Revitalizing America's Filthiest Harbor
20 December 2000 - 11:00am
Boston Harbor, once filled with sludge and trash, has become a model for the nation.
"Boston Harbor is vastly changed. It is one of the cleanest harbors in America and a model for how to help the nation's troubled urban waterways. The water - once so dirty you could see only a foot down - has become clear enough to see the bottom in some places. Seals and porpoises are routinely seen out among the harbor islands - which are now a national park. Someone even saw a humpback whale earlier this year. "
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America's filthiest harbor now a model
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The Christian Science Monitor, December 20, 2000
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