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| Kitsap County
Commissioner Patty Lent |
Partnership to deliver preliminary
findings to Governor on July
11
The Puget Sound Partnership will send its
preliminary findings report to Gov. Gregoire on July 11. The
report summarizes the group’s initial findings and includes
updates on the Governor’s five charges: developing a 2020
agenda for recovering the Sound, engaging the public, and
looking at organizational structure, funding issues and the
role of science. The Partnership will deliver its final
recommendations to the Governor in November. Between now and
then the Partnership will continue working on the five
charges, will further engage the scientific community, and
will conduct additional media and public outreach to gather
input. The preliminary findings report will be posted on the
Partnership’s Web site on July 11:
>>>
www.pugetsoundpartnership.org
Wrap-up of May 31-June 1 retreat
posted online
Didn’t get a chance to attend the
Puget Sound Partnership’s retreat at the end of May? An
11-page summary of the two-day deliberations is now posted on
the Partnership’s Web site.
>>> https://www.pugetsoundpartnership.org/meetings/
meetings/053106/RECAP6.26.06.pdf
Next meeting set for July 22 in
Lynnwood
The Partnership’s next meeting is set for
July 22 (time TBD) at the Lynnwood Convention Center. It is
free and open to the public. The agenda and other information
will be emailed in advance and posted on the Partnership’s
meetings page on its Web site:
>>> https://www.pugetsoundpartnership.org/psi_meetings.htm#jul22
Extra meeting dates set
Faced with the daunting task of engaging many
different stakeholder groups, scientists and the general
public, the Partnership has added additional meeting time to
its schedule between now and November. Some locations have yet
to be worked out.
- Sept. 7-8 Retreat – Meydenbauer Center, Bellevue
- Oct. 5-6 Retreat – Location TBD
- Nov. 8-9 Retreat – Location TBD
- Dec. 2 Meeting – Dumas Bay Centre, Federal Way
Keep up to date on the Partnership’s meetings page:
>>> https://www.pugetsoundpartnership.org/psi_meetings.htm Opinion research results
online
Telephone surveys and personal interviews
conducted by Cocker Fennessy and Moore Information, Inc., this
spring show that an astounding 75 percent of the general
public hasn’t much of a clue that Puget Sound is in trouble.
Three out of four people on a telephone survey rated the
environmental health of Puget Sound as “excellent” (7%) or
“pretty good” (66%) compared to 19% who rate it “not so good”
or “poor” (5%). The question was repeated at the end of survey
– after respondents heard messages about Puget Sound’s poor
environmental health. The positive ratings declined, but
remained positive (58% excellent/pretty good) compared to 40%
not so good/poor. The research showed the Partnership how
important educating the public about Puget Sound’s problems
will be. Read the reports at:
>>>
www.pugetsoundpartnership.org/research
Your feedback wanted!
Got
something to say about Puget Sound? Let us know! Go to www.pugetsoundpartnership.org
and click on the “Feedback” button on the top. You’ll find an
easy-to-fill out feedback form as well as other ways to
contact the Partnership. We’ve added an archive of previous
communications to the Partnership as well, so you can read the
reports, emails and letters that have been sent in. |