Peninsula counties get $2.3 million for salmon recovery–PDN

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Al Bergstein

Salmon recovery efforts along the Elwha, Pyhst, Hoko, Crooked Creek, Dungeness River, Sands Creek, Clallam River, Calawah River, and Big River all were given money from the State Salmon Recovery Board. Projects in the Dosewallips, Duckabush,Discovery Bay, Big Quilcene, Snow Creek, Christmas (?)  Creek in Jefferson County were also funded.

The whole story is at:

http://peninsuladailynews.com/article/20121217/NEWS/312179995/peninsula-counties-get-23-million-for-salmon-recovery

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UPDATE ON: Rep.-elect Kilmer won’t support Wild Olympics bill as it is now–PDN

Posted on December 14, 2012 by Al Bergstein

Trying to figure out whether the Demo who ran with heavy environmental support on the Peninsula now abandons one of his base, who worked hard for his election, or if this is just somewhat slanted reporting by the PDN. Kilmer could have said that he supports what he’s seen but needs more consensus building before he can push it over the top in DC. But he didn’t even apparently say that. He comes out in favor of increasing harvest levels in federal forests, with no explanation of why, or what’s currently wrong with the system.

While we agree that jobs are the primary thing to focus on, there has been an enormous amount of legwork done by the supporters of Wild Olympics, there does not appear to be any large scale negative issues with it, (read the scientific literature done researching it’s affects) and only a small contingent of folks against it, from all the polls that have been put out. Vocal opposition to be sure, some with big money, but not a majority of the public. 

UPDATE AS OF 12/14/2012 at 5:26PM

We contacted Connie Gallant, of the Wild Olympics Campaign. Her quote to us was:

"In speaking with Congressman-elect Derek Kilmer earlier today regarding the statements published on the PDN about his opposition to the Wild Olympics, he claims the PDN "mischaracterized" his statements, that he never has said he opposes Wild Olympics, that he simply wants to see some changes made and more consensus reached. After clarifying several points to  him about the proposal and the bill, he requested a meeting with the Wild Olympics coalition team very soon so that he can understand the issue better."

This update quote first appeared on the Olympic Peninsula Environmental News.

Read segments of the interview with him on the PDN today.

http://peninsuladailynews.com/article/20121214/NEWS/312149989/rep-elect-kilmer-wont-support-wild-olympics-bill-as-it-is-now

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To find out more about the Wild Olympics Campaign, see

http://www.wildolympics.org/

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Little Fish, Big Problems: Paying attention to “the most important fish in the sea”–At Feiro 11.30.2012

Posted on November 20, 2012 by Al Bergstein

Feiro Marine Life Center and  Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary Present:

Friday, November 30    6:30-8:30 pm 2nd floor Landing Mall

Conservation and human interest is often focused on large, visible animals such as whales, seals, and sea birds.  Yet, many of these species depend critically on the availability of small, schooling fish such as herrings, anchovies and sardines.  The protection of the “little fish” may hold the answer to reaching broad conservation goals.   Gain a greater understanding of the biology, ecology and threats to these fish, with a particular emphasis on species that reside on the Washington Coast.
Join us in welcoming Dr. Tim Essington, a marine ecologist with broad interests in marine ecology, food webs, and ecosystem-based fisheries management.  Dr. Essington, an Associate Professor and Associate Director of the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences at the University of Washington, serves on the boards of the Ecosystem Science and Management working group of the NOAA Science Advisory Board, the NCEAS Science Advisory Board, and the Marine Stewardship Council’s Technical Advisory Board.  In 2011 he was selected to be a Pew Fellow in Marine Conservation.

Please call Feiro at 417-6254 for more information.

Suggested Donation: $5.00

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Sol Duc River Photos by John Gussman

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Al Bergstein

John,a friend and fellow filmmaker/photographer,  was out on the Sol Duc at Salmon Cascades this weekend. Great shots of the salmon jumping. No need to go to Alaska to watch this.

For those unfamiliar with the Sol Duc, it is part of the  largest watershed drainage 0in the North Olympic Peninsula.

Flash is needed to view this, so it likely won’t view on an iPad or iPhone.

http://www.dcproductions.com/solduc/

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Biomass meet in Sequim draws a crowd of protesters–PDN

Posted on October 17, 2012 by Al Bergstein

The battle over whether the biomass experiments at Port Angeles and Port Townsend continue to generate a lot of controversy. These experimental plants, and that’s how the legislature defined them in the law that authorized them in 2005/06, are going to be with us a long time, and will affect our air. The problem is, no one really knows how, and the State is fast tracking these plants with little concern for what happens once they are in and we have to breath their particulate. That the public has to fight to get any decent monitoring in, is indicative of how blind our state representatives have been on this.  It’s all about jobs jobs jobs.

A plan to place four temporary air-quality monitors in Port Angeles and Sequim in 2013 and monitors in Port Townsend in 2014 doesn’t go far enough, according to many at a packed Olympic Region Clean Air Agency board meeting in Sequim. Many among the more than two dozen Port Angeles, Sequim and Port Townsend residents who gave maximum-three-minute comments at the meeting Monday night were concerned about biomass expansion projects under construction in Port Angeles and Port Townsend. Paul Gottlieb reports.

http://peninsuladailynews.com/article/20121017/NEWS/310179999/biomass-meet-in-sequim-draws-a-crowd-of-protesters

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Groups Set On Twin Rivers Restoration–PDN

Posted on September 18, 2012 by Al Bergstein

Another possible restoration of the shoreline from past industrial work. Helps restore for benefit of some of the best steelhead runs left.

JOYCE — Multiple agencies, both public and private, want to restore a chunk of land roughly 20 miles west of Joyce and are planning a community meeting to update local residents on the status of the project.

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20120917/NEWS/309179996/0/SEARCH

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Ecology director signs agreement with Dungeness irrigators to benefit agricultural economy, protect future water supplies | September 2012 News | Washington State Department of Ecology

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Al Bergstein

OLYMPIA – An agreement signed today by Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) Director Ted Sturdevant with Dungeness irrigators will help ensure adequate water supplies for the agricultural economy in the Sequim area and provide water for new uses in the Dungeness River Basin.

The agreement with the seven irrigation companies in the Dungeness River Agricultural Water Users Association (DAWUA) documents efforts by irrigators to conserve water and improve habitat andidentifies how much of that conserved water, set aside in the state’s trust water program, they may sell or lease to the community for new uses. It also secures water supplies for agriculture in the Dungeness for generations to come.

Ecology is proposing to adopt a water management rule this fall that will require new groundwater uses in the Dungeness watershed to be offset or mitigated. Property owners typically achieve mitigation by purchasing an existing water right or portion of a water right, or obtaining mitigation coverage through a water bank. Today’s agreement clears the way for the Dungeness irrigators to make some of their water rights available for purchase as “mitigation credits.”

“Between in-stream needs and out-of-stream uses, the water in the Dungeness Basin is spoken for,” Sturdevant said. “That means we have to find ways to offset new uses, so future development doesn’t come at the expense of current needs. This agreement today is a key part of our plan to mitigate for those new uses, and ensure healthy streams and a healthy economy.”

Said irrigation company director Gary Smith: “The Dungeness water users association and its members have been working toward better water management in the Dungeness Valley for many years and have received a great deal of help from Ecology, the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe and the Clallam Conservation District. Over time, irrigation water withdrawals from the Dungeness River have been cut in half, creating an amount of trust water that will be permanently dedicated to river flow and an amount in the irrigators’ name that can be used as a cushion for changing irrigation needs.”

Ecology is currently responding to more than 900 comments received during the public comment period on the proposed water management rule for the Dungeness. The rule was drafted to fulfill the goals of an agreement-in-principle reached more than a year ago with the Local Leaders Water Management Work Group to protect stream flows in the Dungeness River and some small streams where four fish species are listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The group, comprised of the DAWUA, Clallam County, the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe and the city of Sequim, supports adoption of the water management rule provided that water supply solutions are pursued in the watershed. These include state-funded projects to provide mitigation water such as shallow aquifer recharge to replenish groundwater and small storage reservoirs for irrigation water.

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Return of the kings! Chinook salmon observed in undammed portion of Elwha River – Park & PDN

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Al Bergstein

As the old saying goes, “nature abhors a vacuum”. The Olympic National Park have announced (and reported and commented on by The Peninsula Daily News) that chinook (King) salmon have been spotted above the site of the lower of the two dams that have been removed. This is the first time in almost a century that they have been able to reach this location. In addition to the Kings, Steelhead have also been seen in above the first dam.

The power of restoration again shows that once a place has been restored, nature tries and fill it, if the species still are alive.

The news bulletin from the park
http://www.nps.gov/olym/parknews/return-of-the-kings.htm

Additional information on the story at the PDN.

http://peninsuladailynews.com/article/20120821/NEWS/308219989/return-of-the-kings-chinook-salmon-observed-in-undammed-portion-of

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Olympic Peninsula wilderness plan is scaled back, but is it a compromise?–KPLU

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Al Bergstein

Senator Patty Murray and Congressman Norm Dicks hit the Olympic Peninsula Thursday, trying to sell locals on a plan to designate more wilderness there. They say their latest bill is a grand compromise, and they’re hoping to convince Olympic Peninsula communities that fought earlier versions. The plan would place 126,554 acres of Olympic National Forest under wilderness protection, with more than 5,000 more to be added later. It would also designate 19 rivers, including the newly-wild Elwha, and seven tributaries, as Wild and Scenic Rivers. Whether they’re turned around public opinion over nearly three years of negotiations remains to be seen. The Peninsula still teems with signs charging a “land grab.”

I think it could also be mentioned that the Peninsula “teems” with people who support this plan, and many more who have no idea what it’s all about. Just because a few opponents can fund large signs doesn’t mean that it is a “government land-grab”. The people that are behind the proposal that Dicks and Murray are backing are long established local people, who passionately care about supporting the Park and it’s environs. These folks have a long record of positive projects that they have worked on. Find me anything in this current political climate that doesn’t have it’s detractors and I’ll show you a non issue Gift with a bow

http://kplu.org/post/olympic-peninsula-wilderness-plan-scaled-back-it-compromise

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Legendary “creation site” of Lower Elwha uncovered

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Al Bergstein

It appears that a legendary “creation site” of the Lower Elwha Tribe has been uncovered with the removal of the dams. This site, which was discussed to anthropologists studying the tribes legends over a hundred years ago, has now been visited by elders who say it is the same place as described.

The whole story is at the PDN:
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20120812/NEWS/308129985/0/SEARCH

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Dungeness Water Rule: Two ‘yeas,’ one ‘probably’ – Sequim Gazette

Posted on July 27, 2012 by Al Bergstein

The contentious battle over water rights in the Dungeness watershed comes closer to a resolution.

“With the date of anticipated promulgation growing closer, State Reps. Steve Tharinger and Kevin Van De Wege continue to support the final approval of the Dungeness Water Management Rule. “

Comments on the article were by the usual suspects, real estate agents that claim a harm to the market, but have no data to actually support their claims. Let’s remember that the market is already in the tubes because of a economic downturn, caused by an unregulated lending market in the last decade while the political party they blame for this was out of power.

http://www.sequimgazette.com/news/article.exm/2012-07-26_dungeness_water_rule___two__yeas___one__probably_

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Tsunami debris collection project continues Phase 2–Lots found

Posted on July 11, 2012 by Al Bergstein

Appears that some of our beaches on the Peninsula Coast look like a land fill. This would be great work for a federally subsidized project to hire younger people, who are experiencing high unemployment rates. Anyone in DC listening? (like our Senator that is up for re-election?)

http://ikkatsu.wordpress.com/2012/07/11/phase-ii-complete/?blogsub=confirming#blog_subscription-2

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State Closes More Strait Beaches to Shellfish

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Al Bergstein

While I cannot find confirmation of this on either DNR ro WFW web sites, the PDN is reporting that a mussel sample taken from Ediz Hook earlier this week has led to the closure for shellfish harvesting of additional beaches on the Strait of Juan de Fuca because of elevated levels of the potentially deadly paralytic shellfish poisoning, or PSP. Strait beaches from Dungeness Spit west to Cape Flattery now are closed to recreational harvesting of all species of shellfish.

 More Strait beaches closed to harvesting http://peninsuladailynews.com/article/20120629/news/306299994/more-strait-beaches-closed-to-harvesting

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Jamestown S’Klallam Testing for Shellfish Poison in Sequim Bay – NW Indian Fisheries Commission

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Al Bergstein

To be clear, this story is not saying that they have found levels of DSP to be concerned about this year, only that they are testing the catch. – Editor

The Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe is testing a variety of shellfish species for Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning (DSP).

After discovering dangerous levels of the toxin in Sequim Bay last summer, the tribe wants to understand better how shellfish are affected by DSP. If shellfish contaminated with high levels of the toxin is ingested by humans, it can cause severe flu-like symptoms. Cooking or freezing the shellfish does not kill the toxin.

Read the whole story at:
http://nwifc.org/2012/06/jamestown-sklallam-testing-for-shellfish-poison-in-sequim-bay/

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Debris possibly from Japanese tsunami floating up Strait of Juan de Fuca–PDN

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Al Bergstein

It is worth noting that there was a nuclear power meltdown during this, and that anything coming from there could be radioactive. It would certainly argue for caution in touching anything found. –Ed

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By Arwyn Rice
Peninsula Daily News

DUNGENESS — Debris apparently from the March 2011 Japanese tsunami is now riding the tides up the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
The biggest collection of fishing floats — many bearing Asian writing and logos — has been found on Dungeness Spit, which juts into the Strait north of Sequim, said Dave Falzetti, refuge officer for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which oversees the lengthy spit.
“We’ve never seen anything like these before,” he said.

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20120515/news/305159993/debris-possibly-from-japanese-tsunami-floating-up-strait-of-juan-de

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Elwha River Flyover via computer simulation-PDN

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Al Bergstein

A virtual fly-through along the lower Elwha River using radar data.
http://peninsuladailynews.com/article/20120511/NEWS/120519996/video-8212-a-virtual-fly-through-along-the-lower-elwha-river

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Public comment period begins today on proposed water management rule for the Dungeness

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Al Bergstein

OLYMPIA – The public can submit comments beginning today on a proposed water management rule for the Dungeness watershed.

If adopted, the new rule drafted by the Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) will protect existing water supplies for current uses and fish habitat and make it easier for local governments to affirm that water is legally available for future water uses. The new rule will bring certainty to the process of obtaining water for new uses in a basin where a growing population and limited water availability have prevented Ecology from permitting new water rights since the 1990s.

A new water management rule for the Dungeness has been recommended by the Local Leaders Water Management Group, which has been working with Ecology since February 2011 to identify water supply issues in the watershed and recommend solutions. Members of the LLWG (their acronym) include Clallam County, the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, city of Sequim, the Sequim-Dungeness Water Users Association, and Ecology.

“The draft water management rule for the Dungeness basin is an excellent example of what collaboration and cooperation between state government and the local community can achieve in protecting our water resources,” said Ecology Director Ted Sturdevant. “This rule if adopted will ensure that the water needs of local residents as well as growth and economic development and fish habitat are met into the future.”

The proposed rule would:

  • Establish instream flow levels (a water right for the stream) in the Dungeness to protect fish and wildlife habitat.
  • Establish reserves of water for future indoor domestic use.
  • Allow water storage projects.
  • Require mitigation for all new use of water, including permit-exempt wells.
  • Require measuring of new water use.
  • Close surface water to new withdrawals with the exception of seasonal water from the Dungeness.

The new rule will not affect:

  • Existing water rights at the time the rule becomes effective (tentatively in the fall of 2012), including continued use of permit-exempt wells where regular beneficial use began previously.
  • Tribal or federal reserved rights to water.

An economic Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) has been completed for the proposed rule which has been filed with the state code reviser. Over 20 years, the analysis shows the projected benefits of adopting the new rule exceeding the costs.

The proposed water management rule for the Dungeness is available online. Visitors to the Website can get directions on submitting comments electronically on the rule, submitting comments by e-mail or by mailing comments to Ecology. Comments will be accepted until 5 p.m. July 9, 2012. Ecology expects adoption of the rule no earlier than August 31, 2012.

An open house and public hearing on the proposed rule is scheduled Thursday, June 28, 2012, at the Guy Cole Center in Carrie Blake Park, 202 North Blake Ave. in Sequim, WA.

  • Open house beginning at 5 p.m.
  • Presentation with a question and answer session at 6 p.m. followed by a public hearing.

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Media Contacts:

  • Dan Partridge, 360-407-7139 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 360-407-7139 end_of_the_skype_highlighting; dpar461@ecy.wa.gov
  • Linda Kent, 360-407-6239 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 360-407-6239 end_of_the_skype_highlighting; linda.kent@ecy.wa.gov

Ecology’s Dungeness Water Management website (http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wr/instream-flows/dungeness.html)

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Port Angeles Harbor Natural Resource Trustees Sign Agreement

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Al Bergstein

        PORT ANGELES — Local environmental restoration projects will get a boost thanks to an agreement signed today by federal, state and tribal natural resource trustees to jointly conduct Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) activities within Port Angeles Harbor.

        The NRDA process involves evaluating injuries to natural resources due to releases of hazardous materials and, potentially, asserting legal claims for compensation for those injuries on behalf of the public. Here, the trustees will be assessing injuries related to contamination within Port Angeles Harbor, including pollution from the former Rayonier pulp mill.

        The agreement sets up a Trustee Council that will undertake the assessment, including selecting any restoration projects that may ultimately be implemented to restore and compensate for the injured natural resources.

        The six trustees involved are the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe, Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, the Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service.  Each of the six trustees has designated representatives to the Trustee Council.

        Under the agreement, all trustees have an equal status and voice in decision-making, and will work together to make the best possible decisions.  The Trustee Council will operate by consensus.

        The federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) is the law that authorizes the federal government, states, and tribes to act as trustees and to seek compensation on behalf of the public for natural resource injuries.  CERCLA also outlines the assessment process that the trustees will use to quantify the injury to natural resources.

        Over time, many different activities likely contributed to contamination of the harbor. There is evidence that this contamination harmed natural resources and supporting habitats such as the subtidal, shoreline, estuary, and upland areas of the site. The parties who conducted those activities, known as potentially responsible parties, or PRPs, under CERCLA, would share in the responsibility for funding restoration activities.

        As provided in the CERCLA regulations, the trustees routinely work with the PRPs throughout this process, with the goal of reaching a legal settlement to compensate the public for any injuries.

        Compensation takes the form of projects performed by the PRPs to restore injured resources, or monetary damages to be paid by the PRPs, that the Trustees must use solely to undertake such projects.

        The NRDA process is different and separate from the process for environmental cleanup of Port Angeles Harbor.  Ecology is currently overseeing cleanup work in the harbor.  Any parties responsible for natural resource damages may also have liability for environmental cleanup.

        The Trustee Council will keep the public informed about important milestones in the ongoing NRDA, including the opportunity to comment on any draft Damage Assessment and Restoration Plan.

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Media contacts:

  Brenda Francis, Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, 360-460-2230

  Roma Call, Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe, 360-297-6265

  Betty Oppenheimer, Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, 360-681-3410

  Linda Kent, Department of Ecology, 360-407-6239

  Ben Sherman, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 301-713-3066

  Doug Zimmer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 360-753-4370

General information about Natural Resource Damage Assessments: www.darrp.noaa.gov/about/nrda.html

Information about environmental cleanups being managed by Department of Ecology:         www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/tcp/sites_brochure/rayonier/rayonier_hp.htm  and  www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/tcp/sites_brochure/portAngelesHarborSed/paSed_hp.htm

        For a copy of the Trustee Council agreement, please contact Debbie Nelson at Ecology’s Southwest Region Central Records, 360-407-6365, Debbie.Nelson@ecy.wa.gov.

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Upcoming event in Port Angeles – Controlling Stormwater

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Al Bergstein

Water is a Resource:
Keeping It Clean And Reusable

Dr. Christopher W. May
Senior Program Director, Kitsap County Public Works, Surface and Stormwater Management Program

Thursday January 5 6:30 – 8:30 PM
Port Angeles Library – Carver Meeting Room
2210 S.Peabody St. Port Angeles WA

Can a community of 254,000 control stormwater naturally and economically without combining sewer and stormwater systems that create overflows?

ANSWER: YES

Learn how we can….
* Reduce Stormwater Runoff
* Conserve and Recharge Groundwater Resources
* Reduce Surface and Groundwater Pollutant
* Encourage Sustainable Land-Use Practices
* Ensures Public Resources are utilized Effectively and Efficiently

to protect, improve & support its ecological integrity & aquatic-life, shellfish harvest & recreation.

Dr. Christopher W. May is a freshwater ecologist and environmental engineer with expertise in urban watershed assessment and management. He is Senior Program Director, Kitsap County Public Works SSWM Program, and adjunct faculty at Western WA University Huxley School of Environmental Studies and the University of WA Environmental Science Program.

Dr.May was a Battelle Marine Sciences Laboratory senior research scientist and engineer at, and University of WA Applied Physics Laboratory research engineer researching cumulative impacts of urbanization on native salmonids in Puget Sound lowland eco-region small streams.

His interests include stormwater management, low impact development (LID), watershed analysis using geographic information systems (GIS), salmonid habitat assessment, urban stream rehabilitation, water quality monitoring, stream biological assessment, and watershed restoration.

Sponsors: Olympic Environmental Council, the Sierra Club’s North Olympic Group, Sierra Club Water Sentinels, NW Fund for the Environment, and the University of WA Superfund Research Program.

For more information contact:
Darlene Schanfald
Olympic Environmental Council
darlenes@olympus.net

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Sequim Bay shellfish harvest shut down. Recall in process.

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Al Bergstein

Ugly new toxin showing up in Sequim Bay. First time found in U.S. waters. Bad business.

OLYMPIA, WASH. High levels of a foreign biotoxin has been discovered in some Washington state shellfish.

The Washington State Department of Health said Thursday that this is the first time that unacceptable levels of the toxin has been found in U.S. food. It’s typically found in European counties and was recently found in British Columbia waters.

Read more: http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2011/08/11/2138544/high-levels-of-biotoxin-found.html#ixzz1UrJJLGdq

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