Statewide News, May 2008

State hires divers to clear sea squirts from area marinas, Seattle P-I, May 30
Weyerhaeuser tax break may not stop pressure from Wall Street to restructure, Seattle Times, May 28
Cantwell, Inslee focus on increasing acidity of oceans at Seattle hearing, Seattle Times, May 28
Uncertain times - Some companies reduce their budgets for donations, MSNBC / Puget Sound Business Journal, May 11
Outdoors notebook Chinook run faltering on upriver Columbia, Seattle Times, May 11
Salmon fishing to close on parts of Snake, Columbia rivers, Tri-City Herald, May 10
Commission OKs land transactions; hears about cougars, wolves, Centralia Chronicle, May
Biological opinions issued for protected salmon, The Chronicle, May 7
Adult spring chinook fishing sets the slowest pace in years, The News Tribune, May 7
Greg Nickels' rebel yell, Crosscut, May 5
Federal agency declares West Coast salmon fishery a disaster, The News Tribune, May 2