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Land conservancies raising money to buy 7,000 acres of North Kitsap forest from Pope Resources
Published Wednesday, August 31, 2011, Seattle PI Online.
"If successful, the purchase would preserve from development the land and two miles of waterfront on the west side of Port Gamble Bay, keep it available for public access, and free Pope Resources' Olympic Property Group to concentrate on making Port Gamble a more viable year-round destination.
Olympic Property Group president Jon Rose said he expects the agreement with Cascade Land Conservancy and Great Peninsula Conservancy to be signed within two weeks. He would not disclose the purchase price..."
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Public explanation, education begins for Port Gamble Bay clean up
By Brynn Grimley;
Kitsap Sun; Posted March 9, 2011
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Port Gamble cleanup wins Ecology honors
[Washington State Department of Ecology : Ecology News
- Jan. 26, 2005]
BELLEVUE - The current and former owners of historic Port
Gamble in Kitsap
County are receiving the state's highest environmental award for their
work in cleaning up contamination throughout the town.
Pope & Talbot and Pope Resources will receive Environmental Excellence
Awards from the Department of Ecology (Ecology) during a meeting of the
Kitsap County commission on Monday, Jan. 31. The meeting begins at 10
a.m.
at the Kitsap County Courthouse, 614 Division St., in Port Orchard.
CLEANUP
Clams and oysters in Port Gamble Bay are ruled safe to eat.
By Christopher Dunagan,
Kitsap Sun May 1999
Mark up a rare victory in the war on pollution. Port Gamble Bay in
North
Kitsap has won a clean bill of health from state
authorities. Bay gets OK from health authorities.
Oil
Spill in Port Gamble (Oct 2005)
PORT
GAMBLE BAY/GAMBLEWOOD SANITARY SURVEY PROJECT: Final Report (2001)
[Kitsap County Health District]
Healing the waters: a holistic native American Indian approach
June 2001/
From Geological Society of America
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MY TURN | Why gamble with Port Gamble Bay?
Jeromy Sullivan is chairman of the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe.
Kitsap Sun, February 6, 2012
"... Many members of the community have serious concerns about this proposal, including the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe,
local environmental groups, and small businesses. If a dock is allowed at Port Gamble,
it would be devastating to marine resources in the bay and, in turn, to the health,
food supply, and economic and cultural well-being of many people. ..."
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Growing pains for Port Gamble Kitsap Sun, Posted February 1, 2012
10 Port Gamble businesses told Kitsap County commissioners that they're heavily dependent on tourism,
and that a dock for tour boats could bring more visitors and an economic boost to the old mill town
that's been reborn and rezoned as a Rural Historic Zone.
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Future of forests near Port Gamble in the balance
Seattle Times, Sept 24, 2011
Owner Olympic Property Group wants to shed forests adjacent to Port Gamble and is in intense
negotiations with local tribes, environmental groups and Kitsap County planners.....
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A new life for Port Gamble's old theater
By Tristan Baurick , Kitsap Sun July 28, 2011, p.1
"... The newly-formed Port Gamble Theater Company is drawing back the dusty curtain for an opening night performance of "The Mousetrap," by Agatha Christie. Several more shows are in the pipeline, and plans are under way to expand seating from 150 to 250...."
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Port Gamble Project Seen as Potential Economic Boon for Kitsap
Kitsap Sun 23 Jan 2010, by Brynn Grimley
A tentative agreement announced last week between Kitsap County and the
Olympic Property Group could lead to hundreds of millions of dollars in
private investments over the next 20 years,...
Under the partnership ... the county would take
ownership of 7,000 acres of forest land while OPG would get increased
development rights on property near Port Gamble. An undisclosed number
of homes would be built just south of town.
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