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Educational Sites
- - Voices of the Strait Video Voices of the Strait video project Chapter 1
- -NW Environmental Video Channel Gateway site for environmental videos of the Salish Sea
- -Regional Events The Puget Sound Partnership’s Event Calender. Lists *most* of the environmental educational events coming up
- -The Cove One of the most important environmental documentaries ever created. If you value dolphins, then you must see this film.
- A Sea Change Movie about ocean acidification the next looming crisis in our waters of Puget Sound, and elsewhere. A must see video.
- Best Green Blogs Listing of hundreds of global blogs on Green subjects, both commercial and not for profit
- Biomass study – WSU The definitive study on how much biomass really exists in our counties.
- Boldt Decision – History Seattle Times article on the history of the Boldt Decision.
- Carfree.com Imagining towns without cars!
- Crab Pot Escape Cord Stop crab pot loss & crab kills! Use cotton cord!
- Dead Zones – Eutrophic Map of Salish Sea Dead Zone tracking globally.
- Derelict Gear Removal Project Learn about derelict gear & how to report it if you see it
- Eleanor Stopps – In her Own Words The audio only interview with the great environmental activist, Eleanor Stopps
- Feiro Marine Life Center Port Angeles’ Marine Center
- Geoduck Study by UW Sea Grant 2012 Interim report of the long awaited Geoduck research by UW Washington Sea Grant
- Jimmy Come-Lately Creek Restoration Video detaling the restoration of Jimmy Come-Lately Creek in Blyn.
- National Marine Fisheries overview of aquaculture on habitat From the Fisheries permitting process
- North Olympic Peninsula Skills Center NOPSC is a project based field science class. Also for High School Senior Culminating Projects
- North Olympic Peninsula Skills Center Natural Resources To provide a program that provides hands-on, relevant natural resources research experience while meeting the needs of and building capacity within individual students and the North Olympic Peninsula region.
- Olympic Park Institute Educational site @ Lake Crescent
- Orca Listening Posts – Orcasound.net Hydrophones to listen to our friends in the sea.
- Peninsula College Environmental Education programs
- Protection Island Story A very good one page overview of how Protection Island was saved.
- PT Marine Science Center Educational site at Fort Worden. Check it out with kids!
- PT Marine Science Center Blog Cute, they even stole our photo header!
- Return of the River – Elwha Project John Gussman’s web site of video & stills from the project
- Roll call of the Lost Dick Goins description of stocks of wlld salmon declines over decades. By a long time expert fisherman.
- Shore Stewards WSU program for beach protection
- Shoreline Armoring on Puget Sound Workshop 2009 workshop on issues related to Shoreline Armouring
- Sound IQ Very cool new site! Interactive Map of Island County
- U.S. Government Energy Information Administration Want to know the CO2 stats? Here’s the place.
- VIDEO – Protecting our shorelines Good 34 minute video on why & how to protect your shoreline
- Water Footprint Network Understanding your water footprint
- Watershed Links A listing of local watershed links. Good starting place.
Governmental Sites
- All Government Officials Great listing of all Clallam County Elected officals, including tribal councils – By the League of Women Voters, Clallam Cty.
- Clallam County Democrats Democratic Party of Clallam County
- Clallam County Environmental Health Water quality protection onsite septic system program: regulation, management
- Clallam County Marine Resource Comm.
- Dept of Ecology – Fish/Shellfish Advisor Page Looking to see about safe consumption of fish/shellfish?
- Dept of Ecology Blog updates on the Rayonier site, and others
- Elwha River Restoration – NPS.gov The official site of the dam removal.
- Jefferson County Democrats Supporters of strong environmental protections of our shorelines and uplands
- Jefferson County Marine Resource Comm.
- Jefferson County SMP FAQs Frequently asked questions about the SMP
- NANOOS Web Site Pac. West Regional Ocean Observing System. Maritime Operations Ecosystem Assessment Fisheries & Biodiversity Coastal Hazards Climate
- NOAA 2011 Chinook Salmon Recovery Status The latest overview from NOAA of where we stand with Chinook recovery
- Northwest Straits Initiative
- Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary
- Olympic National Park The park, of course! And the North Coast & Cascades Science Learning Network
- Port Angeles Rayonier Mill Dept of Ecology Web site on the cleanup project
- Puget Sound Environmental Dashboard Dashboard of environmental health of Puget Sound
- Puget Sound Partnership State Agency tasked with cleaning up the Sound by 2020
- Rayonier Superfund Cleanup – WA DOE Blog State Department of Ecology Blog on the Superfund Cleanup project
- Representative Kevin Van De Wege 24th District State Rep
- Representative Steve Tharinger 24th District State Rep.
- Senator Maria Cantwell WA State Senator
- Senator Patty Murray WA State Senator
- State Senator James Hargrove 24th District State Senator
- State SMP Web site State of WA Shoreline Master Program Website
- Streamkeepers of Clallam County We Monitor Streams, and We Do It Really, Really Well.
- U.S. Government Energy Information Administration Want to know the CO2 stats? Here’s the place.
- Victoria Sewage Project The official city site on the project. The latest scoop on the Canadian poop!
News Sites
- Green Acre Radio on KBCS Green Acre Radio on KBCS — Sustainability, local food production, restoration & environmental talk radio.
- NW Indian Fisheries Commission The Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission (NWIFC) is a support service organization for 20 treaty Indian tribes in western Washington.
- Peninsula Daily News The only daily news on the Peninsula
- PT Guide Port Townsend City Guide
- The Port Townsend Leader The leading weekly newspaper & web site.
Non Governmental Organizations
- Admiralty Audubon Local PT based Audubon Chapter
- Brinnon Group Local group opposing Black Point resort
- Coastal Watershed Institute “To promote long term, ecological, community based stewardship of marine and terrestrial ecosystems thru scientific research and local partnerships.”
- Dungeness River Audubon Center Educational site on the river. Check it out with kids!
- Fred Felleman's Blog Fred is the “man” when it comes to oil spill prevention. Check his thoughts out.
- Georgia Straits Alliance Canadian NGO working on protecting the Straits
- Greenfleet Monitoring Expeditions Monitoring of Puget Sound Estuaries
- Jefferson Land Trust Folks working to protect critical openspace
- League of Women Voters – Clallam County a nonpartisan political organization, encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government, and influences public policy through education and advocacy.
- League of Women Voters – Jefferson County The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan political organization, encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government, and influences public policy through education and advocacy.
- Local 2020 Think local, act local
- North Olympic Land Trust
- North Olympic Lead Entity We bring local stakeholder groups together to coordinate salmon recovery efforts across the North Olympic Peninsula. from Blyn to Cape Flattery.
- North Olympic Salmon Coalition The mission of the North Olympic Salmon Coalition is to restore, enhance, and protect habitat of North Olympic Peninsula wild salmon stocks and to promote community volunteerism, understanding, cooperation and stewardship of these resources.
- Olympic Environmental Council The Olympic Environmental Council works on issues related to the environment and health that affect our North Olympic Peninsula communities.
- Olympic Forest Coalition Protecting and restoring our Olympic forest and aquatic ecosystems
- Olympic Park Associates If you share with us a passion for Olympic National Park, a concern for the Park’s future, and a vision that Olympic National Park should always be a wild and natural place, we invite you to join Olympic Park Associates.
- OrcaNetwork Follow the whales online!
- Puget Sound Restoration Fund Achieving on-the-ground restoration of habitat and native species in Puget Sound by focusing on action not politics
- Save Our Salmon Coalition Coalition of citizen and industry groups working to save wild salmon
- Save Pulali Pulali Point is on Hood Canal at Dabob Bay
- Seal Sitters Group trained by NOAA to help protect seals & pups in Western Washington
- Sierra Club – North Olympic Chapter This is a new chapter recently formed.
- Washington Environmental Council WEC has been working for a couple of decades on environmental activism. A great group of people actually getting things done.
- Whale Trail Signs along the way to take you to great whale viewing locations
- Wild Fish Conservancy Wild Fish Conservancy seeks to improve conditions for all of the Northwest’s wild fish
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Victoria finally votes to end sewage into the Straits

Posted on June 11, 2009 by alf hanna

6/10 Associated Press -Greater Victoria to stop flushing untreated sewage in sea-By PHUONG LE-The Associated Press After years of bad publicity — including a campaign by “Mr. Floatie” — the British Columbia capital of Victoria plans to stop pouring millions of gallons of untreated sewage into the marine waters between Vancouver Island and Washington state. [...]

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