Editorial by Pearl Rains-Hewitt
Behind My Back
Posted 5/11/2015
A highly convoluted “GAME OF RESTORATION” that is involving the sleight of many, many hands, in which hundreds of inverted Federal agencies, WA State agencies, WAC’S and /or other NGO, NUTSHELLS are moved about, and hard working taxpayers must attempt to spot which is the one, of many thousands, with NGO’S or other government agencies are underneath the “RESTORATION” plan.
WOW! HOW MANY NUTS CAN YOU GET UNDER ONE RESTORATION SHELL?
“WE’RE RESPONSIBLE FOR BRINGING THE MORE THAN 600 PARTNERS TOGETHER,
designing a unified plan, and making sure money is being spent efficiently, and our region is making progress,” says Gerry O’Keefe, executive director of the Puget Sound Partnership.
In response to this growing environmental crisis, the Washington State legislature created the Puget Sound Partnership a state agency dedicated to identifying, prioritizing, and coordinating efforts to protect and RESTORE PUGET SOUND. Since its founding in 2007, the partnership has collaborated with state and federal agencies, local governments, tribes, businesses, and citizen groups to achieve specific cleanup and restoration goals for Puget Sound.
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No doubt with MORE THAN 600 RESTORATION PARTNERS the following is a true statement
In addition, multiple, overlapping jurisdictions and AUTHORITIES creates challenges for coordinated decision-making and proactive planning.
Even the government is clueless, when it comes to how many nuts are responsible for planning, authorizing and implementing the RESTORATION SHELL GAME .
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A DECEPTIVE? AND EVASIVE? NGO OR GOVERNMENT ACTION OR PLOY, ESPECIALLY A POLITICAL “GAME OF RESTORATION” ONE.
Who knew about this?
(PSNERP) PUGET SOUND NEARSHORE ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION PROJECT
A 373 PAGE REPORT ON THE RESTORATION OF PUGET SOUND.
THIS IS NOT A CASUAL REPORT OF RESTORATION FOR THE SMP UPDATE
The PSNERP GI study area includes the entire portion of Puget Sound, and the Straits of Juan deFuca and southern Strait of Georgia that occur within the borders of the United States; data is also acquired for water shed drainage areas of Puget Sound rivers that extend into Canada.
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Pursuant to WAC 197-11-900 (922-948),the department of ecology
Under chapter 43.372 RCW,
PACIFIC COAST MARINE SPATIAL PLAN (MSP).
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A FEDERAL Part of the PUGET SOUND restoration plan
FINAL May 2009, GEOSPATIAL METHODOLOGY USED IN THE PSNERP COMPREHENSIVE CHANGE ANALYSIS OF PUGET SOUND
(PSNERP) PUGET SOUND NEARSHORE ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION PROJECT
A 373 PAGE REPORT ON THE RESTORATION OF PUGET SOUND
The PSNERP GI study area includes the entire portion of Puget Sound, and the Straits of Juan deFuca and southern Strait of Georgia that occur within the borders of the United States; data is also acquired for water shed drainage areas of Puget Sound rivers that extend into Canada.
This is not a casual report of RESTORATION for SMP mitigation.
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Pursuant to WAC 197-11-900 (922-948),the department of ecology
Under chapter 43.372 RCW,
PACIFIC COAST MARINE SPATIAL PLAN (MSP).
Once the MSP is complete, ecology will submit it to the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for its review and APPROVAL for incorporation into
Washington’s FEDERALLY APPROVED coastal zone management program
Under the 1972 CONGRESS ENACTED FEDERAL Coastal Zone Management ACT
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Pursuant to WAC 197-11-900 (922-948),the department of ecology
PACIFIC COAST MARINE SPATIAL PLAN (MSP).
In addition, multiple, overlapping jurisdictions and AUTHORITIES creates challenges for coordinated decision-making and proactive planning.
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Coastal Zone Management Act – Office of Ocean and Coastal …
coastalmanagement.noaa.gov/czm/czm_act.html
Congressional Action to Help Manage Our Nation’s Coasts … growth in the coastal zone by passing the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA) in 1972. The Act …
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1972 CONGRESS ENACTS FEDERAL Clean water act
CWA | Civil Enforcement | Compliance and Enforcement | U.S. EPA
www.epa.gov/Compliance/civil/cwa/index.html
Additional Information
The ROSS Approach to Puget Sound
OUR WATER AND TIMBER
by Pearl Rains-Hewitt
Behind My Back
Posted 5/11/2015
THE REGIONAL OPEN SPACE STRATEGY (ROSS)
http://openspacepugetsound.
LOCAL PRIORITIES IN PUGET SOUND
At the heart of the ROSS are WATERSHED Open Space Strategies, engaging local stakeholders who know the priorities and challenges of their sub-basins intimately.
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Local stakeholders who know the priorities and challenges of their sub-basins intimately? Skagit and Clallam County.
Behind My Back | High, Dry and Destitute
Feb 1, 2015 – High, Dry and Destitute WA State citizens, private property owners and …
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REGIONAL ANALYSIS IN PUGET SOUND
Together, we will analyze and SYNTHESIZE local priorities and regional challenges to plan across traditional jurisdictional and watershed boundary lines for our shared future.
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THE ROSS APPROACH ON MANAGED TIMBER PRODUCTION
GOT TIMBER? WANT DNR TO GIVE CLALLAM COUNTY’S TIMBER BACK?
THE WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES HAS GIS SPATIAL DATA SETS ABOUT FOREST PRACTICES WHERE THE TIMBER HARVEST AREAS CAN BE SEEN IN POLYGONS.
BETTER CHECK IT OUT…
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I Signed up for the ROSS Newsletter!
I will receive monthly project updates and opportunities to get engaged in the Regional Open Space Strategy.
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Informing Conservation Decisions Based on Ecosystem Services
Managed timber production PAGE 9
In the context of the ROSS, we ATTEMPTED to use the MODEL to assess general habitat rarity and quality within our focus area.
All types of land covers that were open space habitat.
THREATS CONSIDERED IN THE MODEL WERE ROADS, HIGHWAY, TRAILS, AND DEVELOPED LAND. The relative sensitivities of land cover to these THREATS used in the model WERE PLACEHOLDERS SINCE CONCLUSIVE DATA FOR THESE VALUES COULD NOT BE FOUND.
Ultimately, we could not run the model, even as a trial, because of technical issues. The InVEST software displayed an error that the GIS data used did not cover the same geographic space.
While this was not the case, our team did not resolve the issue in time for this report. Managed timber production model The InVEST timber model has been developed to measure the amount and volume of the timber produced over a time period and to calculate the net present value of that.
The amount of timber harvests from both natural forests and managed plantations can be estimated by using this model. The model requires vector GIS data, information about harvest levels, frequency of harvest, costs of harvesting and management practices for each timber harvest parcel. The model can make two types of calculations in terms of the selected time period: the timber parcel map can be related either to a current map or to a future scenario map.
The TIMBER MODEL can be especially useful for ONE OF THE ROSS’ KEY AREAS: “Rural and Resource Lands”. Since the model gives as output the amount and volume of the timber produced over a period of time and that harvest’s net present value, it can be beneficial in terms of calculating the OPPORTUNITY costs of preserving a forestland or opening it up for development.
THE WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES HAS GIS SPATIAL DATA SETS ABOUT FOREST PRACTICES WHERE THE TIMBER HARVEST AREAS CAN BE SEEN IN POLYGONS. The information about the volume of timber produced is available too.
HOWEVER, in order to be able to run the model other data needs (such as frequency of harvesting, percentage of harvesting, maintenance cost, and harvesting cost) need to be collected from the timber parcel owners.
While running trial of this model we discovered that in order to find the necessary data mentioned above to run the model we would need to conduct a field study and collect the information from each parcel owner. As our time to complete the study was limited, we could not conduct a field study. It may be POSSIBLE in the future to use sustainable forest practices information to estimate for example the frequency of timber harvesting in Pierce County.
HOWEVER, we learned that the definition of sustainable forest practices may vary from one landowner to another and that we cannot generalize one model for each timber harvest.
THUS, as a result we could not run the model. Figure 6 provides an example for how the model output can be used in VISUALIZATION of different scenarios.
The last column in the figure entitled “MARKET VALUE OF COMMODITY PRODUCTION” includes the value of the timber produced in that area. The greenest color represents the highest production of ecosystem services and the pinkest color represents the lowest value of them. For example, in the conservation scenario it can be seen that the market value of the commodity produced is lowest whereas carbon sequestration has the highest value in that scenario……
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OUR WATER And OUR TIMBER, WHO COULD ASK FOR ANYTHING MORE?
Ask a Silly Question?
The Butterfly has landed?
What does the expansion of a military base have to do with designating 150 acres of Clallam County property to a WA State conservancy group as OPEN SPACE FOR AN ENDANGERED BUTTERFLY?
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THE REGIONAL OPEN SPACE STRATEGY (ROSS)
DRAFT Committee Structure & Organizational Framework
Regional Open Space Strategy (ROSS)
DRAFT
Committee Structure & Organizational Framework
Executive Committee
Role: Project Guidance & Endorsement of ROSS
Lead: Ron Sims (PSP Leadership Council)
Oct 12, 2011 – … Executive Ron Sims to the Puget Sound Partnership Leadership Council.
Members: PSRC; Decision-Makers in King, Kitsap,
Pierce, & Snohomish; Land & Resource Conservation
Agency & Association Directors; MAJOR AGRICULTURE &
FORESTRY INTERESTS, Large Community Organizations;
and Supporting Financial Institutions
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ROSS Project Team
Role: Staffing & Coordination
Lead: Green Futures Lab
Members: NCLC, National Park
Service RTCA Program, & The
Bullitt Foundation.
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Steering Committee
Role: Oversight, Integrated ROSS Development
Lead: TBD Members:
Land Trusts; Key National, State, PSRC,
County, City, Tribe, & Port Staff; Environmental
Management Orgs.; Advocacy & Community Interests;
Economic/Workforce Interests; Design & Planning
Professionals, and Research Institutions
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Technical Advisory Committees
Role: Work Sessions & Issue Paper
Lead: Bob Feurstenberg
& TBD Members:, USFS, NPS, TPL, TNC,
Earth Economics, PSP, Forterra
PSRC, Research Institutes, etc
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Recreation & Trails Advisory Committee
Role: Work Sessions & Issue Paper
Lead: Amy Shumann (PHSKC) & Jennifer Knauer(PSP)
Members: WSDOT, BAW, CBC, NPS, TPL, SPF, Parks/Recreation &
Health Depts., Greenways, etc
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Rural & Resource Lands Advisory Committee
Role: Work Sessions & Issue Paper
Lead: Lauren Smith (King County) & Skip Swenson (Forterra)
Members: TPL, TNC, Land Trusts, Farm/Forestry Orgs., Labor, Property Rights, Cons.
Dists., etc.
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Urban & Community Plan Advisory Committee
Role: Work Sessions & Issue Paper
Lead: Joe Tovar (Inova) & Ben Bakkenta( PSRC)
Members: Forterra, ULI, Impact Capital, Great City,
Tilth, SPF, Groundswell NW, Greenways, etc
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WATERSHED OPEN SPACE TASKFORCES
Role: Watershed Open Space Studies.
Leads: Associated Watershed Councils & Conservation Districts
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Regional Open Space Strategy (ROSS)
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO ALL OF THE ATTACHMENTS BELOW
It’s an extensive partnership of governments and non-profits.
Implementation of the strategy will require buy-in $$$$$$ And, the power
They have begun mapping the priority areas to consider for acquisition
Conservation Decisions Based on Ecosystem Services
Prepared for the Regional Open Space Strategy of Central Puget Sound
Regional Open Space Strategy (ROSS)
http://openspacepugetsound.
The ROSS approach brings together decision makers, planners, businesses, and individuals with the power to make smart, regional-based, and coordinated decisions to support open space and our future quality of life in the Puget Sound Region. This collaborative effort is stewarded by the University of Washington’s award-winning Green Futures Lab.
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I found above plan/strategy in the MRSC publication. This has to be a part of the desired ARL sweep. The article says they have begun mapping the priority areas to consider for acquisition (haven’t found them yet). Implementation of the strategy will require buy-in from an informed citizenry and the support of the regions leaders from both public and private sectors.
IT’S AN EXTENSIVE PARTNERSHIP OF GOVERNMENTS AND NON-PROFITS.
http://openspacepugetsound.
DRAFT Committee Structure & Organizational Framework
Introduction to the Regional Open Space Strategy (ROSS)
PRELIMINARY COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY
Researching and Analyzing Governance Models for UW Green Futures Research + Design Lab
Informing Conservation Decisions Based on Ecosystem Services
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THIS EXTENSIVE PARTNERSHIP OF GOVERNMENTS AND NON-PROFITS, HAS BECOME AN ALL TOO FREQUENT PATTERN IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
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This is part of my comment on the Clallam County New SMP Matrix
THE NGO, NOTHING TO LOSERS, PILING ONE NGO NON-TAXPAYING SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPIES COMMENTS, on top of another NGO non-taxpaying special interest group comment, all in collusion with, in cahoots with, in partnership,affiliated with, paid for by and with grants and with our tax dollars, from local, county, state and federal government agencies.
AND, WITH ALL OF OUR FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL ELECTED, APPOINTED AND PAID EMPLOYEES IN ALL AGENCIES, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH, IN COLLUSION WITH, IN CAHOOTS WITH, AFFILIATED WITH AND COORDINATING WITH THE GLOBAL, OUT OF TOWNERS, NGO, NOTHING TO LOSERS NON-TAXPAYING OPPORTUNISTIC SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS.
Sound familiar?
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Indeed, THIS EXTENSIVE PARTNERSHIP OF GOVERNMENTS AND NON-PROFITS, HAS BECOME AN ALL TOO FREQUENT PATTERN IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
“WE’RE RESPONSIBLE FOR BRINGING THE MORE THAN 600 PARTNERS TOGETHER”
A quote from Gerry O’Keefe, executive director of the Puget Sound Partnership.
The Washington State legislature created the Puget Sound Partnership a state agency dedicated to identifying, prioritizing, and coordinating efforts to protect and RESTORE PUGET SOUND.
Since its founding in 2007, the partnership has collaborated with state and federal agencies, local governments, tribes, businesses, and citizen groups to achieve specific cleanup and restoration goals for Puget Sound.
Who knew about this? Who knew about ROSS?
(PSNERP) PUGET SOUND NEARSHORE ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION PROJECT
A 373 PAGE REPORT ON THE RESTORATION OF PUGET SOUND.
THIS IS NOT A CASUAL REPORT OF RESTORATION FOR THE SMP UPDATE
The PSNERP GI study area includes the entire portion of Puget Sound, and the Straits of Juan deFuca and southern Strait of Georgia that occur within the borders of the United States;
DATA IS ALSO ACQUIRED FOR WATER SHED DRAINAGE AREAS of Puget Sound rivers that extend into Canada.
“WE’RE RESPONSIBLE FOR BRINGING THE MORE THAN 600 PARTNERS TOGETHER”
A quote from Gerry O’Keefe, executive director of the Puget Sound Partnership.