*7/14/11 Tacoma News Tribune
JOHN DODGE
Four years after its creation, the Puget Sound Partnership has defined what a healthy Puget Sound would look like by 2020.
The state agency formed in 2007 to oversee the daunting task of restoring the health of Puget Sound just finished crafting 16 recovery targets that give agencies, local governments, tribes, citizens, conservation groups and businesses something to aim at with their ongoing work to restore and clean up Puget Sound….
The measurable indicators of a healthy Puget Sound have drawn criticism from environmentalists, who say the goals don’t go far enough, and business interests, which say the benchmarks could lead to more regulation and hurt the economy.
“We think it is important that the targets be set at the level needed for recovery and not at what might be achievable by 2020,” People for Puget Sound executive director Tom Bancroft said in a critique of the targets….
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