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May 2008
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environment: September 2007We've heard it all before. Coal and oil power associated with greenhouse gases and pollution. Safety questions and spent fuel issues with nuclear power. Salmon impacts from otherwise non-polluting hydroelectric dams. In the last few weeks I've had the chance to witness new generations of power production in both action and experimentation. ...It was a packed church, located between Auburn and Enumclaw. Hundreds of friends of state Fish and Wildlife biologist Rocky Spencer gathered. ... A service will be held for Washington State Fish & Wildlife agent Rocky Spencer today. You all may have heard he was killed during an animal relocation project last weekend. He was struck by a helicopter blade and in a flash, Rocky was gone. ...A lot of wild items pass my desk. The story below has to be among the wildest. I suspect this suggestion will be met with some serious skepticism from salmon protection groups and others. This is definitely a 'Messing with Mother Nature' moment. Seattle's "Seal Sitters" want you to help protect baby seals around Puget Sound. They're asking waterfront property owners to anchor small floats, rafts or platforms off their property so that baby seals can lounge there while their mothers are out fishing for food. ...First off, thanks to all of you who responded to the blog about this weekend's whale hunt in Neah Bay. I just returned from filing my story today and after reading many of the postings, I wanted to answer, or at least try to, one of the questions that keeps popping up. Like Vance Webster, who posted at 8:42 a.m. on 9/10, many are wonder... I was not here in Seattle in 1999 when the first Makah Tribe whale hunt in more than 70 years sparked national and international protests. While I've heard several stories from my co-workers who covered the 1999 controversy, I did not know the whole story. ... |