My adopted hometown, Arcata, boasts the first municipal wetland built as part of a sewage treatment system. The marsh, patrolled by numerous herons and hawks, teems with ducks, grebes and shorebirds - and it cleans polluted water so well that the idea has been adopted in communities throughout the U.S. and around the world. I've been leading tours at the marsh since I moved to town ten years ago, through
Friends of the Arcata Marsh. I've written several articles about the marsh. The story about the Arcata Marsh, and the citizen rebellion that led to its creation, would make an entertaining book, should I find an interested publisher.
