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Mar. 31, 2000 USGS studies shed no light on the role of water contamination as a a factor in frog deformities.
Mar. 30, 2000 New USGS research
shows that rural areas and farms may be friendlier to frogs and toads than urban areas. Mar. 28, 2000 Thanks to American Rivers we can learn about the congressional events happening in the other Washington. Mar. 24, 2000 We've examined the WaDOE Toxics data and chose 4 images to help you decide if you want to download the entire report or ask WaDOE for a copy. Unfortunately counties within our watershed and the Grays Harbor appear high in some rankings. To view the chemicals reported on look at Chemicals reported Mar. 24, 2000 WaDOE has a press release which indicates that for 1998, 312 companies reported releasing a total of 22.8 million pounds of toxic chemicals into the air, 4.28 million pounds onto the land, and 3.5 million pounds into the water. We will attempt to provide more information from this report later on our web site.
Mar. 24, 2000 Interesting projects: Continued placement of the already existing geotubes for short term erosion control on the Pacific Ocean shoreline" and unusual names: "Slug Bug State Timber Sale" are just one part of the SEPA applications for this week.
Mar. 21, 2000 American Rivers has provided special information on 'River Budgets'
Mar. 21, 2000 Budgets? Parks? Water Resources? Ocean Bills? All these and more in the latest news from the 'other' Washington.
Mar. 21, 2000 Washington is not one of the 31 states listed as having a problem with contaminated wells - but the problem is serious enough for you to read this.
Mar. 20, 2000 The Chehalis Basin Partnership is meeting March 24. Minutes from last month and the agenda for this month include fisheries, GIS, Flood Projects and more.
Mar. 20, 2000 WaDOE has released a 'draft' study of fecal coliform in Grays Harbor - here is the single section on conclusions. Mar. 20, 2000 The Department of Ecology (Ecology) is proposing a rule revision to give people better guidance on how to effectively and efficiently meter or measure water use.
Mar. 18, 2000 Want to find out what is happening here? Then check out the changes to the Chehalis Watershed SEPA permits.
Mar. 18, 2000 Although the company is now European owned, the power output is changing, the cooling is changing and the water source is changing - not to mention that the U.S. Dept. of Energy is gone, and they want to alter the plant's original justification from presold output to on-demand output Tractebel wants the permit modifications approved.
Mar. 17, 2000 The Chronicle reports that Tenino is seeking to establish a city sewer system.
Mar. 17, 2000 WaDOE has informed us about the recently completed TMDL (fecal coliform) study in the Grays Harbor area. A workshop is planned March 31, GHCC at 1:00 p.m.
Mar. 16, 2000 Turbines, dredging, dams and water flow are some of the related topics in this edition fishery news.
Mar. 14, 2000 Friends of Puget Prairies is looking for participants and events to coincide with the 5th annual Prairie Appreciation Day,
May 20,2000
Mar. 14, 2000 USGS warning of severe drought in wide area of United States.
Mar. 14, 2000 A Columbia River project (not in our area, but managed by the Corps of Engineers, which has local projects) has drawn criticism in this report from the Daily Astorian.
Mar. 12, 2000 Tractebel, formerly Chehalis Power Inc., seeks EFSEC approval for significant modifications to the 1997 agreements.
Mar. 11, 2000 A live video program on the status of the national drought will take place on 3/13/2000. If you have a KU satellite dish you should be able to receive it.
Mar. 10, 2000 The Chehalis Basin Education Consortium has a home page of their own.
Mar. 10, 2000 Among the many new items in the SEPA applications for this week are 3 items: 1) timber harvest and divide 61 acres into 100 single family residential lots, 2) breach a dike on the north side of river, freshwater wetland will be created on south side of River where a culvert riser and tide gates will be removed and replaced with fish ladder and 3) Centralia Steam Plan Site; develop a 1,000 acre industrial park over the next 20 years in three phases; includes partially reclaimed a 170 acre pit.
Mar. 08, 2000 FEMA's "Multi-Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment" report is now available it describes and assesses the many natural and technological hazards facing the United States.
Mar. 08, 2000 The latest from American Rivers includes an update on appropriations, fish habitat, scenic rivers and aquifer pollution.
Mar. 07, 2000 American Rivers has provided another Corps Reform update including info on the Corp's boondoggles.
Mar. 06, 2000 Fifteen Lewis County landowners and the Evaline Community Association have petitioned the Growth Management Hearings Board to invalidate Lewis County's Comprehensive Land Use Plan.
Mar. 06, 2000 Early last year the CRC participated in developing a water quality course. This course is designed to train high school students in methods used to measure water quality in streams, rivers, and lakes. The objective is to give students an understanding of how water quality data are collected and used to solve environmental problems.
Mar. 04, 2000 No Corps of Engineers projects in this list, but the new SEPA permits for the Chehalis watershed are online now.
Mar. 03, 2000 Two of the most talked about U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects in the region are now becoming the talk of the nation - and these difficulties underlie some of the potential activities in this watershed.
Mar. 03, 2000 In 1998 a lot of interest and concern was publicly expressed about the proposed power generation facility (owned by Chehalis Power Inc.). Now it appears that a number of changes are under review. Here is a listing of some documents pertinent to this new modification process. Mar. 02, 2000 EPA extends comment period for standards for the use or disposal of sewage sludge.
Mar. 02, 2000 WaDOE reissued the wastewater discharge general permit for dairy farms.
Mar. 01, 2000 WaDOE recently began online reporting of contaminated sites. Here is our first Chehalis watershed independent cleanup report. This is not a complete listing.
Mar. 01, 2000 What exactly is "Frogwatch"? A timepiece, a TV show? Learn about Frogwatch right here!
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