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Management Plan Review

Scoping

Comments submitted during the scoping period are now available for download!

To kick off Management Plan Review, the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS) and the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary (OCNMS) held a 60-day public scoping period from September 15, 2008 to November 14, 2008.

We asked members of the public to tell us their views on:

  • The sanctuary's management priorities for the next five to ten years
  • Effectiveness of the existing management plan in protecting sanctuary resources
  • Sanctuary resource management programs, activities and needs, including but not limited to resource protection programs, research and monitoring programs, education, volunteer, and outreach programs
  • Implementation of regulations and permits
  • Adequacy of existing sanctuary boundaries to protect sanctuary resources
  • Adequacy of the sanctuary's existing operational and administrative framework (staffing, offices, vessels, etc.)

You can read all of the written comments we received below; they are organized by sender (agencies, non-profit organizations, tribes and members of the public). Also below are the comments we received from those who attended the seven public meetings we held in local communities on the outer coast and western Washington from September 29 to October 5, 2008.

Comments from the scoping meetings can be downloaded below:

9/29/08 Port Angeles Scoping Comments (172k pdf)

9/30/08 Neah Bay Scoping Comments (164k pdf)

10/1/08 La Push Scoping Comments (160k pdf)

10/2/08 Ocean Shores Scoping Comments (160k pdf)

10/3/08 Westport Scoping Comments (160k pdf)

10/4/08 Olympia Scoping Comments (152k pdf)

10/5/08 Seattle Scoping Comments (160k pdf)

Written comments from members of the public can be downloaded below:

Anonymous on 10/5/08 (16k pdf)

Anonymous on 11/6/08 (8k pdf)

Arrow, G. on 11/12/08 (12k pdf)

Audrey on 11/11/08 (12k pdf)

Barry, M. on 10/2/08 (12k pdf)

Bougher, T. on 10/4/08 (92k pdf)

Brandt, J. and C. on 11/12/08 (12k pdf)

Britz, K. on 11/10/08 (8k pdf)

Brooke, S. on 11/14/08 (48k pdf)

Capozzelli, J. on 11/12/08 (36k pdf)

Chevalier, J. on 11/11/08 (12k pdf)

Dick, M. on 11/12/08 (24k pdf)

Dick, P. on 11/12/08 (24k pdf)

Ferguson, L. on 11/17/08 (12k pdf)

Friends of the Earth e-mail campaign (588 individual comments) on 11/08 (20k pdf)

Gange, OHare, Rosales on 11/14/08 (24k pdf)

Giese, L. on 10/29/08 (8k pdf)

Golde, H. and M. on 11/17/08 (24k pdf)

Gott, D. on 11/10/08 (12k pdf)

Green, R. on 11/14/08 (16k pdf)

Gwinn, C. on 11/10/08 (12k pdf)

Hendrickson, G. on 11/4/08 (12k pdf)

Higgins, B. on 11/08 (180k pdf)

Hirschi, R. on 8/25/08 (12k pdf)

Huelsbeck, D. on 10/1/08 (12k pdf)

Hyland, J. on 11/3/08 (16k pdf)

Iversen, J. on 11/08 (44k pdf)

Jay on 11/08 (44k pdf)

Jennings, D. on 11/13/08 (8k pdf)

King, G. on 11/6/08 (12k pdf)

King, T. on 11/12/08 (12k pdf)

Kocian, J. on 11/6/08 (12k pdf)

Larson, D. on 11/12/08 (20k pdf)

Lee, L. on 11/4/08 (8k pdf)

Marks, J. and B. on 11/6/08 (52k pdf)

Marsh, J. and M. on 11/10/08 (16k pdf)

Marsh, M. on 11/7/08 (12k pdf)

McCoy, D. on 11/12/08 (12k pdf)

Miller, T. on 11/10/08 (12k pdf)

Morgan, L. on 11/14/08 (16k pdf)

Morris, R. on 10/3/08 (108k pdf)

Murren, C. on 11/5/08 (8k pdf)

Naylor, P. on 11/7/08 (8k pdf)

Ness, N. on 11/3/08 (8k pdf)

Nichols, J. on 11/9/08 (16k pdf)

Owens, M. on 11/08 (132k pdf)

Patience, J. on 9/19/08 (24k pdf)

Patience, J. on 11/3/08 (16k pdf)

Patience, J. on 11/7/08 (16k pdf)

Paul, J. on 11/11/08 (12k pdf)

Post, R. on 10/4/08 (44k pdf)

Rein, B. via Tortorici, C on 9/25/08 (16k pdf)

Robinson, S. on 11/14/08 (36k pdf)

Snow, M. on 11/18/08 (12k pdf)

Stafford, G. on 11/4/08 (8k pdf)

Stonecypher, D. on 11/12/08 (12k pdf)

Taylor, H. on 10/13/08(12k pdf)

Tesler, L. on 11/11/08 (12k pdf)

Van Vranken, B. on 11/5/08 (8k pdf)

Weinstein, D. on 10/4/08 (8k pdf)

Wharton, B. on 11/08 (36k pdf)

Wilson, J. on 11/10/08 (12k pdf)

Written comments from non-profit organizations can be downloaded below:

Friends of the Earth on 11/14/08 (80k pdf)

Kitsap Diving Association on 11/11/08 (68k pdf)

Marine Conservation Biology Institute on 11/13/08 (128k pdf)

Northwest Straits Commission on 11/13/08 (64k pdf)

Olympic Coast Alliance on 11/13/08 (104k pdf)

Oceana on 11/14/08 (740k pdf)

Ocean Conservancy on 11/11/08 (84k pdf)

Olympic Environmental Council on 11/18/08 (848k pdf)

Olympic Park Associates on 11/14/08 (12k pdf)

Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society on 11/12/08 (44k pdf)

Oil Spill Advisory Council on 11/6/08 (64k pdf)

Pacific Education Institute on 11/13/08 (96k pdf)

Pacific Merchant Shipping Association on 11/14/08 (12k pdf)

PISCO on 11/14/08 (56k pdf)

Pacific Marine Conservation Council on 11/14/08 (676k pdf)

Protect the Peninsula's Future on 11/16/08 (16k pdf)

Seattle Audubon on 11/13/08 (96k pdf)

Surfrider Foundation on 11/14/08 (144k pdf)

The Nature Conservancy on 11/14/08 (24k pdf)

Transportation Institute on 11/17/08 (24k pdf)

Written comments from the tribes can be downloaded below:

Makah Tribal Council on 11/14/08 (2Mb pdf)

Written comments from other agencies can be downloaded below:

Olympic National Park (U.S. Dept of Interior) on 11/18/08 (84k pdf)

United States Environmental Protection Agency - Region 10 on 10/22/08 (88k pdf)

Washington State Department of Ecology on 11/13/08 (100k pdf)

Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife on 11/13/08 (20k pdf)

Washington State Department of Natural Resources on 11/18/08 (116k pdf)

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