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		<title>Where are the holes in shoreline science?</title>
		<link>http://bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners.wordpress.com/2012/05/24/where-are-the-holes-in-shoreline-science/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 15:42:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2007, a technical report was published in support of the Puget Sound Nearshore Partnership. Its author was James Brennan of Washington Sea Grant. Mr. Brennan is a member of our city&#8217;s Environmental Technical Advisory Committee (ETAC). On page 17 of the report, he lists the following gaps in research. Major Gaps/Critical Uncertainties Studies/data on marine [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4336687&#038;post=10225&#038;subd=bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Did the creosote plant destroy life in Eagle Harbor?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 22:09:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The seven acre parcel of contaminated land that can be seen from the Bainbridge Island ferry goes by several names: Creosote Point, Bill Point, and the Wyckoff/Eagle Harbor Superfund Site. Because of contamination, the point is off limits to the public. However, scientists are able to visit the site and collect data. Two years ago, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4336687&#038;post=10200&#038;subd=bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Jun 7: Environmental Policy Conference &amp; Lunch</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 22:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Save the date. Hosted by the Washington Policy Center. This year&#8217;s keynote speaker is Terry L. Anderson, one of the nation&#8217;s leading free-market environmental policy experts for more than three decades. He is the executive director of the Property &#38; Environment Research Center in Bozeman, Montana. The event will also feature morning conference panels on current environmental policy [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4336687&#038;post=9733&#038;subd=bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Shoreline buffers have a maximum effective width.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2012 13:54:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When cities and counties draft Shoreline Master Program (SMP) updates and Critical Areas Ordinances (CAO), they hire consultants to assemble the &#8220;best available science&#8221; to use as the basis for policies and regulations. When property owners in the San Juan Islands started wondering about the science used to justify shoreline buffers in their CAO, they [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4336687&#038;post=10052&#038;subd=bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>City planners love buffers, but lawns will do quite nicely.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2012 00:09:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Do property owners need protection from unlicensed geologists?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:48:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the Six BIG Problems we&#8217;ve identified with the Bainbridge Island Shoreline Master Program is the use of &#8220;best available science&#8221; that isn&#8217;t. Frankly, that&#8217;s a big problem with a lot of land use regulations and actions by well meaning planners and agency staffers. There is a bill that&#8217;s being considered during the current [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4336687&#038;post=9954&#038;subd=bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Public health threats associated with native vegetation zones.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2012 01:01:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear City Council Members: Setting aside the many other legal and scientific issues raised by the proposed Shoreline Master Plan (SMP) for Bainbridge Island, I would like to focus on the serious, unintended public health consequences of increased native vegetation coverage. When lawn or non-native vegetation is cleared within the shoreline jurisdiction, it is to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4336687&#038;post=9873&#038;subd=bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s wrong with Ecology&#8217;s buffer advice?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:14:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Ecology recently updated Chapter 11 of its Shoreline Master Program (SMP) Update Handbook. The handbook is intended to assist planners in local jurisdictions as they work to complete their state mandated SPM Updates. Sounds like a good idea, right? But what happens when a Ph.D. with a lengthy career in forestry takes [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4336687&#038;post=9813&#038;subd=bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Greens vs. Science: People for Puget Sound Skips the Facts on Plastic</title>
		<link>http://bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners.wordpress.com/2012/02/16/greens-vs-science-people-for-puget-sound-skips-the-facts-on-plastic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;There is no doubt that the amount of plastic in the world’s oceans is troubling, but this kind of exaggeration undermines the credibility of scientists.&#8221; That is the assessment of Angel White, an assistant professor of Oceanography at Oregon State University. Earlier this year, she published a report showing that much of what is said about the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4336687&#038;post=9739&#038;subd=bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Legislature considers solution to junk science.</title>
		<link>http://bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners.wordpress.com/2012/02/02/legislature-considers-solution-to-junk-science/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:27:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Early last year, Bainbridge Shoreline Homeowners identified Six BIG Problems with proposed changes to our island&#8217;s Shoreline Master Program. We also offered six reasonable solutions. We objected to reliance by planners and state agencies on “best available science” that isn’t. And we suggested the development of a regional academic peer review panel. On January 11, 2012, House [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners.wordpress.com&#038;blog=4336687&#038;post=9648&#038;subd=bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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