Gov. Locke Unveils Plan to Save Polluted Hood Canal
February 10, 2004
OLYMPIA -- Faced with the prospect of seemingly pristine Hood Canal becoming a "dead sea," state and federal officials vowed yesterday to spend millions to save it from pollution that's suffocating fish, octopuses and eels.
Gov. Gary Locke and U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks, D-Wash., announced an ambitious recovery plan for the 60-mile-long fjord that will include federal, state, local, tribal and volunteer efforts.
"We've got to get on top of this problem," said Brad Ack, chairman of the Puget Sound Action Team. "It really has the potential to kill the ecosystem in parts of Hood Canal -- the entire web of life.
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Proposal would spend millions to save Hood Canal from pollution
