The Thurston Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) approved an updated Critical Areas Ordinance on July 24, 2012. Black Hills Audubon wa
s supportive of updating this ordinance and participated by submitting Best Available Science reports, by submitting comments (including suggested improvements to the CAO drafts), and by encouraging its members to support updating the CAO. Read more in the Olympian article (in Word) or (in PDF)
In 2010, BHAS had submitted three CAO-related reports to Thurston County on the Best Available Science for:
- Important Marine Habitats (report prepared by Donna J. Nickerson)
- Geology (report prepared by QWG Applied Geology)
- Important Habitats and Species (report prepared by Sustainable Fisheries Foundation)
See Thurston County’s web site about the Critical Areas Ordinance update.