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Removing a dam to restore an ecosystem is never exciting or glamorous. It’s always a hard-fought slog of paperwork, meetings and most of all asking the public for their support. It took two decades to begin the removal of the Elwha dam on the Olympic peninsula. It took almost as long to begin work for [...]
UPDATED: HB 1938 Passes Out of Committee, Rushed To Budget Hearing & Doesn’t Get In!
By admin | February 21, 2011
DERT regrets to report that the HB 1938 has passed out of committee by a 6 to 4 vote on Thursday morning. And before we even had a chance to prepare our testimony the bill is getting rushed through its budget committee hearing in the house today at 8am. (Note: Good News! HB 1938 did [...]
By Dave Peeler The House Committee on State Government and Tribal Affairs, chaired by Rep. Sam Hunt, heard testimony today on HB 1938 from several people on both sides (pro and con). Sue Patnude, Dan Grossboll, Doug Myers, Carol Blodgett, Pat Rasmussen and myself all testified against the bill (con). Testifying in support of the [...]
