[CPEO-BIF] Del Rio area, Phoenix, Arizona

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Grant to help development of blighted land in Phoenix

by Emily Gersema
Arizona Republic
April 14, 2012

On a breezy, pleasant Wednesday afternoon, Lindsey Hendricks was  
preparing to teach a dozen preteen children at the Nina Mason Pulliam  
Rio Salado Audubon Center about the insects, plants, birds and  
mammals that inhabit the Phoenix riparian area around the center.

Hendricks said the Rio Salado Habitat is an astounding scene when  
considering that 12 years ago, this flourishing, 600-acre ecosystem  
in downtown Phoenix's backyard did not exist.

"That" -- she turned and pointed to the swaying yellow reeds of river  
grasses, flapping blackbirds and lapping water -- "used to be a dump.  
There were tires and trash."

The habitat's rebirth from blighted channel to nature destination  
over a decade involved a huge investment -- around $200 million of  
city and federal dollars -- and years of talks with residents and  
city leaders.




...

For the entire article, see
http://www.azcentral.com/12news/news/articles/ 
2012/04/13/20120413phoenix-blighted-land-grant.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope Street, Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
Fax: 650-961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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