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11/01/2007: "Workshops Offered On Shoreline Protection"

Friends of the San Juans, the San Juan County Land Bank, and the San Juan Preservation Trust are hosting a series of workshops to improve voluntary protection of local shorelines. The object of the workshops is to educate the public on how they can support salmon, seabirds and marine mammals by protecting critical shoreline habitats.

The “Shoreline Habitat Values, Threats & Protection Opportunities” workshops will be held:
* Wednesday November 7th from 7:00 pm- 8:30 pm at the Lopez Island Library,
* Thursday November 8th from 7:00 pm- 8:30 pm at the Orcas Senior Center, and
* Saturday November 10th from Noon to 1:30 pm at the San Juan Island Grange.

Workshops will include a brief summary of results from a county-wide shoreline protection survey; a slide presentation on priority shoreline habitats and species in the San Juans; review of primary threats to local shorelines; and an overview of the long-term protection strategies available to interested landowners including the open space tax incentive program and conservation easements.

Shoreline workshops are free and open to the public. For more information please contact FRIENDS at 360-378-2319.