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The Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs
Reservation of Oregon
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adopting a renewable energy standard
and negotiating an agreement to shut
down the state’s only coal-fired power
plant. But the panel said more could be
done, such as adopting a low-carbon
fuel standard.
Gregoire also proposed a new center
for ocean acidification at the Universi-
ty of Washington to be paid for by
existing taxes collected on hazardous
substances and revenue from leases on
state-owned aquatic lands.
Ocean acidification likely affects
marine organisms to varying degrees,
but research has shown those using the
mineral calcium carbonate to make
shells, skeletons or other body parts
are more sensitive to changing sea
chemistry. The organisms include oys-
ters, clams, scallops, mussels and
coral.
In February, scientists in Oregon
found evidence that higher levels of
carbon dioxide in the Pacific Ocean
were responsible for the failure of oys-
ter larvae to survive in 2005 at
Whiskey Creek Shellfish Hatchery on
Netarts Bay.
The panel said Washington’s waters
are particularly vulnerable to ocean
acidification because seasonal ocean
upwelling brings water rich in carbon
dioxide — and more acidic — up from
the deep ocean toward the continental
shelf.
``We’re still struggling with what we
know and what we don’t know about
the biological impacts. We do know a
whole lot about what happens to oyster
larvae,’’ said Richard Feely, an
oceanographer at NOAA’s Pacific
Marine Environmental Laboratory in
Seattle and a panel member.
Scientists are learning that other
organisms such as pteropods — tiny
free-swimming snails that are a pri-
mary food source for salmon — are
already being affected by acidification,
Feely said.
More recent work has found that
acidifying oceans can affect behav-
ioral responses of some organisms,
such as whether a fish will go toward
or avoid a predator, he said.
``We now need to have a better
understanding of how the changes are
taking place at the very bases of the
food chain and how those changes per-
meate through the food chain up to
fish and birds and mammals,’’ Feely
said.
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Jefferson County School District 509-J
New Warm Springs K-8 School
Request for Proposals for CM/GC Services
Due Date: 2:00 pm on December 21, 2012
Notice is hereby given that The Confederated Tribes of
the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon (CTWS) and
the Jefferson County School District 509-J (509-J) are
currently soliciting proposals for Construction Manage-
ment/General Contractor (CM/GC) services for the New
Warm Springs K-8 School. Proposals will be accepted
until 2:00 pm on December 21, 2012 and shall be deliv-
ered to: Dave Fishel, Project Manager, Wenaha Group,
Inc., 445 SE Buff Street, Madras, OR 97741.
The 509-J and CTWS may reject any proposal not in
compliance with prescribed procedures and require-
ments and may reject for good cause any and all pro-
posals upon a finding of 509-J and CTWS that it is in the
public interest to do so. The 509-J and CTWS are not
responsible for any costs of any proposers incurred while
submitting proposal; all proposers who respond to solici-
tations do so solely at their own expense. This proposal
is subject to Indian preference.
The Request for Proposal and all attachments and any
addendum are available to any interested party on the
School
District
web
site
located
at
www.jcsd.k12.or.us/bond/bond-information
All questions regarding this solicitation shall be directed
to Dave Fishel, Project Manager at DaveF@Wenaha-
Group.com.
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cation projects in his budget.
Jane Lubchenco, administrator of
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, said the report draws
attention to a problem that exists inter-
nationally but has hit particularly hard
in the state of Washington.
Acidification is caused when oceans
absorb human-generated carbon diox-
ide, mostly from the atmosphere and
also from nutrient runoff and other
sources.
Studies have shown that corrosive
water has a dramatic effect on oysters,
clams, and corals, and could potential-
ly affect the broader marine food web.
Washington state is the nation’s top
producer of farmed shellfish. The
problem affects the industry along
with consumers and anyone who has
ever dug up razor clams or picked oys-
ters on the coast, Manning said.
The panel, the first of its kind for a
state, recommended 42 wide-ranging
actions. It cited 18 priorities, ranging
from finding innovative techniques
such as seaweed farming to capture
and remove carbon to reducing green-
house gas emissions.
The state has already taken action to
reduce carbon emissions, including
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Farmer’s
Irrigation District will hold a joint public hearing of its
Board of Directors and its Public Contract Review Board
regarding adoption of findings and a resolution support-
ing exemption of its Large Pipe Facilities Project –
Farmers Canal Phases from the competitive bidding
requirements pursuant to ORS 279C.335(1) on the 19th
day of December, 2012, at 12:00 p.m. The meeting will
be held at the Farmer’s Irrigation District Office located
at 1985 Country Club Road, Hood River, Oregon
97031.The proposed resolution will adopt findings in
support of a contracting exemption for the construction
of the Large Pipe Facilities Project – Farmers Canal
Phases and grant an exemption from competitive bid-
ding requirements.
The public hearing will be held for the purpose of
taking comments on the District’s draft findings and res-
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