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Longtime CELP Friend John Hollowed Passes

    By Steve Robinson John Hollowed, a longtime friend of CELP, passed away on February 21, 2023. I worked with John for more than 30 years. His role as Senior Policy Analyst at the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission was…

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Washington Water Watch – December 2022

A LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR As the year approaches its end, we are all reflecting on the changes and the challenges we have overcome. But that hasn’t stopped us from doing our work to protect and restore our river flows. If nothing else,…

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Lee First Shares Her Water Story

Lee First is co-founder and Waterkeeper of Twin Harbors Waterkeeper. Please describe your relationship to water. Water became my obsession when I first got in a canoe at age 12.  As a teenager, I spent my summers in northern Ontario…

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Thank You for a Wonderful Celebrate Waters 2022

Thank you to everyone who came out for our 2022 Celebrate Waters event on September 15th! It was a lively evening filled with engaging conversation, catching up with friends and colleagues, an illuminating keynote presentation, and granted us all the…

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Daryl Williams, Water Hero 2022

As a Tulalip Tribal Member, Daryl Williams has devoted his life’s work to protecting Washington waters and has left an indelible impact on watersheds throughout the state. "As the late Billy Frank, Jr.  used to say, ‘salmon are the measuring…

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Comment: Snohomish County’s Draft Water Code

Following the 'Hirst Decision' (2016) and RCW 90.94 (2018), Snohomish County found it's county code out of compliance. As a result, all rural development had to stop until a new way to move forward with issuing building permits, without allowing…

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