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• Jul. 31, 2000 The CRC has on file publications related to forest management and timber harvest on Simpson's lands in Thurston, Mason, and Grays Harbor Counties, Washington. This coincides with the initiation of a 30-day public review period for these documents.
• Jul. 30, 2000The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service are working with a group of partners to provide family tree farmers in Lewis County the ability to seek regulatory certainty under the Endangered Species Act, Clean Water Act and State Forest Practices Rules and Regulations via an Incidental Take Permit. Public input is needed at a August 15 meeting in Chehalis.
• Jul. 30, 2000 Find out what's new in the SEPA permits for this past week.
• Jul. 29, 2000 Chehalis Basin Partnership processing of SRFB applications stopped by lack of consensus position of Chehalis Basin Fisheries Task Force.
• Jul. 29, 2000 Over a month late, but here, finally, are the agenda and minutes delivered at the June 23rd CBP meeting.
• Jul. 29, 2000 FEMA has announced new guidelines describing data and procedures for computing flood flow.
• Jul. 28, 2000 Here in the Chehalis watershed, the concept of 'storing water' seems strange, but a task force is meeting to examine state water storage issues!
• Jul. 28, 2000 Tom Fitzsimmons, DOE Director, in a story from the Seatle P.I., spoke out on the update of the Shoreline Management Guidelines.
• Jul. 27, 2000 The The Aberdeen Daily World reports that Grays Harbor County Commissioners adopted a resolution Monday opposing proposed changes to the state Shoreline Management Act
• Jul. 27, 2000 American Rivers provided an update on events in the other Washington.
• Jul. 26, 2000 Interested in the makeup and representation of the Chehalis Basin Partnership? Here is a list of CBP membership.
• Jul. 26, 2000 In February of 1999 the Chehalis Basin Partnership adopted these interim-bylaws.
• Jul. 25, 2000 The next Chehalis Basin Partnership meeting is July 28 and here is the agenda and last meeting summary. Also included are the CBP Vision and a report on which members can participate in decision making.
• Jul. 25, 2000 The Montesano Vidette reports that: The Port of Grays Harbor commissioners have thrown heir collective hats into the ring of controversy surrounding the new shoreline changes
• Jul. 25, 2000 The City of Chehalis published this 2000 Annual Water Quality report.
• Jul. 24, 2000 Here is what is was new in the SEPA permits for last week.
• Jul. 23, 2000 American Rivers provided an update on events in the other Washington.
• Jul. 21, 2000 The Chronicle reports that flooding and water quality issues are the subject of two recent petitions against Lewis County GMA plan.
• Jul. 21, 2000 The Chronicle reports that an end to the flooding problems in south Chehalis is not near, but the city is one step closer to finding a solution after completing a $58,000 stormwater basin study for the area.
• Jul. 20, 2000 The City of Oakville has released this 2000 Drinking Water Report.
• Jul. 20, 2000 The Chronicle reports that Centralia and Chehalis are doing what they can with 40-year old treatment plants.
• Jul. 20, 2000 The state Department of Ecology (Ecology) has once again fined Weyerhaeuser Company's mill at Cosmopolis for discharging high levels of fecal-coliform-laden waste water into the lower Chehalis River.
• Jul. 19, 2000 The Chronicle reports that: Flood-reduction work for the Chehalis River Basin continues to win support from Washington representatives.
• Jul. 17, 2000 The Chronicle reports that Washington's U.S. senators are fighting to allocate $1.75 million to the Centralia/Chehalis area to protect against damages caused flooding and erosion.
• Jul. 17, 2000 The SEPA permits for last week seem somewhat uninteresting, but they are online now.
• Jul. 16, 2000 The Montesano Vidette reports that some 200 people - many of whom were Harborites - staged a rally in Lacey on July 5 to protest the DOE's proposed shoreline rules.
• Jul. 16, 2000 The Montesano Vidette reports that the Wa. Assoc. of Counties opposes proposed shoreline rules.
• Jul. 13, 2000 American Rivers has some news on appropriations, water reuse funding and more from the other Washington.
• Jul. 11, 2000 American Rivers provided this update on the topic of reforming the Corps of Engineers.
• Jul. 11, 2000 Biosolids are a local interest item. WaDOE recently issued this press release concerning biosolids in the Spokane area.
• Jul. 11, 2000 Recently WaDOE issued this press release about $89 million being provided to improve and protect water quality.
• Jul. 10, 2000 The Chronicle reports that Centralia's wastewater treatment plant is on track and on schedule, after the city was nominated to accept a zero-interest, $24.7 million loan to build a new facility.
• Jul. 09, 2000 A state hearings board has declared invalid key portions of Lewis County's comprehensive plan.
• Jul. 09, 2000The Chronicle reports that: Floods, fish and fear are the driving forces behind protectors of Washington's environment, much to the joy and frustration of Chehalis city planners.
• Jul. 04, 2000 With half of 2000 behind us, here are the new updates to the WaDOE SEPA file for this week.
• Jul. 04, 2000 >Late in June The Aberdeen Daily World reported on a public meeting to provide information on the Fecal Coliform TMDL strudy of the Grays Harbor and the tributaries to the harbor.
• Jul. 04, 2000 U.S. Rep. Brian Baird, D-Was announced this week the House of Representatives has approved $3.3 million in federal funding for energy and water projects in Southwest Washington, including two involving flooding on Chehalis River and its tributaries.
• Jul. 04, 2000 A well-written letter to the editor raises a concern: "we are planning to sell 70 million gallons of water per year to a power company that will occupy nearly 40 acres of prime land, provide 22 jobs and sell its electricity to any state in the union."
• Jul. 04, 2000 WaDOE site register report states EPA and Ecology together visited the Hamilton Labree site. After evaluating the site using the Hazard Ranking System, it was determined the site qualified for the NPL
• Jul. 02, 2000 WaDOE Director spoke to the Wa. State Grange about shorelines management.

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