Joint Ocean Commission Initiative report

The Joint Ocean Commission Initiative has published its report (1.15.2009). The report is titled One Coast, One Future: Securing the Health of west coast ecosystems and economies and is available for your reading pleasure. Please click here to download your own copy and happy reading!

Full URL to the report: http://www.jointoceancommission.org/resource-center/1-Reports/2009-01-15_One_Coast_One_Future.pdf

February 2009 Chapter Meeting: New Location

Our February 4th, 2009 meeting, will be held at a new location at 1210 East Front Street, Suite A. This office is located directly south of and adjacent to Domino's Pizza and east of Susan Parr Travel in Port Angeles.

Arnold Schouten, our vice-chair, has graciously made this space available for our Chapter meetings on a month-to-month basis.

The main agenda item for the February meeting will be to go over our LaFarge Twin Rivers monitoring project and get task assignments scheduled for the rest of the year.

I will send out a draft agenda with more detail in the next few days.

Please give me a call at 360-480-7312 if you have any questions.
Thanks

Dave Parks
Chair
Olympic Peninsula Chapter
The Surfrider Foundation

Meeting Minutes: January 2009

We had a great meeting to start off 2009. Brian Winter from Olympic National Park gave a great presentation on the Elwha River Restoration project. Here is a link to the meeting minutes and presentation notes for those who could not attend.

Click to see the January 2009 meeting minutes

Elwha Dike Reconstruction Project Plans

Dr. Brian Winter from Olympic National Park will be at our January 7th, 2009, Chapter Meeting to discuss plans for reconstructing the access dike at Place Road and to get input on the project from the surfing community. Dr. Winter will also present the current overall status of the Elwha Restoration Project.

The meeting will take place at 6:30 pm on January 7th, 2009, at the DNR Conference Room at 311 McCarver Street, Port Angeles, Washington.

This will be a great opportunity to discuss this important project.

If you have any questions prior to the meeting, please give me a call at 417-1405 ext. 225.

Thanks

Dave Parks
Chapter Chair

December 3, 2008 Olympic Peninsula Chapter Meeting

The December 3, 2008 meeting of the Olympic Peninsula Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation will be at 6:30 pm at the Washington DNR building located at 311 McCarver Street, Port Angeles, Washington. 311 McCarver is located on the east side of Port Angeles near the intersection of Highway 101 and Mt. Pleasant Road (near Hartnagels Lumber and Mt. Pleasant IGS)


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Directions to 311 McCarver Street:

From Highway 101 take Mt. Pleasant Road south for less than 0.1 mile, turn left (east) on Kemp Street, go straight 0.1 mile to Hauk Road, turn left (north) go a short block to McCarver Street. Turn right (east)on McCarver Street, 311 McCarver is on the north(left) side of the street. Yellow building with flagpole and white sign board. Look for the Surfrider Banner.

If you have any questions, please call Dave Parks at 360-480-7312.

Thanks

Dave Parks
Chair



December, 3 2008
6:30 PM
Olympic Peninsula Chapter
Meeting Location:
311 McCarver Street, Port Angeles
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Introductions
Meeting Orientation
Secretary’s Report
Treasurer’s Report
Access Reports
Elwha, Twin Rivers, Cape B, Wedge, Dump, Dry Creek
Chapter Position Elections for 2009
Coastal Code Water Quality Grant
Twin Rivers Property Management Proposal
Snowrider Project for Hurricane Ridge
Washington Coordinator Events
Chapter Conference Update
Washington Policy Events
Puget Sound Partnership Update
Northwest Straits/Coastal MRC Update

Port Angeles Pool Closure Update

Next Meeting Date-: January 2, 2009