Newport Bay Finds a Saving Army
6 September 2000 - 11:00am
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers finalizes an epic $31 million restoration plan for Newport Bay.
Newport Bay is home to many endangered species but sediment threatens to choke the bay. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is finalizaing an epic $31 million restoration plan for Newport Bay."Wetlands with ocean tides that wash in and out, stimulating growthof rare salt-tolerant plants, are vanishing on the California coast; theones that remain amount to less than 5 percent of what existedbefore modern civilization."
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Newport Bay finds a saving army
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Orange County Register, September 5, 2000
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