jointly by the US Environmental Protection Agency, the Washington State Department of Ecology, and the Port of Vancouver. Although the project was conceived in 1965, a nationwide program to help fund such projects did not exist until 1976. Then, final approval was not received until 1981, after many volumes of studies and reviews. Construction was completed in June 1983, after 30 months--6 months ahead of schedule and underbudget.
A great deal of time, money, and energy was expended to demonstrate to Federal and state environmental agencies that dredging was a key tool in effecting this lake's restoration. Their collective resistance to this notion has been challenged by the project's success. This paper focuses primarily on the dredging aspects of the project. It identifies the concerns raised, the dredging and materials handling methods used, and the relative success of the techniques, not only in terms of operational effectiveness but in terms of environmental protection.
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