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Expansion

I intend to expand this article, primarily using references from the research output of CRREL staff and the general framework of CRREL's official history. User:HopsonRoad 00:49, 5 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I will be expanding the history of the Second 25 years more slowly, since there is no one-stop source. I'm starting with a bare-bones introduction. User:HopsonRoad 13:06, 6 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Removal of questionable entries

I've removed the following items from the article, as I found it:

Mention of facilities in Alaska and Vermont. There have been such facilities (at Fort Wainwright, AK and Danville, Vermont), but they are not mentioned in CRREL's website.
The claim that "The Hanover facility has been designated as a Superfund cleanup site by the Environmental Protection Agency due to elevated subsurface soil concentrations of trichloroethylene and other contaminants." CRREL is not listed in NH Superfund sites at http://www.epa.gov/region01/superfund/. There were elevated subsurface concentrations of TCE, subject to treatment by a specialized facility, but this was probably funded through direct Army appropriations, not the EPA. Mention would require a correct reference. — Reintroduced TCE topic with proper citations and NPOV(User:HopsonRoad 15:58, 13 March 2011 (UTC))[reply]
Mention that "Ukichiro Nakaya from Japan attended a workshop establishing a "Snow sort committee" and SIPRE on a study tour to the United States and Canada at the invitation of the International Glaciological Society in 1949.^{[citation needed]}" One individual's participation in a workshop is not notable in the founding of the laboratory.

Please properly cite any re-inclusions of these topics. User:HopsonRoad 15:00, 5 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note that the matter of Alaska facilities has been answered. A better citation is needed for the Anchorage office. User:HopsonRoad 13:04, 6 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Further information sought

I'd like to find open-source information on the following to round out the article:

An aerial image of CRREL’s facilities.
Images that exemplify CRREL’s recent activities — Implemented.
Summary reports that describe the continuing history of the laboratory — Implemented.
Summary of CRREL’s contributions to Laboratory of the Year (LOY) awards — Implemented.
Updated roster of CRREL’s Army R&D Achievement Award recipients — Implemented.
List of CRREL's notable customers in the past 25 years.

Anyone able to guide me to these sources would be welcome to do so. User:HopsonRoad 17:08, 12 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]