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Alf Hanna
editor/publisher/reporter
I am chair of the Sustainability Committee in the League of Women Voters of Clallam County. We have been organized since last Octobeer and are working on a number of issues.
We have long recongized the need for a network which can link all groups together who are working on the issue of sustainability which is a bit broader than just the envrionment.
I would welcome an opportunity to talk to Al about this and other issues. Your website was a welcomed sight.
Thanks for the kind words, Carrol. I’ll be in touch with you this week.
Hi,
I am the executive director and marine biologist with the Coastal Watershed Institute, a non-profit formed back in 1996 who’s mission is to bring substantive science and citizenry together to preserve our critical resources thru on the ground wise, longterm, science based ecosystem management. We coordinate the Elwha Nearshore Consortium, a group of scientists, citizens, and managers dedicated to the Elwha nearshore. We have regular events that the community might be interested in. How do we contribute/ post these to your good site?
Left side, Government sites, you want to swap out Kessler for Tharinger?
http://www.leg.wa.gov/house/representatives/pages/tharinger.aspx
Changed. Thanks. Perhaps this should be a Wiki!
Now, that’s an idea. Maybe this can the environmental portal for the Peninsula, with everybody contributing. Then, we’d have to do work, it might get overloaded and be open to subterfuge. You do have an impressive array of links and news here.
And thank you for listing SavePulali.org under “Non Government Organizations” If you really want to get micro (and we do) check out this web page. It’s just some links and archived news but it claims a digital stake to record what is going on in this particular spot, where we live. We’re lucky enough to live somewhere worth saving. I’m glad to see an expanding digital environmental footprint because accurate information, on the ground, is critical to saving habitat, aquifer, marine life – the whole shebang. So, yeah, maybe it’s worth a wiki!
Hey,
Can you add the Coastal Watershed Institute to the list of NGO’s for the Olympic Peninsula? Our website is http://www.coastalwatershedinstitute.org. We’ll be posting the recent KUOW interview on the Elwha project in the next day or two… Thanks…jas
Hi there,
I am writing to let you know about a project that we at Earth Economics have recently embarked upon. The project- Green Jobs in WA State- is looking at broadening and deepening the concept of a green job, and providing a framework that elucidates the fundamental reliance of all jobs on the environment and ecosystem services (clean water, flood protection etc.), and to some extent quantifies reliance of these jobs on green jobs. Many of these green jobs are of course supported by WA’s natural resource agencies, currently facing cuts.
Phase one of this project is thus centered on this legislative session, with the goal of providing the WA environmental community with concepts and economic data they can use to make arguments for investing in job creation that promotes sustainability, climate adaptation and the conservation of our increasingly scarce and threatened natural systems in Washington State.
This Wednesday, March 2, at 10 am we are holding a webinar to introduce the project and present some preliminary findings, and would be glad if you would spread the word through any means possible. The link to register for the webinar is at https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/887319526
or http://www.eartheconomics.org
Thank you!
Hello,
I am a long-time member of OPA- Olympic Park Associates, and I don’t see them listed in your NGO’s. Could you please add them?
The current newsletter has an excellent article about the Wild Olympics Campaign, with suggestions for lending support. Perhaps you could post it?
Thank you!
Linda Barnfather is running for Clallam County Commissioner, District 1, and would love to include her campaign website underneath your Governmental Sites. She would also love to have an interview with the site if that’s something you would also be interested in. Who should I talk to to inquire about those items? Thank you!
Dear Editor,
As a fellow Green ambassador, I’d like to present you with this short note.
We’ve only today released an infographic that I feel will be of interest to the Olympic Peninsula Environmental News community.
Please have a look at http://www.jobvine.co.za/what-is-the-deal-with-green-jobs/
Your thoughts on this would be much appreciated!
Best Regards,
Elle
hi Alf,
Seems I never heard of you either. On the west end of Jefferson county is the Hoh River Trust. We’re a nonprofit land trust that owns about 6800 acres in a corridor along the Hoh River with goals of forest and habitat restoration on former industrial timber land. We use silviculture to accelerate the growth of old growth dependant species habitat and have been active in decommissioning roads and restoring salmon habitat. We’ve been here since 2005 and are working hard. I’d also like to mention our friends and partners, the Hoh Tribe, the Pacifc Coastal Salmon Coalition (PACSAC) and the North Pacific Coast lead entity (NPCLE).
Mike Hagen
Excellent news Mike. Please give a call if you are out this way in Port Townsend, would love to meet for coffee. The editor’s name is Al Bergstein. He’s in the PT phonebook, or you can ping him at mountainstoneproductions@gmail.com