I’m willing to stand corrected, but I cannot recall a time when there has been so much activity related to the use and abuse of pesticides around water.
In a story written for Monday’s Kitsap Sun, I reported about the permitting activity to comply with the Clean Water Act at both the state and federal levels. I did not, however, get into some significant and surprising activities related to the Endangered Species Act, which I will discuss here in a moment.
I think it’s becoming fairly well recognized that chemicals
successful at killing target plants and animals may have unwanted
and uncertain effects on plants and animals that we would like to
protect. Unfortunately, state and federal regulations have not
always kept pace with scientific findings.
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