Public Hearing - EISs for the Proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal ...

11/3/2012
1 global warming. I don't understand it. It just
2 doesn't make sense.
3 Global warming is dramatic. It's hurting
4 everything. So why do this?
5 The second thing is the vessel traffic.
6 You've heard a lot of talk about the various ships
7 that have crashed and hit rocks and so forth around
8 here. That's going to happen, it's just a matter of
9 time. So why wouldn't you want to make that --
10 o-O-o
11 CEDARBOUGH SAEJI: Hi. My name is
12 Dr. Cedarbough Saeji. I was born on Lopez Island and
13 grew up in this natural environment playing on these
14 beaches, eating fish, seaweed, and shellfish from this
15 paradise.
16 I worked in the tourist industry here in
17 the San Juans in restaurants and as a kayak guide
18 following after the orcas.
19 My undergraduate degree focused on fisheries
20 management and I have worked in salmon habitat
21 restoration.
22 Based on this background and cognizant of
23 the many jobs directly linked to our pristine natural
24 environment, I want to remind you that we have 472
25 islands in the San Juans at high tide. Many of these
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