Ecological/Recreational Reuse of RCRA Sites

There have been several activities related to ecological and recreational reuse of RCRA sites.

Cooperative Work with the Wildlife Habitat Council

EPA has had a cooperative agreement with the Wildlife Habitat Council for 2004-2005. Under this agreement, the Wildlife Habitat Council has worked with EPA and other stakeholders to develop the following meetings. Summaries of these meetings can be found at: http://www.wildlifehc.org/brownfields/index.cfm


• "Breaking New Ground, the Benefits of Ecological Enhancements at Brownfield Development and Superfund and RCRA Remediation Projects," July 10-11, 2001
  
  
• "Restoring Greenspace, Using Ecological Enhancements At Superfund, RCRA and Brownfield Sites " July 17-18, 2002
  
  
• "Restoring Greenspace: Using Ecological Enhancement at Region 5 Sites" Meeting, September 15-17, 2003, Region 5
  
  
• "Restoring Greenspace: Using Ecological Enhancement at Region 2 and Region 3 Sites " June 23-23, 2004 Meeting, Region 3
  
  
• "Restoring Greenspace: Ecological Reuse of Contaminated Properties in EPA Region 6", June 2005, Region 6. For more information in this conference, go to http://www.wildlifehc.org/events/restoringgreenspace.cfm
  
  
• The wildlife habitat council has developed and posted summaries of ecological restoration projects at: http://www.wildlifehc.org/brownfields/index.cfm

2002 RCRA Site Manager's Internet Forum on Ecological Reuse of RCRA Sites

Agenda
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Handouts:

Resource links

• Brownfields Resource List
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Case study links

• Ecological/Recreational Reuse of Remediated Sites
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• Ecological/Recreational Reuse of Remediated RCRA Sites
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