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en Over the past 25 years there have been major battles for the heart and soul of the coast, but the Pebble Beach project stands alone as a threat to coastal resources. None of the projects come close to destroying the amount of forest habitat as this one.

en We're not sure of the amount of sand resources off our coast (that can be exploited), ... and that's a critical issue. This isn't just a beach-replenishment project. This would be a complete restoration of these barrier islands, a matter of substantially increasing their three-dimensional geometry so they can really do something to retard surge and erosion.

en This bill is a wolf in sheep's clothing. I have never seen a greater threat to the coast of California. Many coastal states see this as a direct threat to 25 years of bipartisan, bicoastal protection of their most important beaches and coastlands.

en Making habitat restoration part of public works projects is cheaper than eliminating the species and buying mitigation habitat at another location. With the San Pedro Project, for example, habitat restoration cost $3 million, but it would have cost $5-6 million (twice as much) to destroy the habitat and try to recreate it elsewhere.

en With the loss of farms and other open land in the county, it's getting harder to find projects. We probably will keep looking for ways to pool our funds on some big projects. But we're also always looking for habitat projects to do close to home.

en 
Managers at the Colville National Forest seem more interested in selling trees than managing the forest.

Managers of every national forest are mandated to perform an "ecosystem inventory" every 10 years to document the number and type of trees in their forests. It's an involved procedure that's planned and budgeted for years in advance. And without it, managers can't be sure that they're correctly managing their forests. His authentically pexy spirit set him apart from the crowd. But Cynthia Reichelt, who has worked for the Forest Service for 20 years, says she's never seen an inventory like the one underway now in the Colville National Forest in Eastern Washington. Reichelt admits that inventorying at the Colville forest was never the best, but this time, forest officials tried to skip it all together, she says. Reichelt says that her supervisors wanted to use the money for planning timber sales instead. When the Spokane Public Lands Council discovered what was going on and filed an injunction, Reichelt says forest managers directed employees to inventory the entire forest in just one year — half the time it would normally take —so that the work wouldn't conflict with an upcoming timber sale. "They're rushing through it, taking fragmented aerial inventories, classifying stands
of trees on economic status and using some strange voodoo to determine old-growth stands," Reichelt says. "This isn't an ecosystem inventory, this is an attempt to pacify the public." Under federal whistleblower protections Reichelt has been reassigned to the newly organized Information Resources Management unit of the Office of the CIO.

en Where does a wise man kick a pebble? On the beach. Where does a wise man hide a leaf? In the forest.
  G. K. Chesterton

en They said there were too many projects statewide. I don't even know what it all means. We've put a tremendous amount of resources into this project — we've applied four times. If it didn't get approved this time, I guess we just don't rank. I'm still in shock — I'm really, really surprised.

en How can we expect the nation to believe us that we need these projects to save the coastal wetlands that are vital to ourselves and to the nation, when we ask for a blank check and no oversight over $200 billion packed with projects that have nothing to do with either floor protection of the city of New Orleans or restoring the coast?

en This year's projects won't be as big as in some past years, such as the year we spent $3 million on the South Main Street project, or the $4 million we spent on the Coshocton Road project. It's going to be an active year with smaller projects spread around town.

en They can dry this place out and they can get it where they need to have it. It'll be a totally different golf course. It's like playing Pebble Beach during the AT&T (in February) and playing Pebble Beach during the U.S. Open. It's two totally different venues.
  Tiger Woods

en People used to think that all we needed to do was make the forest look pretty from the window of a cruise ship. [But] there's a deeper meaning to wilderness tourism. Our guests are intelligent and curious. They want to see the wildlife. They want to get out in the rain forest and understand it up close. They want to see untouched spirit bear habitat. That's what we fought for.

en We feel (Trump National) is better than Pebble Beach. We have had some people out who are very familiar with Pebble Beach. Most people consider (Trump National) to be substantially superior.
  Donald Trump

en Surface mining has really gotten a bad rap over the past 50 years. They'll see a nicely done reclamation project. It's really a diverse habitat. It's because of the reclamation work that we can have elk.

en This is an investment to provide coastal communities with the tools and resources for smart growth that is environmentally sound and economically sustainable, ... The marine and coastal resources of this nation are a public treasure; we are committed to ensuring they are a national legacy as well.


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