Quality Waters Update

Tom Ethier, Director of Fish and Wildlife, Ministry of Environment has posted an update on the Skeena Quality Waters Strategy on Way Uptream.

It has now been five months since we asked the public to provide comments on the draft Angling Management Plans as part of the Skeena Quality Waters Strategy. As each Working Group prepares to meet again this spring to revise the draft plans, I would like to provide an update on the process.

LINK (Via: Way Upstream)

Karl Rove, Sarah Palin and Tim Griffin Walk Into a Bar...

Something behind the scenes of "Ballot Prop 4" smells. And Shannyn Moore's Blog sheds light on it.

Sent to us by AK Chum junkie - Kelly Walters.

Next Thursday: WWF and Filson host Bristol Bay Presentation by Tom Quinn

If you're in the area, this is one you may not want to miss.

Great Lakes fishermen less contaminated than a decade ago

Anglers who ate Great Lakes fish have 33 percent fewer PCBs and 43 percent less DDT in their bodies than they did a decade ago, largely because they changed their diet and switched to less contaminated fish, according to a study by Wisconsin researchers.

The scientists compared blood drawn from people in 1994-1995 with blood from the same people drawn roughly nine years later. Most of the 293men and womentested were sports fishers and boat captains who consumed large amounts of Great Lakes fish.

LINK (Via: Environmental Health News)

In other Great Lakes news.

Obama proposes $475M for Great Lakes restoration.

The 2010 spending blueprint released last Thursday includes a $475 million Great Lakes Restoration Initiative led by the Environmental Protection Agency. It would target problems such as invasive species, runoff pollution, degraded wildlife habitat and contaminated bottomlands.

LINK (Via:The Chicago Trib)

Urge your Member of Congress to sign the 'Salmon Letter' to President Obama

 

Help Craft Real Solutions for Salmon, Communities, and American Taxpayers here

Take action to protect BC's coast from oil spills

For 37 years the northern coastal waters of British Columbia have
been protected from oil tanker traffic. This ban is now under threat. Plans to build pipelines and a supertanker port in BC to service the
Alberta Tar Sands are moving forward with support from the BC and
Canadian Governments. LINK

Dogwood Initiative is distributing 200,000 removable decals. These
decals can be applied to most smooth surfaces including plastic, glass
and metal. Once applied, each decal will help spread the word about oil
spills from proposed Tar Sands Tankers on the coast of BC's Great Bear
Rainforest. LINK