RE: David Beatty's report on the steel mill in Hoquiam:

Does anyone know much about the project? Given the unemployment in
Grays Harbor County, I doubt they will simply tell the steel mill to go
away. Can anyone (Sierra Club, Audubon, VP Gore, etc.) or someone
with local political muscle (what's the name of the guy who
spearheaded the I-90 green corridor?) find a compromise? Can birds and a
steel mill co-exist?

Diane de Ryss
deryssmacon at halcyon.com
Seattle


David Beatty wrote:
>
> So what do you do when your home town Port Authority decides to bring a new
> steel mill next to one of the premier shorebird staging areas on the Pacific
> coast? (Yes, Bowerman Basin)
>
> So what do you do when the plan is to replace a sewage lagoon and an
> airfield with a storage rail yard? (Yes, the Hoquiam sewage lagoon, and
> Bowerman field).
>
> So what do you do when they "may" plan to offer as mitigation a Refuge
> visitor center and a completed boardwalk?
>
> So what do you do when you sponsor a Spring shorebird festival?
>
> So what do you do when you want to remain a good neighbor, and support job
> growth?
>
> So what do you do when all the politicians are lining up in support of the
> steel mill? (Yes, including the governor and the local Democratic congressman)
>
> So what do you do when you love shorebirds?
>
> a. weep
> b. move
> c. fight
> d. make the best of it
>
> David Beatty
> Grays Harbor Audubon
> DJ Beatty