Wrestling Wreckage from the Waters

French Broad River Cleanup Photo

Using a variety of watercraft and muscle, volunteers toil to clear Helene’s debris from the French Broad and other Western North Carolina rivers.

Superfund Site Cleanup

Smokey Mountain Smelter site photo.

The EPA is spending nearly $3.4 million to cap contaminated soil at the former Smokey Mountain Smelters site in South Knoxville.