Marine News - 2002 Archive

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December

New Rules Set For Protecting Shorelines (December21, 2002)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
“Guidelines called a 'landmark agreement' between businesses and environmentalists.”
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/100997_shorelines21.shtml

City Finds Bucks to Move Boats (December 12-18, 2002)
Blaine Northern Light
“Blaine has found a source of state funding to pay for removal of two fish boats abandoned in Drayton Harbor.”

November

Will They Stay or Will They Go? (November28- December 4, 2002)
Blaine Northern Light
“Booms now surround the two boats to contain spreading oil and gas.”

Water Cleaner Where Oysters Are, But It’s Not Enough (November28- December 4, 2002)
Blaine Northern Light
“ As water quality in most of Drayton Harbor slowly gets better, hopes of harvesting oysters planted on the east side hinge on whether or not the state bases its decision to reclassify the harbor on the highly polluted water in Blaine Harbor marina.”

Our Troubled Sound- Five Part Series (November 18-22, 2002)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
“We have dumped billions of gallons of raw sewage and some of the worst toxic chemicals imaginable into Puget Sound, ravaging what was once one of the world's richest ecosystems. We have overfished, destroyed shoreline habitat and poisoned beloved orcas. The destruction continues. What can we do?”

PART 1: POLLUTED WATERS
“ We're treating Puget Sound like a sewer. Every day, government and private facilities dump more than a billion gallons of polluted water in the estuary.”
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/specials/sound/day1.asp

PART 2: EXTINCTION OR BUST
“ The Sound's delicate ecosystem, from eelgrass to killer whales, is out of whack. Many species are in free fall, facing possible extinction.”
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/specials/sound/day2.asp

PART 3: RUINOUS RUNOFF
“ Polluted stormwater is the single biggest threat to the health of the Sound, and state regulators have been unable to control the problem.”
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/specials/sound/day3.asp

PART 4: MARITIME MESS
“ Every year, the risk increases that ships will collide in the Sound, causing an environmental disaster we're ill-prepared to deal with.”
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/specials/sound/day4.asp

PART 5: TURNING THINGS AROUND
“ A sweeping recovery plan is in the works, but all of us will have to change the way we live if we want the Sound to survive -- and thrive.”
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/specials/sound/day5.asp

Still There…(November 14-20, 2003)
Blaine Northern Light
“Two derelict vessels are still beached on Drayton Harbor’s south side, and now they’re adding oil and gas to the fecal coliform pollution...”

October

Red Tide Closures (October 17-23, 2003)
Blaine Northern Light
“Whatcom County health authorities have closed all beaches in the county to shellfish harvesting after the state department of health found high levels of red tide toxin in local bivalves.”