[CPEO-MEF] FORMER SITES: Ft. Rousseau (Sitka, AK)

[Lenny Siegel]

Ft. Rousseau causeway access restricted for toxin removal

Katherine Rose 
KCAW Raven Radio (Sitka, AK)
April 11, 2018

Sitkans of a certain age might remember a time when they could run across the airport runway to explore the former World War II defense site known as “the causeway.” Although access to the causeway is only by boat or kayak now, this summer the Army Corps of Engineers will restrict visitors while work is underway to rid the soil of  of residual toxins from the 1940s. KCAW’s Katherine Rose reports. 

Ft. Rousseau was a part of Sitka’s harbor defenses during World War II, comprised of eight rock islands connected by a rock causeway. The site of a gun battery, it was closed in 1944. It became a National Historic Landmark in 1986, and is now a state park. 

And this summer, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is embarking on a project to remove contaminated soil from the park. Project and technical manager Aaron Shewman says they’ll be working to remove contaminants that were left behind by buried electrical equipment, as well as fuel and batteries.

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For the entire story, see
https://www.kcaw.org/2018/04/11/causeway-access-restricted-this-summer-for-toxin-removal/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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