[CRNMC] a wonderful opportunity

[Shannon Biggs]

That is super interesting.

Among other things interesting about this bit of information Ed, It sounds
like Measure S will be an important piece of this discussion, and ensuring
you don¹t get injection (dumping) wells or stolen water to the offshore
sites. 


On 10/8/14 11:37 AM, "edward Oberweiser" <edoberweiser at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello fellow CRNMC members,
> 
> Dan Gjerde called me yesterday and told me about a wonderful opportunity that
> we have. The NOAA is going to open the process of declaring marine
> sanctuaries. Now communities will have the authority to propose a new marine
> sanctuary.
> 
> He and Dan Hamburg would like to set up a meeting with all interested folks
> and organizations interested in expanding the marine sanctuary from Point
> Arena north. There we can work out what we would like to see as the next
> marine sanctuary on the North Coast.
> 
> The two Dans would like to see this (the marine sanctuary expansion) happen
> within 6 months.
> 
> Dan G also told me that in order for the community to be successful in
> proposing a marine sanctuary, we have to be able to demonstrate majority
> support in our community for the new sanctuary. The two Dans think they can
> achieve a unanimous support from the Board of Supervisors.
> 
> Dan G said we would also need at least a majority of the City Council behind.
> He said that Lindy Peters appears to be in favor of fracking or offshore
> drilling for oil here. I read in the last Advocate article on the candidate
> forum that Peters is in favor of a desalination plant here. He also "spoke of
> growing existing businesses and even mining for mineral in the ocean"
> 
> Gee I wonder what mineral he's talking about - oil, natural gas maybe? Gjerde
> suggested making Peters define what he means by mining minerals and exposing
> his views widely. We certainly don't need him on the Fort Bragg City Council.
> 
> Ed O.
> 
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