Our mission is to protect the habitat of Puget Sound tidelands from the underregulated expansion of new and intensive shellfish aquaculture methods. These methods were never anticipated when the Shoreline Management Act was passed. They are transforming the natural tideland ecosystems in Puget Sound and are resulting in a fractured shoreline habitat. In South Puget Sound much of this has been done with few if any meaningful shoreline permits and with limited public input. It is exactly what the Shoreline Management Act was intended to prevent.

Get involved and contact your elected officials to let them you do not support aquaculture's industrial transformation of Puget Sound's tidelands.

Governor Inslee:

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Coastal Senators Obtain Local Representation, Overcoming Governor Gregoire's Veto

State Senator Rankor (D - Orcas), Senator Hatfield (D - Raymond) and Senator Hargrove (D - Hoquiam) were able overcome Governor Gregroire's veto of a portion of Senate Bill 6263 which would have minimized local representation on coastal marine planning.   The Governor felt a staff representative from her office would have been good enough (click here for Chinook Observor article).  The Senators were able to create a legislative budget proviso which now directs agencies to consult with the local marine resource committees, ensuring local representation in guiding marine spatial planning (click to read Daily World article) .  How DNR (the lead agency), Ecology, WDFW and the various local councils will coordinate and allocate $2.1 million will remain to be seen.
Posted by Protect Our Shoreline at 4:18 PM

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