tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5771704622036490711.post3190637061263716427..comments2023-03-29T09:34:36.436-07:00Comments on Salish Sea Communications: Wow! “Clean Up Puget Sound— Now”Salish Sea Communicationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06390794466991625894noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5771704622036490711.post-29428541706721856292015-12-05T16:28:52.116-08:002015-12-05T16:28:52.116-08:00I have re-read this and wonder where will this con...I have re-read this and wonder where will this constituency come from? As the Puget Sound Partnership spreads it's message it makes it seem like the Government has us covered here. Various non-government, or quasi government organizations mostly seem focused on specific things like save the salmon or save the whales or save the forage fish or save the birds and so have more focused constituents. Not a broad coalition yet ...RGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02017190779860810318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5771704622036490711.post-33326002352414796772015-10-20T00:06:33.106-07:002015-10-20T00:06:33.106-07:00On some levels it's TOO clean... and empty. Th...On some levels it's TOO clean... and empty. There are needs like more big trees having slid into the water, and even more docks (and fewer sea walls)... because these things offer protection for small fish and marine invertebrates. The State is busy pulling old pilings and dock remnants away, because of the creosote on them. That's probably a good thing- on paper- but not many of the old pilings still leach creosote. <br />I don't EVER see pile perch circling slowly around those great dock supports like I once did... and I'm looking, everywhere I can. Where ARE they? I DO see small schools of fish- herring, and poggies (aka "shiner" perch), around the docks and sometimes in the remnant kelp beds... but So MUCH that was here in the dirty old Sound ain't around... no schools of 'tomcod', no 'candlefish' with their hypnotic slow swaying way of swimming, no rainbow perch... etc. Lots of jellies, though... and huge algae blooms. is that part of "progress"? ^..^ herberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04375097734444644319noreply@blogger.com