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Group Efforts Make for Better Shorelines
Nicole Faghin and Shannon Kinsella, PE Special to the Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce What makes a great public waterfront space? How do organizations and individuals make their ideas for enjoyable waterfronts happen? The answers are as diverse as we…
County First in State to Successfully Use Wetland Banking
By Bill Sheets Everett Herald EVERETT -- For 10 years, people have enjoyed walks through shady woods, across bridges over ponds, because of what seems like a vague bureaucratic notion called "wetland banking." The Narbeck Wetlands Sanctuary at 6921 Seaway…
Airport Taxiway Rehab a Success
By Joyce Edie, Editor Mattawa Area News Things just got a bit sweeter for Desert Aire residents who use the airport. A $296,000 rehabilitation of the south taxiway is almost complete and when it is, hopefully this week, 3,665 feet…
TDR: Balancing the Goals of Conservation and Growth
By Nicole Faghin and Reid Schockey Special to the Seattle Times At the Cascade Land Conservancy's fifth Snohomish County Conservation Awards Breakfast last November, the Conservancy's most-honored award — the Phil and Laura Zalesky Lifetime Achievement Award — was presented…
Hudson Point Marina Facelift Begins
By Janet Huck, Lead Staff Writer Port Townsend Leader The Port of Port Townsend had just one final permit to begin its $3.5 million renovation of Hudson Point Marina. After waiting months, port officials got word Monday, Oct. 30, that…
Pinpointing devastation if Seattle fault Ruptures
The most damaging earthquake in state history strikes on a weekday, shortly before noon. In downtown Seattle, the violent lurching knocks pedestrians off their feet. Drivers struggle to hold their cars on the road. A 14-mile rupture splits the ground…
Water tower repairs borrow on building technology
RENTON TANKS WERE SEISMICALLY BRACED WITH FRICTION DAMPERS By Dave Swanson, Reid Middleton Structural engineers faced a retrofit challenge after two Renton-based elevated water tanks were damaged during the Nisqually earthquake. How can the necessary structural repairs be used to…
Happy as Clams
By Eric Fetters, Herald Writer MUKILTEO - Steve Anderson was nearly finished with work at Ivar's Mukilteo Landing restaurant on Oct. 28, 2003, when the wind-whipped waves outside convinced him to stick around. A half-hour later, a fierce wind was…