Kitsap Sun

2011

March

• With Restored Shoreline, Strawberry Plant Park Ready for Visitors
  

• Dave Shorett- Give Suquamish Tribe Props for Dedication to Salmon Restoration
  

• Dabob Forestland, Shoreline Placed in Permanent Conservation
  

• Kitsap Health Inspectors Continue Battle for Clean Water
  

February

• State House Approves Bill to Improve Oil Spill Response
  

• Gig Harbor Included in Historic Maritime Survey
  

• State Requires Shoreline Programs to Incorporate Geoduck Farming Standards
  

• Proposed Fee on Certain Petroleum Products Would Fight Stormwater Pollution
  

• Puget Sound Partnership Steadfast in Science-Based Solutions to Environmental Threat
  

January

• Kitsap County Looking at Ways to Conserve Water
  

• Industry Groups Fight Bills to Strengthen Penalties Charged in Oil Spills
  

• Talk Afloat for One More Kitsap Port
  

• From Bremerton to Tiny Eglon, Each Port Lives in a World of Its Own
  

• Contaminated West Property Could Become Superfund Site
  

• Currents Pull Kitsap's Many Ports in Opposing Directions
  

• Future Developments Will be Shaped by 2011 Code Revisions
  

• Tribes Come to the Table on North Kitsap Legacy Partnership
  

• Peg Tillery: Backyard Habitat Grants, Shore Stewards
  

• Washington Lawmakers Propose Better Oil Spill Response
  

• City Attorney Says Bainbridge had Weak Case Against WSF
  

• Appeals Court Upholds Kitsap County Environmental Laws
  

2010

December

• Suquamish Tribe Pulls Together $1.7 Million to Remove Chico Creek Culvert
  

• 2011 Preview, A New Year is Here, What News will it Bring?
  

• EPA Unveils Options for Duwamish River Cleanup
  

• Manchester Dock Hit with Double Whammy
  

• Gig Harbor's PenMet Parks Receives Eight New Parks from County
  

• Kitsap County Given Tips on Connecting Effectively With Public
  

• State OKs Lease for Eagle Harbor Liveaboards
  

• Bainbridge Island City Council Takes $2 Million Payment from Washington State Ferries
  

• First Step Taken to Save Home on Big Beef Creek
  

• Planning Commission Scrutinize First Document Completed in Shoreline Review
  

• Hearing on Key Shoreline Report Planned for this Week
  

• Some See Third Option to Resolve Dispute Over WSF Maintenance Yard Land
  

November

• Five Year Fishing Moratorium Proposed for Elwha River
  

• Bainbridge Park District Acquires Fay, Fort Ward from State
  

• David Dicks Leaves Puget Sound Restoration Fund
  

• Gov. Gregoire to Christen New Ferry on Sunday
  

• Kitsap County's Shoreline Task Force Is Making Progress
  

• Sewer Pipe Disrupts Manette Bridge Progress
  

October

• Planners Told to Take a Second Look at Variance Granted to Chico Homeowner
  

• Scientists, Business Interests, and Others to Collaborate on New Hood Canal Plan
  

• Nine Named for Hood Canal Awards
  

• Chum Salmon on the Move at Chico Creek
  

• Restoration Work Begins at Kingel Wetland
  

• Recession Mustn't Stop Restoration Projects, Gregoire Says
  

• Three Kitsap Projects Approved for Funding by Salmon Board
  

• Shoreline Progress Over Perfection, Governor's Chief of Staff Says
  

• Shoreline Buffers in Dispute for Chico Homeowner
  

• Donkey Creek Chum Festival Celebrates Return of Fish and the Environment
  

• Navy to Conduct Spill Drill on Canal
  

• Shoreline Conference Set for Sunday on Bainbridge
  

• A River Will Re-Run Through It, This Winter
  

• Study Will Examine Kitsap's Water Supplies
  

September

• Bainbridge Council Decides City Can't Afford its Liveabords
  

• Exhibit Gives Kitsap Bridges Their Due
  

• GH Marine Outfall Extension Project Proceeding on Schedule
  

• Latest Hood Canal Fish Kill Called "Extensive" but not "Massive"
  

• Geoduck Harvesting Approved for Five Areas in Kitsap County
  

• Bremerton Begins Shoreline Rule Revisions
  

• State Health Department Closes Oyster Harvest on Hood Canal
  

• Work at Bainbridge Island's Strawberry Plant Park to Begin Soon
  

• Record Low Oxygen Levels Observed in Southern Hood Canal
  

• Illahee State Park to Close Next Week for Construction
  

August

• Women Recall Gig Harbor of the Past
  

• Kitsap Shoreline Task Force Still Sorting Out Plans, Regulations, Legislation
  

July

• Paddle Kitsap is a Can't-Miss Nautical Adventure
  

• Activists Worry About Oil Reaching Last Puget Sound Orca Living in Captivity
  

• Names 'Salish,' 'Kennewick' Chosen for New Ferries
  

• S'Klallams Play Host as Paddlers Take a Break From their Journey
  

• $600k Grant to Suquamish Tribe will Remove Chico Creek Culvert
  

• The Legal Dilemma of Beach Walking
  

• EPA: $30M on the Way for Puget Sound Restoration
  

June

• Do You  Walk Along the Beach?
  

• Researchers Ponder Missing Water Layer in Hood Canal
  

• New State Restrictions on Makeup of Dishwashing Detergents Take Effect Thursday
  

• State Settles with Shellfish Growers Over Trespass Issues
  

• Shipping Industry to Begin Footing Bill for Rescue Tug
  

• Kitsap County Shoreline Discussion Comes Under Fire
  

• Popular Manette Gazebo Could be Fit for Gawking Again Soon
  

• Few Turn Out to Hear More on Illahee Port's Purposed Land Purchase
  

May

• An Eye-Opening Summit on the Salish Sea Plastics Pollution Project
  

• Dolphins, Sea Lions Going on Guard at Bangor Base
  

• Drugs Passing Through Septic Tanks and into Local Waters
  

• State, Tribal Officials Respond to Diesel Spill in Port Gamble Bay
  

• Road Widening, Fought by Neighbors for Years, Finally Beginning In Harper
  

• Settlement, Sale Could End Fight Over Proposed Illahee Development
  

• Whale off Washington Coast Still Tangled in Crab Pot Gear
  

• Effect of Salmon Farms Under Review
  

• Canadians Unsure About Playing Host to Kitsap's New Foot Ferry
  

April

• Shoreline Task Force Begins Its Work
  

• NK Man Brings Undersea World to the Surface
  

• Some Local Best Bets as Lowland Lakes Fishing Season Opens
  

• Appeals Court to Rule Again on Shorelines in Case that Involves Kitsap Group
  

• Garbage in Stomach of Whale Found in Seattle
  

• Group Says It Picked Tons of Trash from Shoreline
  

• Another Gray Whale Dead in Puget Sound
  

• WA Legislature OKs Construction Budget
  

• 2 Gray Whales Dead on NW Washington Beaches
  

• Gig Harbor Icon Remembers Early Days of Fishing
  

• Ecology Officials to Discuss Shorelines
  

March

• Kitsap County Receives Highest EPA Award
  

• The Sights and Sounds of Spring
  

• State Asks for OK to Disturb Marine Mammals During Bridge Replacement
  

• Commissioners Weigh Changes to Land Use Appeals Process
  

• S'Klallam Tribe to Assess Contamination Around Port Gamble bay
  

• Bremerton Going for Natural Look for Lions Park
  

• Oil Company to Pay $588,000 for Puget Sound Spill
  

• How Long Will Kitsap's Water Last? Group Ponders Study to Find Out.
  

• Port of Manchester to Implement Boat Launch Fees
  

• County Creates Task Force to Advise on Shoreline Planning
  

• Pulling Gorst Out of the Sewer...With Sewers
  

• Bill Would Allow Shoreline Buffers Spelled Out in Critical Areas Ordinance
  

• State Considers Expanding Selective Fishing Practices
  

February

• Shoreline Planning Underway in Kitsap
  

• KAPO Meeting to Address Shorelines
  

• New Calf Spotted with L Pod
  

• Kudos for Clean Water
  

• Dyes Inlet Cleanup Declared a Success
  

• State, Community Club Argue Access Issues for Lake Tahuyeh
  

• 'State of the Sound' Report Gives Restoration Efforts Mixed Marks
  

• 'A Big Day in Seabeck' as Marina Construction Begins
  

January

• State Agrees to Make Fixes to Old Roads as It Builds New
  

• Proposed Legislation Would Tap State's Oil Exports to Pay for New Ferries
  

• Two Week Closure of Big Beef Creek Bridge in Central Kitsap Likely to Start Next Week
  

• Kitsap Shoreline Committee Being Formed
  

• County Schedules Workshop on Stormwater
  

• WSU Extension Offers Nighttime Beach Walk Jan. 27
  

• Scientists Critical of Bainbridge Man's Report on Shoreline
  

• City of Gig Harbor Receives Grant to "Daylight" Donkey Creek
  

2009

• One More Chance for Landlubbers to Walk Through History
  

• Shorelines May be Treated As 'Critical Areas' for Time Being
  

• Shoreline Update Outreach
  

• Commission Rejects Super Surcharge for State Ferries
  

• An Upstream Ride in the Rain
  

• Road to Port Orchard- Historic Picture
  

• Planners Say Healthy Urban Shorelines are Possible
  

• Survey Shows Healthy, Damaged Shorelines
  

• Corps of Engineers to Begin Devising Ways to Restore Nearshore Habitat
  

• Under Water, Old Nets are Silent Killers
  

• With a New Baby in Tow, J pod Now in Puget Sound
  

• More Dissent Arises Over Shoreline Rules
  

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2010

March

• Puget Sound's Altered Shorelines
  

Seattle Times

2010

January

• Pacific's Rising Acid Levels Threaten Marine Life
  

Port Orchard Independent

2010

• High Waters Seep onto Bainbridge Island's Sandspit
  

2009

• The Battle to Defend Property Rights Continues
  

Peninsula Daily News

2009

• Jefferson commissioners favor 150-foot shoreline buffer in new plan
  

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