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Volunteer corporation offers equipment and crews for canal clearing; board raises hazards, submerged boat and signage gaps
Summary
The Ocean Shores volunteer waterways corporation told the Freshwaterways Advisory Board on June 13 it has boats, harvesters and permits for clearing hazards but needs more volunteers; the board flagged a sinking pontoon, overhanging branches, decaying docks and missing buoys as immediate concerns.
A local volunteer group that harvests and maintains Ocean Shores waterways told the Freshwaterways Advisory Board on June 13 that it has equipment and boats available, but said volunteer capacity is the main constraint for clearing hazards, hauling debris and running harvest operations.
A board member raised an immediate navigational concern: president-elect Dave Royce said "the only thing I have is, the pontoon boat that was sinking. It's the main thing," urging the board to address a half-submerged vessel that could leak gasoline. Earlier in the meeting members described a pontoon with one pontoon underwater and the other partially afloat; members said previous calls to city staff had not yet…
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