A wetland news article

I picked this up because of the term wetland in it. Quote When Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency in Santa Barbara on May 20 following the disastrous Refugio State Beach oil spill, he gave several government agencies specific instructions on how to help. < snip > Brown told the California Conservation Corps, the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, and CaliforniaVolunteers to coordinate with the Office of Emergency Services and OSPR to mobilize volunteers and “utilize all available resources to support the response, cleanup and mitigation.” < snip > !!! And he told the California Coastal Commission to suspend its environmental protection activities. < snip > Brown’s declaration suspended Chapter 7 of the Coastal Act, which provides important protections for sensitive habitat areas and wetlands End quotes And I believe that the suspension is state wide! The environmentalists argued that with… Quote more than 40 miles of the coast fouled with oil, at least 80 dead birds and 45 dead marine mammals, two popular State Parks closed and 138 square miles closed to fishing. Now is the time when we need the greatest possible protections for the coastal environment, not a weakening of California’s signature coastal protection law.” End quote So …. We are going to clean it up and mitigate the damage. Coastal protections have been voided. Apparently the oil companies benefited more from the “state of emergency” than anyone else. Bob 310 429 8477 http://www.PuraVidaAquatic.com