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The Protected Area of Hanford as a Refugium for Native Plants and Animals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2009

Robert H. Gray  and
William H. Rickard
Robert H. Gray
Affiliation:
Office of Hanford Environment, Respectively Manager and Senior Staff Scientist, Hanford Environmental Surveillance & Oversight, Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratory, P.O. Box 999, Richland, Washington 99352, USA.
William H. Rickard
Affiliation:
Office of Hanford Environment, Respectively Manager and Senior Staff Scientist, Hanford Environmental Surveillance & Oversight, Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratory, P.O. Box 999, Richland, Washington 99352, USA.
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The US Department of Energy's Hanford Site, by virtue of its large size of 1,450 km2 (560 mi2) and conservative use of undeveloped land, provides a sanctuary for plant and animal populations that have been eliminated from, or greatly reduced on, surrounding areas primarily as a result of decades of intensive agriculture. This paper describes Hanford Site biota with emphasis on fishes and other animal wildlife that are currently surveyed as part of a continuing environmental monitoring programme.

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Environmental Conservation , Volume 16 , Issue 3 , Autumn 1989 , pp. 251 - 260
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Copyright © Foundation for Environmental Conservation 1989

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