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• Sep. 30, 2000 The Aberdeen Daily World reports that WaDOE is beginning inspections of livestock farms in the upper Chehalis area of Thurston, Lewis and Grays Harbor counties .
• Sep. 30, 2000 In The Chronicle we learn that the Corps of Engineers has started drilling tests at Skookumchuck Dam to see if it can support a flood control addition.
• Sep. 30, 2000 A report from The Chronicle discusses water treatment and sewer system issues faced by the city of Tenino.
• Sep. 29, 2000 We are not alone when it comes to flood issues and politics. Here are two stories of issues faced by flood vict ims in other states.
• Sep. 28, 2000 We're almost late, here is an announcement about Grays Harbor Flood Hazard Management Plan meetings tonight and October 3rd. Thanks to The Montesano Vidette
• Sep. 27, 2000 American Rivers provides this insight into what is happening in the other Washington.
• Sep. 27, 2000 The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) wants to hear from local governments, businesses, Indian tribes and citizens on how best to manage stormwater runoff, one of the state's most prevalent and elusive water-quality problems.
• Sep. 25, 2000 Long Road Dike in Chehalis is a work in progress according to this article from The Chronicle.
• Sep. 24, 2000 The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service came to Aberdeen Thursday to hear testimony on a proposed listing of coastal cutthroat trout as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act, according to this article in the The Aberdeen Daily World .
• Sep. 23, 2000 Here's an advance copy of the agenda for the Sept 29 Chehalis Basin Partnership meeting and the minutes of the August meeting. Lots of water, salmon and flood issue commentary.
• Sep. 22, 2000 WaDOE has announced planned farm inspections in the uppper Chehalis area. This is part of a continuing effort to curtail watr pollution that comes from livestock farms.
• Sep. 20, 2000 We received an interesting news story, out of the Oregonian, which deals with Washington coastal erosion.
• Sep. 19, 2000 American Rivers provides this update of what is happening in the other Washington!
• Sep. 16, 2000 The SEPA applications for last week are available here.
• Sep. 15, 2000 According to The Chronicle:The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will begin test drilling into the earthen Skookumchuck Dam next week to determine the dam's strength and the feasibility of using it for a proposed flood-control project.
• Sep. 13, 2000 American Rivers has provided an overview of what is happenng in the other Washington.
• Sep. 12, 2000 WaDOE has been revising the Stormwater Manual for Western Washington and the draft was available in fall of 1999. The comment period for the final draft is open and will close November 17. Public workshops, availability of copies and other information is available through WaDOE.
• Sep. 12, 2000 The July-December 1999 Compendium of Flood Map Changes, which includes a listing of changes made to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) maps that became effective during the last 6 months of 1999, is now available
• Sep. 11, 2000 A Thurston County judge has verified that county-established conservancy boards do have greater authority to modify existing water rights than environmental groups claimed, but he also ruled that the boards' scope of authority is less than the Department of Ecology believed.
• Sep. 11, 2000 Time for fun! The CRC would like to invite you to join us on our annual canoe/kayak trip down the Chehalis.
• Sep. 10, 2000 The SEPA applications for last week are available here.
• Sep. 09, 2000 Unsual for us to post a job opening, but here is one from the USFWS which we received Sept 8 - for two fish and wildlife biologists positions in the Lacey area.
• Sep. 07, 2000 The public is invited to participate in an evaluation of how the state Department of Ecology (Ecology) is managing the state's coastal resources through its coastal-zone management program. The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which is conducting the evaluation, will host a public meeting
• Sep. 07, 2000 WaDOE has added 26 new sites to the hazardous waste site cleanup list.
• Sep. 07, 2000 WaDOE has produced the final Centennial Clean Water Fund/Washington State Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund/Clean Water Act Section 319 Nonpoint Source Fund report. Here is our verions as an alphabetical listing The complete, official document, released by WaDOE is available at: Department of Ecology Web site - http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/funding/2001
• Sep. 06, 2000 Thurston Conservation District has announced a public meeting to review the Scatter Creek Habitat Conservation Plan.
• Sep. 06, 2000 WaDOE has announced the availability of the Site Register through an online subscription.
• Sep. 03, 2000 The SEPA permits, as of Sept 1, are updated and online.
• Sep. 02, 2000 Ecology recently released a report for public review and comment. The comment period ends October 30, 2000
• Sep. 01, 2000 Local residents have organized a flood infromation meeting to be held September 5 at Swede Hall.
• Sep. 01, 2000 Time for fun! The CRC would like to invite you to join us on our annual canoe/kayak trip down the Chehalis.

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