Rosemere Neighborhood Association

VANCOUVER LAKE CLOSURE – July 14, 2006

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[From a news release from Clark County Health Department]

Public Health closes Vancouver Lake due to E. coli test results

Contact: Alan Melnick, Clark County Health Officer
(360) 397-8000 ext. 7209; alan.melnick@clark.wa.gov

Marni Storey, Clark County Public Health Department
(360) 397-8000 ext. 8434; marni.storey@clark.wa.gov

Jilayne Jordan, Vancouver-Clark Parks and Recreation
(360) 619-1141; jilayne.jordan@clark.wa.gov

Vancouver, WA – Vancouver-Clark Parks and Recreation and Clark County Public Health have closed Vancouver Lake to swimming, wading, and wind-surfing for at least the next week, according to Health Officer Dr. Alan Melnick. Regular testing of the lake recently detected E. coli above acceptable levels. [Read More...]

COLUMBIA RIVER CROSSING STAFF SPEAKS AT RNA MEETING – June 22, 2006

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In December 2001, Rosemere residents on ‘K’ street learned that they could have lost their homes to make way for a potential I-5 widening project. The RNA received many phone calls from worried neighbors when this issue first arose in a Columbian article entitled “In the Way on ‘K’,” and RNA members became very active in public meetings with the Bi-State Transportation Commission that was established to help find solutions to traffic problems relative to the I-5 bridge crossing. The RNA canvassed the neighborhood and rallied residents to attend Commission meetings and provide written and verbal testimony in order stop unnecessary demolition of homes that abut I-5. The message was loud and clear, and Commission members acknowledged that design plans should be changed to ensure that homes were not lost in Rosemere and other neighborhoods. [Read More...]

RNA RECEIVES CORPORATE DONATIONS TO FURTHER WATER QUALITY WORK – June 21, 2006

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Brent Foster, Executive Director, Columbia Riverkeeper, performing water quality monitoring on the Columbia River

In February 2006, RNA received a $5000 contribution from Allweather Wood, Inc. in Washougal. In June 2006, RNA received a second $5000 corporate donation from Metro Metals Inc, in Portland. Both donations will be used to pay for water quality monitoring on the Columbia River. These corporate donations were arranged through RNA’s continued working partnership with Columbia Riverkeeper. [Read More...]

SETTLEMENT REACHED IN LOCAL CLEAN WATER CASE – May 19, 2006

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Approved Joint Public Statement

The City of Vancouver, Clark County Natural Resources Council and Rosemere Neighborhood Association have reached a mutually satisfactory agreement that ends the appeals of a 2005 judgement in a Clean Water Act lawsuit heard by the Federal District Court for the Western District of Washington. The joint agreement furthers the goals of all three parties by enhancing ongoing efforts to protect and improve the community’s water resources. Additional water monitoring, inventory work and public involvement opportunities, including creation of a Burnt Bridge Creek Watershed Council, are among the highlights of the agreement.

View Approved Clean Water Act Settlement Agreement, Signed May 2006

Danger Still Lurks at Camp Bonneville – April 20, 2006

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Despite repeated concerns from many knowledgeable community members at various public meetings, Clark County is on a fast track to receive Camp Bonneville in a “dirty transfer” from the US Army, meaning the County and its working partners will receive the property while it is still contaminated and covered with unexploded ordnance and munitions/explosives of concern. County officials are hoping to have all agreements signed with the Army, the state and clean-up contractors by July 1, 2006 in order to initiate a devised clean-up plan of the property that may take several years. The County’s goal is to transform one third of this contaminated 3800 acre property into a free range public park, while explosive devices will remain hidden on the remainder of the property, the two sections separated by a mere three foot barbed wire fence that could easily be straddled by anyone of average height. [Read More...]

Corps of Engineers to Study Vancouver Lake Problems – April 5, 2006

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The Portland Corps of Engineers has been authorized to study the feasibility of providing erosion control and ecosystem restoration in the Vancouver Lake watershed, U.S. Rep. Brian Baird announced today.

Baird, a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, said he secured authorization through a committee resolution, which does not need Senate approval.

The Vancouver Lake Watershed Partnership will coordinate all development and conservation in the area, according to Baird. [Read More...]

Hanford News Website – April 2, 2006

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www.HanfordNews.com

From the Tri-City Herald, a website archive of Hanford, Department of Energy and other nuclear related stories and information.

For information on any of the above, please visit www.HanfordNews.com.

Third Annual Neighborhood Tree Planting – March 23, 2006

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Volunteer Crews Load up New Trees and Supplies for Planting

For the third year in a row, members of the RNA were vital in the success of West Vancouver’s tree planting efforts. The day began bright and early at 7:00am, with the plantings completed by early afternoon. Mariah Mickman, Neighborhood Trees Manager for Friends of Trees, organized the tree list. RNA members, including Carol Panfilio, John Felton, James Neigel, Paul Neigel, and Patrick Doncaster and Troy Harris of Hough Neighborhood Association took 111 trees and sorted them by neighborhood and by species, where they were then taken in individual pickups to the planting sites. Last year, volunteer crews planted 96 trees. [Read More...]

Help Save the Endangered Species Act – March 23, 2006

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The U.S. Senate is poised to consider a bill that could strip America’s endangered wildlife of vital safeguards.

Please go to http://www.nrdcactionfund.org/esa/action.asp?step=2&item=53031 and urge your senators to reject any legislation that would weaken the Endangered Species Act.

The Endangered Species Act has provided a crucial safety net for wildlife on the brink of extinction for more than three decades. Ninety-eight percent of the species protected by this landmark law — including the bald eagle, American alligator and Florida panther — still roam the wild today, and many are stable or improving. [Read More...]

Public Hearing on the Future of Hanford Cleanup – March 23, 2006

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On March 22, 2006, the RNA along with Columbia Riverkeeper, Hanford Watch, Heart of America, and other volunteers attended a public hearing at the Red Lion Convention Center in Portland to discuss proposed cleanup efforts at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. This meeting was facilitated by the US Department of Energy (USDOE), and the Washington State Department of Ecology. This was a “scoping” meeting, where members of the public could state for the record what they wanted to see in an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). [Read More...]