According to BJ Cummings, Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition founder and community engagement manager for the UW Superfund Research Program, expansion of the Port of Seattle and the need for industrial land reduced the 12-mile Duwamish Watershed, from a river teaming with sea life into a five-mile-long shipping canal. She described how a decades-long ‘call to action’ for future decisions about the Duwamish River is finally well underway. “After 25 years of working on the Duwamish River, I’ve become a river junkie with the river deep into my heart, as our waterways tell us something about who we are,” she began, “and how the river is a reflection of Seattle’s history.” |