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	<title>Bainbridge Shoreline Homeowners</title>
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		<title>Puget Sound Nearshore Ecosystem Restoration Project</title>
		<link>http://bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/puget-sound-nearshore-ecosystem-restoration-project/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:23:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[from the Project&#8217;s website:
The Puget Sound Nearshore Ecosystem Restoration Project is a large-scale initiative that affords a unique opportunity to tackle some of the foremost habitat restoration needs in Washington State&#8217;s Puget Sound basin. 
Nearshore Project goals are to identify significant ecosystem problems, evaluate potential solutions, and restore and preserve critical nearshore habitat. 
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		<title>SMP update to be pushed back at least a year.</title>
		<link>http://bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/smp-update-to-be-pushed-back-at-least-a-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Shoreline Master Program Updates]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[During this week&#8217;s Land Use Committee meeting, we learned that Kitsap County has signed an agreement with the Department of Ecology (DOE) to postpone its Shoreline Master Program (SMP) update for one year &#8212; from December 2011 to 2012. 
We also learned that the Bainbridge Island Planning Director will be asking the council to approve [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners.wordpress.com&blog=4336687&post=3063&subd=bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Salmon are plentiful and healthy, so what problem are we&#8217;re trying to solve?</title>
		<link>http://bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/salmon-are-plentiful-and-healthy-so-what-problem-are-were-trying-to-solve/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:44:28 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Regional Planning]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[from a story by Christopher Dunagan in the Kitsap Sun&#8230;
Recent rains have encouraged the chum salmon to move upstream in many creeks across the Kitsap Peninsula. Observers say some of the chum they are spotting are much larger than any they have seen in years.
“The timing of these rains is just about perfect,” said Jon [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners.wordpress.com&blog=4336687&post=3056&subd=bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Should our city collect a $20 car tab fee?</title>
		<link>http://bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/should-our-city-collect-a-20-car-tab-fee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:13:21 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[from Jola and Albert Greiner to the City Council
Contrary to Mr.Tripp&#8217;s request to ask you not to impose it, we are in favor of instituting a $20 car tab fee.  The main reason is that the county may well impose such a fee before we can and then, predictably, keep most of the proceeds [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners.wordpress.com&blog=4336687&post=3049&subd=bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>County fights &#8220;one size fits all&#8221; rural zoning.</title>
		<link>http://bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/county-fights-one-size-fits-all-rural-zoning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Clallam County]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following story is important for shoreline homeowners because &#8220;one size fits all&#8221; has been the land use planning mantra of planners, activist groups and the Department of Ecology. However, the Shoreline Management Act and the Growth Management Act call for custom-tailored approaches to fit local conditions. 
by Rob Ollikainen, Peninsula Daily News
Clallam County (the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners.wordpress.com&blog=4336687&post=3038&subd=bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Treating rainwater as a beneficial resource.</title>
		<link>http://bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/treating-rainwater-as-a-beneficial-resource/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:24:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bshadmin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[It's the Law]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[by Jeff Kray at Marten Law Group
Washington and some other states have started to manage precipitation and stormwater runoff as a beneficial resource, rather than treating it as a waste stream. 
There are many ramifications to be considered in utilizing precipitation as a water source, including impacts to groundwater, impacts to surface water to which [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners.wordpress.com&blog=4336687&post=3016&subd=bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Election Results</title>
		<link>http://bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/election-results/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:08:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bshadmin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The very latest election returns can be found on the county auditor&#8217;s website. 
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		<title>Bainbridge gets $200K to help fund SMP update.</title>
		<link>http://bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/bainbridge-gets-200k-to-help-fund-smp-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bshadmin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Shoreline Master Program Updates]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On October 13th, the Department of Ecology (DOE) announced the recipients of $6.3 million in legislatively approved grants to 70 cities and counties in the Puget Sound region to help modernize their existing shoreline policies and development regulations, also called “shoreline master programs” or SMPs. The City of Bainbridge Island received a $200K grant. 
To [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners.wordpress.com&blog=4336687&post=3006&subd=bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Shoreline protection is honorable after all.</title>
		<link>http://bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/shoreline-protection-is-honorable-after-all/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:59:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bshadmin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Best Available Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Real Science]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Environmental Insight With a Touch of Real Science
by Don Flora (a real scientist and Bainbridge shoreline homeowner) 
Six months ago I summarized “science” doctrine about bulkheads,  all of which declared bulkheads bad for the environment.  I asked, “Where is the research?” and “What are the numbers?”
Lo and behold,  I hadn’t noticed a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners.wordpress.com&blog=4336687&post=2991&subd=bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Kitsap lawmaker says Ecology overstepping its authority.</title>
		<link>http://bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/kitsap-lawmaker-says-ecology-overstepping-its-authority/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bshadmin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[It's the Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kitsap County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shoreline Master Program Updates]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Rep. Jan Angel has sent letters this week to the state departments of Ecology and Commerce asking its directors to refrain from creating new shoreline policies and guidance.
The issue centers around which jurisdiction takes precedence in setting shoreline rules and buffers: the state&#8217;s Shoreline Management Act (SMA) or the Growth Management Act (GMA). GMA governs [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners.wordpress.com&blog=4336687&post=2989&subd=bainbridgeshorelinehomeowners&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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