Local Environmental Website
If you're concerned about local environmental issues — and aren’t we all, living here on this beautiful Olympic Peninsula — please check out this local website.
The Olympic Peninsula Environmental News covers environmental issues, events and projects on the Olympic Peninsula, Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Hood Canal.
Regardless of one’s political leanings, protecting this unique treasure should be a top concern of everyone who’s lucky enough to live here. The Olympic Peninsula Environmental News is an excellent site for staying on top of the environmental issues that affect all of us. And if you're looking for any local government agencies or environmental organizations, chances are you'll find them linked there.
Check it out.
The Olympic Peninsula Environmental News covers environmental issues, events and projects on the Olympic Peninsula, Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Hood Canal.
Regardless of one’s political leanings, protecting this unique treasure should be a top concern of everyone who’s lucky enough to live here. The Olympic Peninsula Environmental News is an excellent site for staying on top of the environmental issues that affect all of us. And if you're looking for any local government agencies or environmental organizations, chances are you'll find them linked there.
Check it out.
Labels: Hood Canal, Olympic Peninsula, Olympic Peninsula Environmental News, Strait of Juan de Fuca
posted by Tom Harper at 11:17 AM
4 Comments:
I don't know what to think about removing dams, like on the Elwha River. Some people say it's good because it returns everything to its natural state. Others say that when a dam is removed, the flooding wrecks the land.
I'm not sure whose side to be on.
I agree with you, anonymous. I usually like the return to the natural state, but in this case it may well do more harm than good.
If the repair of the fishery is the real reason they want to do this, they could accomplish that with fish ladders, much cheaper to install and proven to work.
Hope they'll at least look at some other options before they do this. The removal of the Elwha dam, for instance, will flood a lot of low-lying land which is Native American-owned -- where's the mitigation plan for them?
Yes, we're all concerned about the environment, but we need to balance that with the economy. A lot of the good jobs have disappeared from this area and they haven't been replaced, unless saying "would you like fries with that" over and over counts as a good job. A lot of people are struggling. We need to preserve the environment but we also need to make sure there are jobs here so this place doesn't become either a ghetto or a retirement community.
...Paul L. says: You really probably don't want to hear my opinions on the "Damns", or about the City trying desparately to turn P.A. into a Retirement Haven. (from out of State, Rich Retirees, that is)-("CONDO DWELLERS") - not Family Wage Earner Retirees)....(in my most humble opinion, that is)... ;-( ...................
...Spendng $400 million on the Elwha Dams Removal (as an experiment-to study) - so that THEY can later take out the POWER GENERATING Dams on the Columbia River also - is just another typical "GOVERNMENTAL BOONDOGGLE" -WASTING TAXPAYER $$$$$$$$$!!!!!!!!
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