October 2009

Lynda Mapes has the story in the Seattle Times:
The Washington State Board on Geographic Names today voted 5-1 in favor of adding Salish Sea as one of the approved names for the body of water encompassing Puget Sound, the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Strait of Georgia.
Board members said they approved the name [...]

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This item comes to us from the San Juan Islander:
The Port of Friday Harbor is proposing new moorage rates for 2010. There will be no cost of living increase but there will be a 1 percent increase for the capital reserve. The Port is setting aside funds to rebuild the marina.
The Port is also changing [...]

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Beth Casper has the story in the Salem (OR) Statesman Journal:
NOAA is defending its decision to move its marine operations center to Newport by refuting that the Oregon site is in a floodplain and that it didn’t do its part to evaluate the costs associated with a move 300 miles away, according to an agency [...]

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ISABELLE DILLS has the story in the Bellingham Herald:
LYNDEN – About 150 ducks were found dead in the Lynden area early this week.
On Monday, Oct. 26, a veterinarian from the state Department of Fish and Wildlife investigated 100 dead ducks in Wiser Lake, and 50 more near the Bylsma levee on the Nooksack River.
The veterinarian [...]

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Lynda V. Mapes has the story in the Seattle Times:
HOBUCK BEACH, Neah Bay, Clallam County — They died in droves: common murres, scoters, loons and more, in the largest-ever-recorded kill of seabirds on Washington’s coast.
Bedraggled dead seabirds tangled in sea wrack on this remote, wild beach are just some of more than 8,000 birds killed [...]

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Christopher Dunagan has the story in the Kitsap Sun:
Congress will provide $50 million next year for the cleanup and restoration of Puget Sound, an increase from $20 million in the current year’s budget.
The $32 billion Interior and Environment Appropriations Bill, approved Thursday by both houses of Congress, includes increased funding for the operation of national [...]

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Mark Yuasa has the story in the Seattle Times:
The sport crab season reopens Sunday in parts of Puget Sound, and the opportunities should be good heading into the New Year.
Central Puget Sound (Area 10) and most of northern Puget Sound (9) will be open daily at sunrise this Sunday through Jan. 2. A portion of [...]

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I was all ready to jump on this story yesterday, and was just waiting for a WSDOT press release, or a USCG press release, to fill in the details.
Hour after hour I waited, wondering why this important story wasn’t moving.
Then I decided I must have misunderstood Richard’s post, and maybe that was a historical [...]

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PORT TOWNSEND – Ferry service on the Port Townsend/Keystone route is cancelled until Friday, October 30. The 50-car Steilacoom II is out of service for necessary repairs. Customers are advised to use the Mukilteo/Clinton and Edmonds/Kingston routes for travel between the Olympic Peninsula and Whidbey Island.
Service was cancelled beginning with the 2:15 p.m. sailing from [...]

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Port of Bellingham commissioner JIM JORGENSEN has this item on the opinion page of THE BELLINGHAM HERALD:
The Bellingham Herald reported recently on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s response to the Port of Bellingham’s legal protest regarding the selection of Newport, Ore., for the homeport for NOAA’s Pacific Research fleet.
The port commission filed a protest [...]

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Chris Henry has the story in the Kitsap Sun:
PORT ORCHARD — The Port Orchard City Council on Tuesday set in motion a process that could lead to expansion of its waterfront boardwalk.
The project is part of a countywide effort to create a Mosquito Fleet Trail system commemorating the fleet of small steamers that plied the [...]

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SEATTLE – The Washington State Department of Transportation Ferries Division (WSF) invites the public to a series of meetings in ferry-served communities November 4-19. In these meetings WSF will provide information, answer questions and hear public comments on a variety of issues related to the ferry system, including the legislated vehicle reservations pre-design study, winter [...]

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