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State Ecology meets with county on sediment, dredged‑material reuse, grant options and Silver Lake water quality
Summary
Bob Aktolabi, southwest region director for the Washington Department of Ecology, and Shawna Hannish Kirkbride, manager of Ecology’s Vancouver field office, met with commissioners and county staff to discuss the agency’s role in water quality, floodplain and shoreline management and to outline funding and technical resources available to local partners.
Bob Aktolabi, southwest region director for the Washington Department of Ecology, and Shawna Hannish Kirkbride, manager of Ecology’s Vancouver field office, met with commissioners and county staff to discuss the agency’s role in water quality, floodplain and shoreline management and to outline funding and technical resources available to local partners.
Aktolabi and Hannish Kirkbride described the Spirit Lake‑Toutle‑Cowlitz Rivers Collaborative and an interagency work group focused on on‑the‑ground flood‑control and salmon‑habitat projects. Hannish Kirkbride said Ecology can help local partners with planning grants and technical assistance that lead to larger federal funding opportunities. She described cooperating technical partnerships, FEMA programs and planning grants the agency can help local governments access for floodplain and habitat work.
Participants focused on the large volume of ash and fine sediment moving through the watershed since the Mount St. Helens eruption. County commissioners and Ecology staff agreed the sediment…
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