Working with Boaters and Marine Trades for Cleaner Washington Water
2nd Annual Clean Boating Foundation Auction A Hit!
April 24, 2013 | by Peter Schrappen
The entire boating world converged on Shilshole Beach Club last Friday night. Okay, that’s a bit of an overstatement. What did occur was a tremendous event (thank you, Dwight Jones of Elliott Bay Marina ) that raised a ton of… Read more »
Hear ye Hear ye: Peter’s speech at the Clean Boating Foundation Benefit
April 17, 2013 | by Peter Schrappen
Maybe you know about the upcoming benefit for Clean Boating Foundation and our friends at Fish Northwest. Thanks to the leadership of Northwest Marine Trade Association and Elliott Bay Marina ’s Dwight Jones, we are having a party (and fundraiser)… Read more »
PumpMeOut Comes Through for Puget Sound
April 12, 2013 | by Peter Schrappen and Ben Lee
Puget Sound’s health relies on all of us to remain mindful of our actions and impacts. Discharge of black water into Puget Sound is one of those actions. But there are rules to follow already (like no dumping of black… Read more »
Working Waterfronts Symposium a Success
April 5, 2013 | by Peter Schrappen
The Working Waterfront Symposium took place last week in Tacoma. We previewed that conference here and now that it’s in the books, I wanted to share some of the big themes that came up time and time again – and… Read more »
Leadership Clean: Seaview Boatyards
April 3, 2013 | by Ben Lee
If you go to the Seaview Boatyard website , you’ll see a large section devoted to Environmental Stewardship. There’s a run-down of how they protect the environment while running their business and a few of the awards and certifications they… Read more »
Ethanol in Our Fuel: good idea or bad?
March 27, 2013 | by Peter Schrappen
Have you been following the desire by the Federal government to increase the amount of ethanol that comprises gasoline? Currently, the blend with the abbreviation “E10” is what is allowed. That means that at most 10% of your gasoline may… Read more »
NMTA Auction to Benefit Clean Boating Foundation and Fish Northwest
March 22, 2013 | by Peter Schrappen
It’s baaaaack. NW Marine Trade Association is once again coming up huge for the Clean Boating Foundation. This time they are holding a benefit for us (as they did last year). On Friday, April 19, the Northwest Marine Trade Association… Read more »
Public Comment Period Open for Puget Sound No Discharge Zone!
March 18, 2013 | by Peter Schrappen
As issues come to the forefront, the idea of whether or not to create a No Discharge Zone in Puget Sound continues to percolate. Department of Ecology has reached out to many of the stakeholders (Clean Boating Foundation, Clean Marina,… Read more »
Washington Sea Grant Hosts 2013 National Working Waterfronts Symposium
March 13, 2013 | by Ben Lee and Peter Schrappen
There has been a lot of buzz lately about shoreline uses/development. Scott Wilson just wrote a good article on the lack of public moorage in downtown Seattle for ThreeSheetsNW. Seattle, earlier this year, just came out with a long-awaited update… Read more »
Northwest Marine Trade Association Receives Environmental Award
March 11, 2013 | by Ben Lee and Peter Schrappen
We’d like to take a moment to give a shout-out to Northwest Marine Trade Association (NMTA) for a recent achievement in the Environmental world. Okay, maybe not so recent, as this happened nine months ago – but better late than… Read more »
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