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2/10/10 Leader Article 2/10/10 FHM bankruptcy shouldn't affect Pit-to-Pier
2/1/10   Fred Hill Materials files for bankruptcy
1/10/10 Kitsap Sun Financing Deal for Hood Canal Pit-to-Pier Project Falls Through
11/10/09 Peninsula Daily News. Jefferson County mining expansion OK upheld by appellate court
10/10/09 Dec 09 Newsletter Good & bad news about the Fred Hill Materials pit-to-pier project.
9/09/09 Athabasca Adds U.S. Sand and Gravel Deposit
9/06/09 Notice of Bankruptcy Filing from Dunn and Bradstree more info will be posted soon
8/31/09 Federal case filings against Fred Hill Materials more info will be posted soon
7/23/08 PT Leader Read entire article
7/22/08 Commissioners Letter Read letter
7/04/08 Puget Sound Partnership Puget Sound Partnership Document
7/02/08 Doug Sutherland Commissioner of Public Lands comments on FHM Pit to Pier Project
7/02/08 Jay Inslee Read Jay Inslee letter opposing the FHM P2P project
6/30/08 Norm Dicks - The Hood Canal Science Summit
4/17/08 Peter Goldmark's recent statement on the pit-to-pier project
4/3/08 Seattle PI

This guest column appeared Thurs, April 3rd.

2/18/08 Congressman Jay Inslee Letter to John Fabian voicing his opposition to the Pit-To-Pier project
10/18/07 Olympic Peninsula Environmental News (Tribes way in on Pit To Pier)
Info will be posted soon
10/09/07 Navy Raises New Concerns About Pit-to-Pier
9/02/07 Kitsap Sun Read editorial
8/27/07 EIS Document PTP Read entire document
8/22/07 Port Townsend Leader Public comment starts on pit-to-pier project
7/11/07 Port Townsend Leader Fred Hill Materials, county at odds over consultant
4/4/07 Port Townsend Leader FHM pushed bills to make point on pit-to-pier process
4/4/07 Seattle PI We have to 'tell the truth' to save orcas and Puget Sound
11/11/06 The SeattleTimes Gravel-mine plan threatens Sound by J.W. Turner
10/18/06 Port Townsend              "The Leader" Navy may oppose pit-to-pier
9/28/06 HCC News letter Jefferson County issued a Mitigated Determination of Non-Significance
8/18/06 Port Townsend Leader web site Read interesting comments by FHM and HCC
8/10/06 Environmental News Read article on Maury Island pit to pier court cases
7/11/06 HCC Update Commissioners decided not to amend the county code to allow 24-hour mining operations.
6/2/06 Kitsap-Sun Editorial Industrialization Has Potential Environmental Perils for Canal
5/30/06 Press release Realtors® Oppose Industrialization of Hood Canal
03/06 John Fabian Letter Letter to the Jefferson County Commissioners. regarding SEPA as Lead Agency.
12/05 Sierra Club Newsletter Hood Canal In Peril - Sierra Club Nov/Dec Newsletter
07/07/05 HCC response Letter to Al Scalf of the request by FHM for a new MDNS to mine the Whal Lake area.
05/2005 new sections to chapter 90.-- RCW Relating to establishing a management program for Hood Canal rehabilitation
05/12/05 Al Scalf memo 5/12/05 Jefferson County has now issued a Determination of Significance  
12/15/04 Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society, on behalf of its 500 members, sent the Hood Canal Coalition a letter opposing the Fred Hill Materials pit-to-pier project
9/19/04 Bremerton Sun OUR VIEWS - A first step to saving Hood Canal
8/04 Rock Products Commissioners' approval of a 690 acre mining district for Fred Hill Materials
7/01/04 Bremerton Sun The Bremerton Sun article on the commissioners approval of the MRL
6/30/04 MRL Decision Commissioners approve MRL
6/28/04 The Daily Herald Snohomish County temporarily shuts down a gravel pit near Gold Bar that residents say is ruining their water supply
6/28/04 Sierra Club Press Release Full text of the Sierra Clubs press release
6/27/04 Letter to Commissioner Text of letter sent to Commissioner Titterness
6/11/04 Peninsula Daily News Now it's up to county commissioners to decide
6/10/04 Port Townsend Leader

This from the PT Leader Home Page, June 10th

6/09/04 PSAT Comments Puget Sound Action Team written comments to the commissioners
6/06/04 Washington Public Interest Research Group WPIRG letter to the Jefferson County Commissioners
5/26/04 Bremerton Sun Angry crowd forces meeting postponement
5/2/04 Bremerton Sun Bob Dietz's (COMMUNITY COLUMNIST) latest article in opposition to the Fred Hill Materials "Pit to Pier" project.
4/27/04 Van De Wege Opposes Pit to Pier

Read the news release that highlights the decision of Kevin Van De Wege and his opposition to the Fred Hill Materials "Pit to Pier" project

4/24/04 Resolution adopted Read entire resolution adopted by the Democrats in Jefferson and Clallam Counties in opposition to the Hood Canal pit to pier project at their party conventions on Saturday.
3/30/04 State Democratic Hqts Message to the WA Democratic party   from John Fabian of the Hood Canal Coalition
3/30/04 Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe Correspondence with Governor Locke
3/08/04 Peninsula Daily News Jefferson: County issues revised Fred Hill gravel mining report
3/04/04 North Kitsap Herald Still not taking a Shine to plan
2/20/04 Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe Correspondence with Governor Locke, Commissioners Huntingford, Titterness, and Rodgers
2/06/04 Maria Cantwell E-Mail She will continue to carefully monitor this situation and take our views into consideration
1/27/04 Port Townsend Leader Norm Dicks opposes pit-to-pier project - Tour of Shine Pit fails to dissuade him of bridge, environmental concerns
1/25/04 Bremerton Sun Bob Dietz's (COMMUNITY COLUMNIST) on "Let's work together to preserve Hood Canal"
1/20/04 Seattle Post-Intelligencer Air pollution from cargo ships stirs growing concern
1/18/04 Bremerton Sun Bob Dietz's (COMMUNITY COLUMNIST) on how the   "Pit-to-pier plan threatens Hood Canal's health".
The Hood Canal Environmental Council a member of the Hood Canal Coalition, issued a statement from its Board of Directors in their latest newsletter.  This statement relates to tactics used by proponents of the pit to pier project.
12/31/03 Tacoma News Tribune About the environmental risks of the pit-to-pier project. "Hood Canal's pier of peril."

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