10/23/08 Seattle Post Intelligencer

Leaders of newly re-launched campaign gather in Olympia

By ROBERT McCLURE
P-I REPORTER

OLYMPIA -- Buy environmentally sensitive lands. Redouble enforcement of laws to protect fish. Give builders incentives to prevent water pollution. Forbid erosion controls on ecologically sensitive shorelines.

Those are just a few of the dozens of ideas for how to restore ecologically ailing Puget Sound considered Wednesday by leaders of the state's newly re-launched campaign to rescue the estuary.

Facing a recession-battered economy and the potential unseating of their chief political booster, Gov. Chris Gregoire, the Puget Sound Partnership Leadership Council readied its list of proposed fix-it actions. Early next month they'll be asking the public to weigh in.

"Basically, what we're saying with this big list is, 'These are all important things,' " said David Dicks, executive director of the agency.

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