[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Funding closed-base refuges in Colorado

[Lenny Siegel]

Salazar Seeks Stimulus Projects for Converted Superfund Sites


Environment News Service
January 30, 2009

COMMERCE CITY, Colorado - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar returned 
to his home state of Colorado today to view possible economic stimulus 
projects at chemical and nuclear weapons Superfund sites that are 
transitioning into national wildlife refuges.

"The President's recovery and reinvestment plan will help pump life into 
our economy by creating jobs for working Americans but it will also pump 
life into our national wildlife refuges, national parks and other public 
lands by allowing us to undertake much-needed maintenance and 
improvement projects for visitors and wildlife alike," Salazar said.

Salazar toured Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, a 
Superfund site located just east of downtown Denver.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2009/2009-01-30-092.asp

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Lenny Siegel
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