Our PPF Blog

1. Aquaculture, Fisheries & Marine Resources, 1.2 Shellfish, 1.3 Dungeness Refuge

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Back in October, 2019 the Federal District Court found that the Army Corps of Engineers (ACE) Nationwide Permits issued for commercial shellfish aquaculture unlawful. The Court ruling required shellfish operations to re-permit under Individual Permits but did allow planting through...

WA Dept. of Ecology Approves “Steelhead” Net Pens

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13 Jan 2021

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1. Aquaculture, Fisheries & Marine Resources, 1.1 Finfish

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A consistently delinquent foreign corporation, Cooke Aquaculture, has been granted permission to farm domesticated fish in Washington State waters again. Click here for Department of Ecology News Release – Jan. 6, 2021: Ecology revises Puget Sound net pen permits for...

Aquaculture – Legal

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28 Dec 2020

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1. Aquaculture, Fisheries & Marine Resources, 1.4 - Legal

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Legal Decisions Related to Our Advocacy Shellfish Legal Actions USACE publicly released decision: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE or Corps) permit approval The USACE failed on several accounts. Failed to require an Environmental Impact Study or and Environmental...

Fluoride Research

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28 Dec 2020

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6. Public Health, 6.2 - Fluoride

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Fluoride Research Articles Denser but Not Stronger? Fluoride-Induced Bone Growth and Increased Risk of Hip Fractures https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/EHP9533 Op-ed: It is time to protect kids’ developing brains from fluoride https://www.ehn.org/fluoride-and-childrens-health-2648120286.html Association Between Maternal Fluoride Exposure During Pregnancy and IQ Scores in...

Legal Notice to Allow the Navy to Conduct Training in Our State Parks

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27 Dec 2020

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Update—the new written comments are due January 22, 2021. The original notice stated: “Comments must be submitted by January 6, 2021, or they may not be considered.” Thanks to everyone that requested additional time. Washington State Parks published a Legal Notice...

Wild Fish Conservancy Takes Cooke’s Net Pen Proposal to WA Supreme Court

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23 Nov 2020

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1. Aquaculture, Fisheries & Marine Resources, 1.1 Finfish

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Kurt Beardslee, Executive Director Wild Fish Conservancy, sent the following today: Cooke Aquaculture, the company responsible for releasing over 250,000 nonnative and viral-infected Atlantic salmon into our public waters, will face another challenge in their attempt to begin raising domesticated...

PPF & OEC Comment on Hood Canal Shellfish Plans

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13 Nov 2020

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1. Aquaculture, Fisheries & Marine Resources, 1.2 Shellfish

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Olympic Environmental Council PO Box 2664 Sequim WA 98382 Protect The Peninsula’s Future PO Box 1677 Sequim WA 98382 10 November 2020 Nate White Hood Canal Coordinating Council Watershed Projects Coordinator nwhite@hccc.wa.gov RE: Draft Hood Canal Shellfish Initiative...

PPF 2020 Annual Newsletter

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21 Oct 2020

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7. Newsletters

Click here to download PPF’s 2020 Annual Newsletter: PPF 2020 Annual Newsletter

Proposed Clallam County Code Changes to Accommodate Mining

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28 Sep 2020

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PPF submitted the following comments to the Clallam County Board of Commissioners on 9-27-20 RE: CLALLAM COUNTY CODE CHANGES TO ACCOMMODATE MINING TITLE 27, 31 AND 33. We would like to acknowledge the effort staff has committed to this project...

Court Retains Protection for WA Coastlines from Industrial Shellfish Aquaculture

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24 Jul 2020

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1. Aquaculture, Fisheries & Marine Resources, 1.2 Shellfish

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Click here to read the Center for Food Safety press release!

Petition to End Commercial Net Pen Aquaculture & Restore Puget Sound

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22 Jul 2020

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1. Aquaculture, Fisheries & Marine Resources, 1.1 Finfish

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Click here to sign the petition to https://www.oursound-oursalmon.org/taking-back-our-sound-petition#taking-back-our-sound-petition-2 Tell Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz: End Commercial Net Pen Aquaculture & Restore Puget Sound for the benefit and use of all Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz, We, the undersigned,...

County OKs Industrial Aquaculture in Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge

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12 Feb 2020

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1. Aquaculture, Fisheries & Marine Resources, 1.2 Shellfish, 1.3 Dungeness Refuge, 5. Public Lands

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This project will harm some of the most important habitat for migratory & resident wildlife in the state. Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge provides habitat for more than 250 species of birds and 41 species of land mammals. We don’t need...

EPA Delivers on President Trump’s Promise to Gut the Clean Water Act

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23 Jan 2020

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1. Aquaculture, Fisheries & Marine Resources

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PPF fought and won an 18 year battle to stop the City of Sequim from discharging sewage effluent into Sequim Bay. The current action by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is appalling! Read EPA’s press release here: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-and-army-deliver-president-trumps-promise-issue-navigable-waters-protection-rule-0

State Approves “Steelhead”/Rainbow Trout Pens

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23 Jan 2020

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1. Aquaculture, Fisheries & Marine Resources, 1.1 Finfish

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Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife (WDFW) has approved permits for Cooke Aquaculture to raise biologically modified “Steelhead”/Rainbow Trout in state marine waters. This foreign corporation has a history of negligence and lying to state agencies, as well as the...

Navy Using Peninsula Beaches for Special Ops Training

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22 Dec 2019

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The following legal notice appeared in the December 18 edition of the Peninsula Daily News:

Comments On Olympic Nat’l. Park’s Elwha Rd. Preferred Alternative

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11 Dec 2019

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PPF submitted the following comments to Olympic National Park. Additional comments may be submitted at: https://parkplanning.nps.gov/commentForm.cfm?documentID=99407

What Goes Down Your Drain May End Up On Your Plate—Your Right To Know

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18 Nov 2019

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1. Aquaculture, Fisheries & Marine Resources, 5. Public Lands

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Click the link below to read the article on sewage waste by PPF board member Darlene Schanfald Ph.D. What Goes Your Drain May End Up On Your Plate—Your Right To Know

Nov. 16, 2019 Meeting on Proposed Industrial Oyster Farm in Dungeness Nat’l. Wildlife Refuge

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16 Nov 2019

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1. Aquaculture, Fisheries & Marine Resources, 1.2 Shellfish, 1.3 Dungeness Refuge, 5. Public Lands

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PPF board members, Darlene Schanfald and Janet Marx, and member Cherri Mann hosted a full house at the Sequim City Council Chambers on the afternoon of November 16. It was an excellent opportunity for folks (including an employee and a...

Comments on Farming “Steelhead” Rainbow Trout in Salish Sea Net Pens

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07 Nov 2019

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1. Aquaculture, Fisheries & Marine Resources, 1.1 Finfish

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PPF submitted the following comments to WDFW on Cooke Aquaculture’s proposal to raise rainbow trout in net pens in the Salish Sea—including in P.A. Harbor: November 7, 2019 Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife PO Box 43200 Olympia, WA 98504-3200...

PPF Comments on USFWS Reversal on Dungeness Wildlife Refuge Oyster Farm Proposal

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25 Oct 2019

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1. Aquaculture, Fisheries & Marine Resources, 1.2 Shellfish, 1.3 Dungeness Refuge, 5. Public Lands

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October 25, 2019 Robyn Thorson, Regional Director, USFWS, 911 NE 11th AVE, Portland OR 97232-4181 RE: USFWS Dungeness Refuge Robyn: Protect the Peninsula’s Future is writing to express its deep displeasure over the August 6, 2019 communication to the USACE...

Rayonier—Cleanup or Coverup?

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24 Oct 2019

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1. Aquaculture, Fisheries & Marine Resources

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The October 23, 2019 edition of the Peninsula Daily News featured the following Letter to the Editor from PPF board member, Darlene Schanfald: RAYONIER WORK Is this what we waited two decades for—a coverup of Rayonier’s hazardous waste rather than...

Comments on the P.A. Rayonier Mill Clean Up Plan

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23 Oct 2019

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1. Aquaculture, Fisheries & Marine Resources

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DATE: October 21, 2019 Maia Bellon, Director Rebecca S. Lawson, P.E., LHGWA State Department of Ecology Southwest Regional Office Section Manager PO Box 47600 Toxics Cleanup Program Olympia WA 98504 Marian Abbett, P.E. Unit Supervisor Toxics Cleanup Program Southwest Regional...

PPF Joins Our Sound, Our Salmon in Opposing “Steelhead” Net Pens

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22 Oct 2019

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1. Aquaculture, Fisheries & Marine Resources, 1.1 Finfish

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To add your name to the petition click here! To view the SEPA comments click here!

PPF 2019 Annual Newsletter

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15 Oct 2019

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7. Newsletters

Download pdf: PPF 2019 Annual Newsletter

PPF Signs on to LTE Regarding Tarboo Lake Shore Gun Range

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04 Oct 2019

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1. Aquaculture, Fisheries & Marine Resources, 5. Public Lands

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Tarboo Lake has long been visited by locals for swimming, paddling and fishing. It’s a serenely quiet place where non-electric powered boats aren’t allowed. Consequently, it was very disheartening to learn over a year ago that a that a gun...

PPF Comments on Proposed State Land Swap with Log Export Company M&R

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14 Sep 2019

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Merrill & Ring is working on a large land exchange with the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR). To quote Josey Paul, “It will be mostly stumps for trees, will switch the DNR’s bad forestry management to the horrible...

Janet Kailin’s Tribute to Her Mother…

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10 Sep 2019

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Congressman Derek Kilmer Honors Dr. Eloise Kailin in the Congressional Record

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24 Jul 2019

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PPF & OEC Comment on Proposed Revised County Codes for 5G

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22 Jul 2019

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2. 5G

15 July 2019 Commissioner Mark Ozias, Chair Commissioner Randy Johnson Vice Chair Commissioner Bill Peach Clallam County Courthouse 4th and Lincoln Streets Port Angeles WA 98362 Dear Commissioners: Protect the Peninsula’s Future and Olympic Environmental Council submit these comments on...

In Memory of Dr. Eloise Kailin

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16 Jun 2019

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Eloise Kailin, M.D. died June 1 2019, leaving us with her legacy of tenacious environmental activism and an expressed desire to continue such efforts through the organization she long led—Protect the Peninsula’s Future (PPF). To help assure PPF will be...

Darlene’s Schanfald’s Interview about Sewage Sludge on KPTZ

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14 Jun 2019

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1. Aquaculture, Fisheries & Marine Resources, 6. Public Health, 6.3 - Sewage

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Port Townsend radio station KPTZ interviewed PPF board member Darlene Schanfald about wastewater and toxic sewage sludge (“bio solids”). Link is below—skip ahead to about 14:35 to get directly to Darlene: https://kptz.org/compass-for-the-week-of-6-10-2019/

Public on Hearing on the Proposed Clallam County 5G Ordinance

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04 Jun 2019

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2. 5G

Notice on the Tuesday, July 16, 2019, 10:30 a.m. public hearing published in the May 31-June 1 Peninsula Daily News:

Olympic National Forest Finds No Significant Impact for Road Decommissioning Project

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25 May 2019

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Progress! PPF submitted comments in support of decommissioning US Forest Service roads at risk of negatively impacting aquatic resources in the Dungeness Watershed last July: https://www.protectpeninsulasfuture.org/?p=619. The Hood Canal Ranger District, Olympic National Forest, has completed the Environmental Assessment (EA)...

Olympic National Park Proposes an Elwha Bypass Road

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04 Jan 2019

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PPF submitted the following comments on Olympic National Park’s proposals for a bypass of Olympic Hot Springs Road. More information on this can be found at Olympic Park Associates’ site. January 4, 2019 Dear Superintendent Taylor, Protect the Peninsula’s Future...

A Legacy…

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18 Dec 2018

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As Dr. Eloise Kailin’s 100th birthday approaches, let’s look back on just a few news articles from the past 33 years (material compiled by Dr. Darlene Schanfald).

Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe and Sequim Approve Wastewater Agreement

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18 Dec 2018

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1. Aquaculture, Fisheries & Marine Resources, 6. Public Health, 6.3 - Sewage

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Protect the Peninsula’s Future (PPF) and Olympic Environmental Council initiated this process. PPF followed through with legal actions until Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe agreed to abandon a failing on-site septic system and send wastewater to Sequim for treatment. Here’s a link...

Sequim Honors Dr. Eloise Kailin

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13 Nov 2018

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