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New Bedford Harbor
New Bedford Harbor
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and other hazardous materials were released into New Bedford Harbor over a period of 40 years as a result of electrical component manufacturing. Restoration activities are designed to restore natural resources that were lost, injured, or destroyed by the releases. Priorities for restoration include salt marshes and other wetlands, recreational areas, water-column quality, living marine resources, habitats, shellfish and endangered species. Collectively, these actions will help restore an ecosystem severely degraded by long-term, broad-scale contaminant releases, industrial development and shoreline modification.
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A map of New Bedford Harbor showing sources of PCB contamination.
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A map of New Bedford Harbor
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A map of New Bedford Harbor
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A slide describing the restoration goals at the New Bedford Harbor Superfundsite.
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A slide describing the Trustees that oversee the restoration and administerfunds to initiate and complete restoration.
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preferred restoration alternatives for the New Bedford Harbor Superfund site.
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fish species sampled for NBSP
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Nonquit marsh, a tidally restricted marsh and one of the projects selected forrestoration during Round 2. Restoration projects are selected inrounds, or groups to allow time for public input and funding determinations bythe Trustees.
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Acushnet, MA, south of Hamilin Street.
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Nonquit marsh, the culvert restricting the marsh.
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Padanaram Marsh, Dartmouth MA. One of the areas selected for restorationduring the round 1. Restoration was conducted to improve tidalflushing at the marsh.
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East side of New Bedford Harbor, Fairhaven, MA.
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The New Bedford side of New Bedford Harbor, looking South.
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Nonquit Marsh.
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Aerial view of part of New Bedford Harbor Superfund site.
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Aerial view of part of New Bedford Harbor Superfund site.
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Clarks Point and Fort Taber Park, New Bedford. The wastewater treatmentplant.
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Woodstreet Bridge, Achushnet, MA. This shows the upper estuary and thestart of the freshwater river.
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A view over Fairhaven looking toward New Bedford Harbor, upper harbor.
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From Fairhaven, a view of New Bedford and the Aerovox facility, one of thecontamination sources of PCBs.
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