You can find out more about the world’s most extensive environmental river sediment cleanup ever on Monday, October 30th, in Egg Harbor and how it benefited the bay of Green Bay and Door County. The Door County Environmental Council, in partnership with the Door County Land Trust and Door County Library, is hosting “The Fox River Fix: The First Step Toward a Healthier Bay.” The discussion will center on what was behind the $1.3 billion fix for widespread PCB chemical contamination of the Fox River. The project was completed in 2020, and P. David Allen II and Susan Campbell, authors of the recently published book, “Paper Valley: The Fight for the Fox River Cleanup,” will give first-person accounts of their efforts to clean up cancer-causing PCBs released in the Fox River. Allen says the purpose of the discussion is to connect the past of the PCB cleanup with future needs to keep natural waters safe and clean.
The free program will be held at the Kress Pavilion in Egg Harbor at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. You can also watch via Zoom at a link found at dcec-wi.org.
