Seattle Audubon's board voted on a motion from the conservation committee
to oppose I-640. We heard directly from a gillnet fisherman opposing it
at an earlier meeting. The arguments pro and con were complex and no
clear majority was achieved, though a plurality favored opposing it
(abstentions were numerous).

Gene Hunn.

On Wed, 11 Oct 1995 RANIDAE at delphi.com wrote:

> Regarding the groups who have taken a position on I 640,
> Washington state chapters of the Audubon Society held their
> semi-annual conference in Sequim this past weekend. Among the
> issues discussed was whether the chapters should take a group
> position on the Initiative. Since they were not all of the
> same mind, they chose not to take position. However, each
> chapter is free to take its own position on this issue. I do
> not know if any have.
> Tom Juelson
> Olympia
>