Who
is the Drayton Harbor Shellfish Protection Advisory Committee?
The
Drayton Harbor Shellfish Protection Advisory Committee is a diverse
group of individuals and state and local agencies with one common goal:
restoring the shellfish beds for harvesting by recommending strategies
to improve the water quality of Drayton Harbor.
The committee functions in an advisory capacity,
helping to identify possible pollution sources and making
recommendations as to courses of action to be taken to correct these
problems. The implementing agencies associated with the shellfish
district deal with initiating corrective action and with
regulatory/enforcement issues associated with water quality concerns.
Advisory
Committee
* There are currently three vacant positions on
the Drayton Harbor Shellfish Protection District Advisory
Committee. Applications are available through the Whatcom
County Council Office.
Geoff
Menzies- Chair
Janet
Hansen - Vice-Chair
Charles Hawkins- Blaine City Council
Jackie
Goodsir
Darrel
Clark
Llyn
Doremus- Nooksack Tribe
Pam
Taft - Port of Bellingham
Carl
Weimer - Whatcom County Council
Agency
Representatives
Jason
Pentzer - Washington State Department of Agriculture
Mak
Kaufman- Washington Department of Ecology-Bellingham
Office
Greg Combs - Washinton State
Department of Health
Steve
Banham- City of Blaine Public Works
Kyle Dodd - Whatcom
County Department of Health
Elke Daugherty -
Whatcom County Planning and Development Services
Erika
Stroebel - Whatcom County Public Works- Natural
Resources
Beth
Chisholm - Whatcom Conservation District
The members of the advisory committee and the
implementing agencies are committed to helping make strides in
improving water quality in the Drayton Harbor Shellfish District, so
that one day, the harbor will be clean enough to allow shellfish
harvesting to resume. You, too, can do your part to help protect and
improve the quality of the waters of the state by becoming better
informed on how your activities impact water quality and what you can
do to limit pollution in your neighborhood and watershed. What goes on
the ground anywhere in the watershed can end up in a waterway, either
surface or groundwater, and eventually impact the shellfish beds in the
harbor.
Get
Informed! Get Involved! Together We Can Make A Difference!
Last Updated 09/03/09
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