Dredging The Hudson River For PCBs Tens of thousands of years ago, glaciers carved out the Hudson River. It is an estuary, " An estuary is a semi-enclosed coastal body of water with a free connection to the open sea and within which sea water is diluted by fresh water"(life.bio.sunysb.edu). The Hudson River begins in Lake Tear of the Clouds on the southwest side of Mount Marcy, the highest peak in New …showed first 75 words of 1715 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1715 total…edu/marinebio/fc.1.estuaries.html Environmental Dredging, http://www.clearwater.org/news/dredging.html Hudson River Trustees Seek Public Input on Restoration Projects Information Will be Used to Prepare for Hudson River Natural Resource Damages Claim, http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/press/pressrel/2000-06.html Samantha Sapio, The Health Effects of PCBs, http://www.marist.edu/summerscholars/99/env/SS01.htm GE Presents Offer to EPA on Hudson Dredging Project, http://www.hudsonvoice.com/