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May 23, 2017

Hope grows in the middle of a Superfund site in Portland: a garden for butterflies

By ANDREW THEEN
The Oregonian

Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian via AP [enlarge]
Gabe Ablin of the University of Portland checks on raised beds that are part of an effort to create habitat for the monarch butterfly. The multi-year project will eventually spread milkweed and other native plants throughout the 60-acre Vigor shipyard.

PORTLAND — Vigor's 60-acre shipyard at the tip of Swan Island is a sea of steel and pavement, where cruise ships, naval vessels and ferries all turn to for crucial repairs that can take months and cost millions of dollars.


 
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