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    Washington State Department of Ecology
    Dept. of Ecology: Study will probe old contamination plumes beneath UW Tacoma campus
    Dept. of Ecology: Study will probe old contamination...
    March 23, 2016 10:21 am

    Washington State Department of Ecology officials announced this week a proposed investigative study that aims to focus on what is…

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    Tacoma City Council to discuss Tacoma Smelter Plume cleanup program
    Asarco contaminated soil removal continues in Pierce County
    October 8, 2015 2:08 pm

    The Washington State Department of Ecology announced Thursday crews are digging up contaminated soil at 90 yards in Pierce and…

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    Washington State Department of Ecology
    $7.7M Dept. of Ecology grants could fund 5...
    December 5, 2014 1:24 pm

    The City of Tacoma has applied for five grants from the Washington State Department of Ecology totaling nearly $7.7 million.

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    Tacoma City Council to discuss Tacoma Smelter Plume cleanup program
    Asarco contaminated soil removal begins in North Tacoma...
    August 21, 2014 1:07 pm

    The Washington State Department of Ecology began digging up arsenic-contaminated soils at three homes in north Tacoma this week.

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    The F/V Helena Star arrives at the Ballard Locks in Seattle last month en route to a scrap facility on Lake Union. (PHOTO COURTESY WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY)
    Wash. removes, scraps sunken ship from Tacoma's Hylebos...
    August 4, 2014 3:20 pm

    Officials at the Washington State Department of Natural Resources and the Washington State Department of Ecology confirmed Monday the 167-foot…

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    Washington State Governor Jay Inslee (center) was at the Port of Tacoma Monday to learn more about a project that aims to modernize the Husky Container Terminal. He was joined by Port of Tacoma CEO John Wolfe and Port of Tacoma Commissioner Clare Petrich. (PHOTO COURTESY PORT OF TACOMA)
    Gov. Inslee visits Port of Tacoma for Husky...
    June 25, 2014 9:12 am

    Washington State Governor Jay Inslee was in Tacoma Monday to learn more about a project that aims to modernize to…

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    Washington State Department of Ecology
    Tacoma, Pierce County awarded $234K Dept. of Ecology...
    June 23, 2014 1:49 pm

    Pierce County, the City of Tacoma, and the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department have been awarded nearly $234,000 in grants from…

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    Pierce County to resume Puyallup River flood mitigation project
    Pierce County to resume Puyallup River flood mitigation...
    May 28, 2014 1:29 pm

    Pierce County will resume work on a side channel that will reconnect the historic Puyallup River floodplain, which will aim…

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    $3.5M Dept. of Ecology grants will support Tacoma stormwater projects
    $3.5M Dept. of Ecology grants will support Tacoma...
    May 2, 2014 10:00 am

    The City of Tacoma will receive nearly $3.5 million in grants from the Washington State Department of Ecology.

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    Historic Reise Farm. (PHOTO COURTESY PCC FARMLAND TRUST)
    Grant, partnership preserve 154-acre Pierce County farm
    April 30, 2014 11:54 am

    Pierce County will permanently conserve 154 acres of farmland in the Puyallup River Valley thanks in part to a Washington…

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