by Editor | Apr 12, 2014 | WA State DOE, War on the West, Water Issues
Peninsula Daily News Sunday April 6, 2014 By Joe Smillie SEQUIM—The Olympic Resource Protection Council plans to sue the state over a rule that governs water in the Dungeness Valley. The group agreed Thursday night to pursue a lawsuit against the state...
by Editor | Mar 21, 2014 | WA State DOE, WA State News, War on the West, Water Issues
Matthew Weaver | Capital Press Published: March 19. 2014 9:23AM The Washington Department of Ecology is developing an instream flow rule to protect water in the Spokane River. There’s supposed to be little impact to agriculture, according to the department,...
by Editor | Mar 18, 2014 | Accountability, EPA, Govt Agencies, WA State DOE, Water Issues
The Whatcom Excavator Posted 3/18/2014 In the dark of night, while most folks were sleeping – oblivious – a piece of legislation that only had its “first reading” in Olympia twelve days ago passed by a vote of 93-5. This little slip of a...
by Editor | Feb 17, 2014 | Accountability, Govt Agencies, WA State DOE
Posted 2/16/2014 by Brad ShannonThe Olympian Gov. Jay Inslee granted pay increases to three more state agency directors Feb. 1, bringing to nine the number of cabinet agency leaders who received raises in the past six months. Increases in the 2 to 3 percent range went...
by Editor | Feb 8, 2014 | Govt Agencies, WA State DOE
February 6, 2014 by Rob McKennafor Smarter Government.org Washington’s State Environmental Protection Act (SEPA) is designed to protect our natural environment, and for over three decades projects of all types have been reviewed under that law in a process that is...
by Editor | Jan 16, 2014 | Agenda 21, WA State DOE, War on the West, Water Issues
Posted 1/15/2014 The Water Rule Implementation Forum met at John Wayne Marina on Jan. 15, 2014, starting at 12:30 p.m. (Editor’s Note: This rule essentially covers Clallam County East of Morse Creek and has significant and costly impacts for property owners...
