Around the Sound: News to start the week

By Seth Preston, Communications Manager, Toxics Cleanup Program

Let’s start off the new work week with some recent news items related to Puget Sound:

• The Kitsap Sun has this piece updating a recent oyster kill along Hood Canal.
  
  
• Also from the Kitsap Sun comes news that a local tribe may challenge a developer’s plans for a major project in the Port Gamble area. Port Gamble Bay is one of Ecology’s high-priority bays identified for cleanup under the Puget Sound Initiative.
  
  
  
• The Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) sent out this news release about its on-going efforts to remove derelict vessels from Puget Sound waters. Here’s more information about DNR's program.
  
  
• Investigate West, an online publication focusing on investigative journalism, recently took a look at how cruise ships deal with waste while at sea.

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