This listing is long overdue, but it's the right decision and we're really happy.
The way to save the whales is to stop doing the things that hurt them and also to start putting the system back together again. We need to restore the habitat and protect it.
Our population growth makes everything harder. We've gone down the dumb-growth path for many years. ... Maybe as we see all this bearing down on us, we'll take the smart-growth path.
The most important thing is to stop any further harm and to begin the recovery. The health of Puget Sound and its orcas is inextricably linked.
Water quality is not good enough for salmon recovery and we absolutely need to address it - especially now, given the fact that we are expecting much more population growth in the Puget Sound region.
We hope the recovery plan will be much more action-oriented than research-oriented. Research is fine but we think they've mistaken research for action.
It's long overdue. Listing orca whales is kind of like listing Puget Sound as endangered. We have no more time to lose.
Saving the shoreline is necessary to saving the entire Sound. Ecologically, this is where the action is.
That's one of the places where the Endangered Species Act really has teeth.
This is an example of how we kill Puget Sound one project at a time it's a death of a thousand cuts.
