Washington State Congressional Representatives will likely propose legislation to rename the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge in honor of Billy Frank Jr. http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2015/05/07/nisqually-wildlife-refuge-would-be-renamed-for-civil-rights-hero-billy-frank-jr/Continue Reading

The Lodging Tax may be used to promote tourism events, locations, and activities for the purpose of attracting visitors to our area. Lodging tax revenue may also be used to pay for capital and/or operating costs for some tourism-related facilities, the operation of visitor/convention agencies, and the operation and marketing of special events and festivals...Continue Reading

On November 26, AHSS Executive Committee Chair Pat McCarthy submitted a letter to US EPA Region 10.  The letter, signed by the Strait Ecosystem Recovery Network LIO, the Hood Canal Coordinating Council, the Alliance for Healthy South Sound, the South Central Action Area Caucus Group, and the Stillaguamish-Snohomish LIO, conveys an alternative recommended method for...Continue Reading

The 2015 Salmon Recovery Conference, co-hosted by the Salmon Recovery Funding Board, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, and Long Live the Kings, will showcase salmon recovery projects, habitat restoration, hatchery reform, and integrated management in Washington State and the region. http://www.rco.wa.gov/salmon_recovery/ConfAgenda.shtmlContinue Reading

Materials from the November 3rd Deschutes Technical Discussion are available on Ecology’s website: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/tmdl/deschutes/related.htmlContinue Reading