[CPEO-MEF] Puget Sound (WA) orca protection

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[I would be interested in hearing what this might mean for Navy 
operations in Puget Sound. I remember a controversy over Navy sonar 
exercises in the Strait of Juan de Fuca - and its reported impact on 
orcas - leading into the Sound. - LS]


Huge stretch of Sound protected for orcas?

By Lynda V. Mapes and Jonathan Martin
Seattle Times (WA)
June 10, 2006

From the orcas' summer playground to their winter range, a vast stretch 
of critical Puget Sound habitat may soon be placed under new federal 
protection.

The National Marine Fisheries Service proposed Friday to protect one of 
the region's signature species with new restrictions on about 2,500 
square miles of inland waters, including the Strait of Juan de Fuca, 
Haro Strait and the San Juan Islands.

The announcement immediately triggered controversy. Developers said they 
dread more regulation. Some environmentalists applauded the proposal but 
said it did not go far enough.

...

For the entire article, see
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003052346_orca10m.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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