FOSB tranparent web

Students Create Multi-Media "Tales" About Toxic Clean Up Sites

Students Create Multi-Media "Tales" About Toxic Clean Up Sites

By Betty Carteret, Friends of Skagit Beaches Board President

In 1989, the citizens of Washington passed the Model Toxic Control Act (MTCA) with the highest approval rating of any state initiative to date.  This law provides funding for the cleanup of toxic contamination at sites around the state and promotes public involvement in decisions about these cleanup sites.  Funding for these projects comes from taxing the sale of hazardous substances, of which gasoline is the largest source.  One percent of these tax revenues are set aside by this law to fund Ecology’s Public Participation Grant program, which is providing funding for our Trail Tales project and others seeking to increase public awareness and participation in cleanup projects around the state such as the Anacortes Baywide Cleanup project.

Western Washington University students in Huxley College of the Environment’s Science and Management of Contaminated Sites class have created a short documentary about MTCA highlighting several projects, including two in Anacortes: view the video here.   This is the first in a series of films about MTCA cleanup work in Washington.  We have posted a link to this video on our website and encourage you to watch the film. You can also enjoy reading the first volume of their comic book―The Adventures of the Remediators by visit the volume 1 webpage. I think you’ll be just as impressed as I was with the work of these undergraduate students.

Skagit WSU Beach Watcher Coordintor Position Poste...
Interpretive Bike Ride - September 29th

By accepting you will be accessing a service provided by a third-party external to https://skagitbeaches.org/