(October 4, 1974) TESC Co-Awarded Grant To Restore Horseshoe Lake in Woodland, WA
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Release_1974-1975_1974-475
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(October 4, 1974) TESC Co-Awarded Grant To Restore Horseshoe Lake in Woodland, WA
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Date
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4 October 1974
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NEWS
The Evergreen State College
98505
Olympia, Washington
866-6128
for immediate release
October 4, 1974
The State Department
of Ecology has awarded
S.F. "Je r ry" Cook a $12,200 grant to examine
Horseshoe
Lake in Woodland,
Dr. Cook, director
will enable
students
feeds it., ~1
pter
-md (lestrov '
"The students
of the nutrients
pristine
can be removed
of Laboratory
and Dr.
a;tt5fin and restoration
the eutrophic
Facilities
the waters
he
of
at Evergreen,
said t::hegrant
of bo t h the lake and t.he Lew:ts River, which.
t~p n
r
n
h
growth
of
r
will make bi-weekly
which
qualities,"
State College
Washington.
to sample
l~e
The Evergreen
are promoting
he said.
trips to Woodland
to determine
the source
growth of algae and destroying
"The students will also determine
so that the lake will become
less rich and, hence,
the lake's
how those nutrients
less polluted,"
he explained.
The students,
academic
credit.
opportunity
solving
will receive part-time
The nine-month
for undergraduates
techniques
Lewis River.
to cumbine
academic
the community
20 miles south of Kelso,
It was isolated
for their efforts,
as well
project,..a,s:cordingto Dr. Cook, provides
which will benefit
The lake, located
salaries
theories
Infor mation
problem-
of Woodland."
is actually
-30-
Nichols,
"a unique
with practical
an elbow of the
in ~he early 1940's when Old Highway
Dick
as full
Director
Services
99 was built.
