What are you doing this weekend? Night beach walks are scheduled tonight at Seahurst Park in Burien and at Kayak Point near Standwood. Free, naturalist-led.  Details here ... Three volunteer opportunities to make the Sound a better place beckon this Saturday: Work parties at Willow Creek in Edmonds, at North Winds Weir along the Duwamish and on the William Cannon Trail on Eld Inlet. Details on our event calendar page ... Now’s the time to push the ball forward on the Working for Clean Water bill and let state legislators know you support raising the Hazardous Substance Tax to clean up storm water and help pay for basic human services. Send your emails today ... Here we are at the end of February and down to the last 2 days to make your online nomination for this year’s Magnuson Sound Legacy Award hero. Winner or winners will be honored at our spring fundraiser in Seattle... Now, your weekend tug weather:

WEEKEND TUG WEATHER-- WEST ENTRANCE U.S. WATERS STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA- 900 PM PST THU FEB 25 2010
  GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM PST FRIDAY
 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM PST FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING
 TONIGHT
 E WIND 15 TO 25 KT RISING TO 25 TO 35 KT BY MIDNIGHT. WIND WAVES 3 TO 6 FT. W SWELL 8 FT AT 11 SECONDS. RAIN.
 FRI
 SE WIND 15 TO 25 KT...BECOMING E 10 TO 15 KT. WIND WAVES 2 TO 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 1 OR 2 FT. W SWELL 7 FT AT 9 SECONDS. RAIN.
 FRI NIGHT
 SE WIND TO 10 KT BECOMING W IN THE EVENING. WIND WAVES 1 FT OR LESS. SW SWELL 7 FT AT 9 SECONDS. RAIN.
 SAT
 W WIND TO 10 KT. WIND WAVES 1 FT OR LESS. W SWELL 8 FT.
 SAT NIGHT
 W WIND TO 10 KT BECOMING SE AFTER MIDNIGHT. WIND WAVES 1 FT OR LESS. W SWELL 9 FT.
 SUN
 S WIND 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING E IN THE AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 1 OR 2 FT. W SWELL 8 FT...SUBSIDING TO 6 FT IN THE EVENING.
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• (*2/25/10 Tukwila Blog) Volunteer Work Party Is This Saturday

• (2/26 Olympian) Stalled salmon habitat project spurs suit

• (2/26 Peninsula Daily News) PenPly unloads logs for production in Port Angeles; big first day is Monday

• (2/26 Bellingham Herald) Blaine, Bellingham differ on bill for water-quality funding; Local legislators dislike proposal

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*2/25/10 Tukwila Blog
Volunteer Work Party Is This Saturday

There will be a “Volunteer Work Party” this Saturday, Feb. 27th from 10am to 2pm, to help restore North Wind’s Weir Restoration Planting, which is located at the “big dig” across from Boeing Duwamish Towers (2914 South 112th).

Here are the details:

More at
http://www.tukwilablog.com/2010/02/25/volunteer-work-party-is-this-saturday/

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2/26 Olympian
Stalled salmon habitat project spurs suit
MATT BATCHELDOR; Staff writer

OLYMPIA - The City of Olympia has spent $711,526 on a now-stalled project aimed at improving salmon habitat, and the contractor has sued the city seeking nearly $400,000 more to finish the work.

Realm Inc. of DuPont wants to be paid $397,892 more to finish the Ellis Creek fish passage project, which has been stalled by problems with soil conditions.

The project involves installing a large culvert under East Bay Drive that would allow more water to flow in Ellis Creek, as well as more room for spawning salmon to move between Budd Inlet and the creek. It ran into trouble in 2008 when the contractor was unable to push its tunneling equipment under East Bay Drive after running into old trees, excessive groundwater and other problems, project manager Sheri Zimny told The Olympian at the time.

The city decided to stop work and pay the contractor $711,526. Realm claims in its lawsuit that the city made that decision unilaterally, and that the contractor is owed more money.

More at
http://www.theolympian.com/2010/02/26/1152633/stalled-project-spurs-suit.html

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2/26 Peninsula Daily News
PenPly unloads logs for production in Port Angeles; big first day is Monday
By Tom Callis
Peninsula Daily News

PORT ANGELES -- Twenty-five truckloads of logs were unloaded at the Peninsula Plywood mill Thursday in preparation for the first day of production Monday.

That will be the first time that the mill on Port of Port Angeles property on Marine Drive in Port Angeles has operated since Klukwan Inc. closed its doors in November 2007.

The mill's first day will see 124 employees at work.

More at
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20100226/news/302269986

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2/26 Bellingham Herald
Blaine, Bellingham differ on bill for water-quality funding; Local legislators dislike proposal
SAM TAYLOR /     THE BELLINGHAM HERALD

The Bellingham and Blaine city councils have weighed in on a state proposal that would raise hundreds of millions of dollars for water-quality projects.

And more local legislators have stated their opposition to the proposal.

Both councils expressed their views Monday, Feb. 22, with Bellingham supporting House Bill 3181 and companion legislation in the Senate.

More at
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2010/02/25/1311085/blaine-bellingham-differ-on-bill.html

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