In 1951 National Geographic termed the Merrimack River a veritable slave in service of industry Has a terrible reputation due to toxic dumping and the sludge that formed due to industrial dumping ID: 700734
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Merrimack River Restoration and the Clean River Project
In 1951, National Geographic termed the Merrimack River “a veritable slave in service of industry”. Has a terrible reputation due to toxic dumping and the “sludge” that formed due to industrial dumping Today it serves as a model for river restoration in AmericaState level and federal policy change sparked the Merimack’s River restorationClean Water Act – states must ensure levels of pollution in its waters are below a standard considered “healthy”
The efforts of private environmental groups make a huge impactClean River Project and Mill River RestorationMRR-remove dams and culverts throughout “mill rivers”CRP- 8,000 tires, 40 cars, construction materials, and electronics. CRP started as a small group of three men Did a “scavenger hunt”
Cody CaseSlide2
William Bartram,
Botanical & Zoological Drawings,1756-1788.A mythological narrative has grown up around Henry David Thoreau and Rachel Carson that depicts them as the parents of the American environmental movement. In reality, each followed in the foot steps of even earlier naturalists. Michael L. Auger Environmental StudiesSlide3
“The Physiological Needs such as breathing, food, drink . . . are . . . requirements.
When they are not fulfilled, people become preoccupied with filling those needs above all else . . . [S]tarving people in a war zone can be oblivious to
danger when in search of food.”- Abraham Maslow“Billerica is like a little slice of Texas in Massachusetts.”- Town Meeting Representative to Representative Jamie Powers
Air Quality
Jamie Powers