[CPEO-MEF] Navy and NASA agree to Moffett pond restoration

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[To be fair, the first sentence should say "years," not "decades." - LS]


Fish find new friend: NASA
POLLUTED POND AT MOFFETT FIELD TO BECOME NATIVE SPECIES' CLEAN HABITAT

By Jessica Portner
San Jose Mercury News (CA)
February 1, 2005

After decades of resisting environmentalists' pleas, NASA and the United
States Navy are budging on a major step toward restoring the tidal
marshes that are now home to Moffett Federal Airfield: Adding fish into
the long-contaminated storm water retention pond.

The 210-acre pond, which sits along the north end of the base, has long
been too polluted with lead and pesticides to support wildlife. The Navy
would be responsible for the cleanup, which could begin next year and
cost between $2 million and $12 million.

``Our mission is to be good stewards of the environment,'' said Sandy
Olliges, chief of the Moffett Field environmental division for the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, which owns the land.
``This will bring this area back to its natural state.''

This is but one step in a wide array of larger cleanups at Moffett,
including eliminating contamination at Hangar One and removing toxic
solvents from the groundwater in pockets of the base.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/peninsula/10785745.htm

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Lenny Siegel
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