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Fort Seward bioswale aims to trap, filter dirty snow

At the southwest corner of the Fort Seward parade grounds, work started Monday on two crescent-shaped “bioswales,” subterranean catchments aimed at preventing pollutants in plowed snow from entering Portage Cove. Takshanuk Watershed Council executive director Meredith Pochardt watched Monday as a Haines Borough crew filled a three-foot-deep trench with three-inch rocks. Wrapped in a geotextile fabric, the […]