CRC News Archives

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• Jun. 29, 2002 And they said it couldn't be done. A service station on Anderson Road. This service station is planned for tribal trust land adjacent to Anderson Road. The tribe wants to raise Anderson Road to improve access to the casino. This service station will help force the issue.
• Jun. 29, 2002 As if flooding isn't bad enough, this The Olympian article, reports that vandals destroyed Satsop flood guage.
• Jun. 29, 2002 It is rather sad to read this The Olympian story about artesian wells and contaminated sites.
• Jun. 27, 2002 Once again the Chehalis Tribe Anderson Road floodplain modification hearing is up in the air - check with Thurston County for more information.
• Jun. 27, 2002 The Olympian reports that Black River asphalt plant sent back to hearings examiner.
• Jun. 27, 2002 How can realtors and real-estate buyers determine if a property is contaminated? How can concerned parents find out what hazardous substances are being used at a business near their children's school? How can citizens learn about the water quality or the air quality where they live? WaDOE has the answer.
• Jun. 25, 2002 The Department of Ecology (Ecology) has awarded grants worth up to $100,000 each to 10 watershed-planning groups across the state to help them make stream-flow recommendations for rivers and creeks in their watersheds.
• Jun. 25, 2002 The Olympian reports the pipeline company working on the underground gas lines for Satsop Park faces some challenges beyond safety and financial.
• Jun. 25, 2002 Thurston County is handling a Hearing dealing with the Shoreline Substantial Dev. Permit by the Chehalis Tribe to widen anderson Road and excavate 16,300 cy of gravel for fill and to add floodwater water storage.
• Jun. 24, 2002 Hopefully the Black River Refuge area is not the place to build an asphalt plant (this article from the The Olympian
• Jun. 23, 2002 The results of Chehalis Basin Partnership (CBP) meetings for last month and the agenda for this month are online.
  • Chehalis Basin Partnership (CBP) May meeting summary
  • Steering and Techinical CommitteeJune meeting summary
  • Chehalis Basin Partnership (CBP) June meeting agenda.
  • An issues form from the Steering and Technical Committee
• Jun. 20, 2002 Anyone interested in what is planned for your neighborhood? Here is a report of the most recent SEPA applications.
• Jun. 20, 2002 Grays Harbor County has provided a pdf version of the Level 1 Assessment as produced for the Chehalis Basin Partnership (CBP).
• Jun. 20, 2002 Whales, coral, frogs and pesticide are some of the stories in this material from the USGS.
• Jun. 17, 2002 The USGS provides a summary of recent environmental news with links to the original newspaper. Check it out!
• Jun. 12, 2002 Out of our area, but this waste application permit violation illustrates the need for continual monitoring and enforcement of environmental permits.
• Jun. 11, 2002 We're still updating our new website location. Many pages were missing. Please mail us if you encounter problems.
• Jun. 11, 2002 Ecology Department announces the Internet launch of the Environmental Information Management (EIM) System Web site. Currently, 215 studies, 6,000 locations and more than 1 million results have been loaded into EIM! Several pre-built data downloads make the data readily available and easy to use for several categories:
• Jun. 08, 2002Flood control, the area's hottest issue, will be the topic when citizens gather on June 13 in the Chehalis River Basin at the Montesano City Hall. Experts from the Corps and Lewis County will be on hand to present a project overview and to answer questions on environmental impact, water issues, level of protection, cost estimate and geographical areas of concern.
• Jun. 02, 2002 Once again the tribal modifications to Anderson Road have gone to the two major counties involved. Thurston County has issued a mitigated (air quality, erosion and storm water drainages (during project time only), wetland mitigation and debris disposal) determination of non-significance (MDNS) for the major modification of a road in the floodplain.
• Jun. 02, 2002 Thurston County has issued one MDNS on this Anderson Road project. Now Grays Harbor County sends notice of application and public hearing for a shorelines substantial development with conditional use and flood development permit. Are you confused? We are.
• Jun. 01, 2002 The latest edition of Drops of Water is online now! Find out about watershed groups, monitoring, student congress, TMDL's and the secrets on flood repairs.
• Jun. 01, 2002 The Aberdeen Daily World reports that state Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council has determined that a proposed expansion of the gas - fired electrical plant Duke Energy is building on Fuller Hill will have no significant adverse impacts on the environment.
• Jun. 01, 2002 The importance of ethics and management control is emphasized in this press release. It deals with a city outside our watershed but it illustrates that everyone must work together to provide clean water.

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