Another beauty by Bruce Kerwin. Used by permission. Taken off the Rock Pile in Port Angeles Harbor. This is the area that is slated for demolition by the Navy.
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Oil platform headed for Port Angeles near mouth of Strait – PDN
Posted on October 28, 2015 by Al B.
It apparently is already in.
The Polar Pioneer oil rig, which is headed for Port Angeles Harbor, was near the mouth of the Strait of Juan de Fuca on Tuesday afternoon. The 355-foot-tall oil drilling platform was headed east at over 6 knots. The floating platform’s tugs, Ocean Wind and Ocean Wave, were expected to arrive with the platform sometime after 2 a.m. today, according to a vessel tracking website, www.marinetraffic.com. (Peninsula Daily News)
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Polar Pioneer oil rig set to make return to Port Angeles Harbor, though arrival date is uncertain – PDN
Posted on October 13, 2015 by Al B.
The visible symbol of our collective destruction of the arctic ecosystem will be on display in PA harbor soon. Don’t blame the oil rig folks, it’s like saying that the needle is the cause of the addiction. Getting rid of the drill doesn’t change our need for the oil, only your personal choices will do that. And government policies to help you make that choice. Don’t look for those policies in Port Angeles. The County Commissioners would need a significant change of stripe to help them see that they are part of the problem, not the solution.
The Polar Pioneer oil rig will once again loom over the waters of Port Angeles Harbor. The 355-foot-tall rig was in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, on Monday for a brief stopover with the Noble Discoverer rig after exiting the Alaskan Arctic and before heading farther south, Shell Oil Co. spokeswoman Megan Baldino said Monday. The Noble Discoverer will make its way to the Port of Everett. Paul Gottlieb reports. (Peninsula Daily News)
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Olympic Climate Action Meeting – May 3 – 3 to 5 in PA
Posted on May 1, 2015 by Al B.
Our next OCA meeting will be this Sunday, May 3, from 3-5 pm at the Clallam County Courthouse “After-Hours” entrance on 4th St. to the west of the flagpoles. Current and planned actions will be discussed.
“NICKNAME THE RIG” CONTEST: And the winner is…No-Solar Profiteer! Submitted by OCA member Adrian Hoban, who also submitted the first runner-up: Drill Maybe Spill…congratulations, Adrian! Second runner-up was OCA member Shelley Lesh for her entry “Earth Bleed”. Adrian wins a $10 gift certificate to the Port Angeles Farmers Market, where he can buy a variety of locally-produced low-carbon products.
Speaking of the Profiteer, we’ve been invited by the Clallam County Democrats to speak about the rig and the dangers it poses to the Arctic and the world, May 13 at 6 pm. More detailed press release to follow from the CCD’s.
Ed Chadd
Citizens addressing the threat of climate change on the Olympic Peninsula
Clallam County, Washington State, U.S.A.
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Working to save the North Olympic Peninsula Skills Center Natural Resources Program
Posted on April 22, 2015 by Al B.
Ed Chadd has sent this out and I thought I would share it with our readers. Please help save this great program that is educating kids in our natural resources.
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Dear supporters of the NOPSC Natural Resources program,
It appears that there will be one final and very reasonable chance to save the Skills Center Natural Resources program at the upcoming NOPSC Administrative Council meeting:
Tuesday, April 28 at 9 am at the Skills Center (905 W. 9th St., Port Angeles)
You can do any or all of the following:
1. Attend the meeting and invite as many other people as you can.
- Be prepared to speak if the opportunity presents itself.
3. Write statements in support of the NR Program and email them to Tara Morrow (tmorrow1008@gmail.com– cc’d here). Please include your name and physical address.
4. Send those same statements directly to the NOPSC Administrative Council and PASD School Board (email addresses below).If you have any questions or time to contribute in ways beyond the items listed above, please respond.
Some interesting recent developments include these:
* The State AG’s office has informed PASD and NOSPC that the Administrative Council meetings should but have not been following the Open Public Meetings Act. One penalty is that all actions taken at out-of-compliance meetings are null and void.
* This upcoming week, PASD’s Business and Finance Director plans to produce the official Natural Resources program financial report and have it available at the 4/23 PASD School Board meeting in case any School Board members ask to see it (she has never been asked to create a financial report for the NR program).
* A very reasonable solution that could be pursued, if decision makers are willing, is to run the NR program as “CTE Instructional Worksite Learning” instead of “Alternative Learning Experience (ALE).” The current program structure fits both of these sets of state rules, but in 2010, NOPSC decided to run the NR Options and NR 2 classes through the ALE rules. Changing to CTE would address a concern about ALE, namely that CTE is funded at a higher rate than ALE, and it would allow all parties to compromise while still offering this valuable program.
Thanks, Ed Chadd
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Avian bird flu found in chickens near Port Angeles – PDN
Posted on January 20, 2015 by Al B.
The Peninsula Daily News is reporting that a small farm outside of PA has had it’s chickens destroyed after finding avian flu in the birds. A quarantine is being setup near PA for farm animals. If you happen to see a dead bird in your yard, use gloves to bag it and bring it into the county health department, noting where you found it. If you don’t do that, then throw it in the garbage.
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Port Angeles Begins Work on Landfill Nearshore Restoration
Posted on August 15, 2014 by Al B.
Received from Anne Schaeffer of the Coastal Watershed Institute:
On Tuesday, 12 August 2014, Jamie Michel, CWI nearshore biologist and Kathryn Neal, City of Port Angeles, updated NOAA, DFW, and DNR management on key priorities for the Elwha nearshore and the City of Port Angeles. The city, after literally a decade of urging by the local citizens, local and regional scientists and managers, has taken the first step to solve the problem of the City of Port Angeles landfill.
If done well part of this solution will optimize upcoming sediment delivery from Elwha dam removals, reverse 100 years of sediment starvation, and protect/restore critical nearshore of the feeder bluffs of the Elwha nearshore.
CWI continues to lead this dialog and is dedicated to collaboratively realizing solutions that benefit the community and the Elwha nearshore-and the national resources it supports. It’s been a surprisingly challenging effort to get these world class nearshore management issues and restoration opportunities onto the action radar of a few of our state and federal management agencies. Thankfully WDFW, DNR, DoE, the CoE, and EPA are helping. And with leadership from Sissi Bruch, Dan McKeen, and Craig Fulton we are now making headway.
Pictures and details on our blog:http://www.coastalwatershedinstitute.org/blog/.
Anne Shaffer
Coastal Watershed Institute
P.O.Box 2263
Port Angeles, Washington 98362
anne.shaffer@coastalwatershedinstitute.org
www.coastalwatershedinstitute.org
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