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Alameda Wildlife Refuge committee touts benefits of VA/parkland deal

Alameda Point Environmental Report

The following was prepared by Leora Feeney, co-chair of  ”Friends of the Alameda Wildlife Refuge,” a committee of the Golden Gate Audubon Society. Delivered to the Alameda City Council on Monday, March 19, 2012, regarding the city-VA-park district prop... »

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Seaplane Lagoon cleanup dredging completed [video and slideshow]

Alameda Point Environmental Report

Environmental cleanup of the Seaplane Lagoon has centered on two areas where storm sewers drain into the lagoon.  It was commonplace to discharge all sorts of chemicals down storm sewer lines prior to the passage of the federal Clean Water Act in the e... »

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March cleanup meeting announced

Alameda Point Environmental Report

Restoration Advisory Board Naval Air Station, Alameda (Alameda Point) March 8, 2012       6:30 PM Location: Alameda Point – 950 West Mall Square (Alameda City Hall West) Room 140 – Community Conference Room Enter from West Midway Avenue at rear of buil... »

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Restoration Advisory Board Responds to Navy’s Meeting Cutbacks

Alameda Point Environmental Report

At the October 2011 Alameda Point Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) meeting, the Navy announced that Alameda Point’s monthly RAB meetings would be reduced to quarterly meetings due to budget cutbacks.  The Navy said it would welcome a written response f... »

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Balancing Act

Postdiluvian Photo

On the last day of January I took a stroll around Alameda Point, a vast wasteland of decrepit structures abandoned by the Navy and now studded by the ventures of brave entrepreneurs, from wineries to an athletic club. You never know what you’ll find go... »

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Todd Shipyards copper cleanup

Alameda Point Environmental Report

Right next to the Main Street Ferry Terminal, between the Oakland Estuary and the Dog Park, is the Navy’s cleanup Site 28, also known as the Todd Shipyards site.  The contamination at this site — copper and arsenic, and to a lesser extent lead and hydr... »

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Precision Dredging at the Pier Area – with video

Alameda Point Environmental Report

Designing the workplan for dredging toxic sediment next to Pier 1 at Alameda Point required precision so as not to undermine the stability of the concrete posts supporting the roadway that passes along the pier area.  The ground under the water slopes ... »

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A tribute to Gen. Jimmy Doolittle; Special Commemoration of 70th anniversary of the World War II aerial raid over Tokyo

Alameda Patch Announcements

USS Hornet Museum and Jimmy Doolittle Air & Space Museum to Pay Tribute to WWII Aviator General James H. “Jimmy” Doolittle   Special commemoration to honor 70th Anniversary of Tokyo Aerial Attack  Surviving Doolittle Raiders will attend Tribute to shar... »

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