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Council Natural Resources Committee
COUNTY COURTHOUSE
311 Grand Avenue, Ste 4105
Bellingham, WA 98225-4038
(360) 778-5010
Committee Minutes - Final
Tuesday, February 11, 2020
9:30 AM
Council Chambers
COUNCILMEMBERS
Todd Donovan
Ben Elenbaas
Carol Frazey
CLERK OF THE COUNCIL
Dana Brown -Davis, C.M.C.
Council Natural Resources Committee Committee Minutes - Final February 11, 2020
Call To Order
Roll Call
Committee Chair Todd Donovan called the meeting to order at 9:30 a.m. in
the Council Chambers, 311 Grand Avenue, Bellingham, Washington.
Present: 3 - Todd Donovan, Ben Elenbaas and Carol Frazey
Absent: None
Also present: Barry Buchanan
Special Presentation
1. AB2020-066 Report on European green crab found in Drayton Harbor
Other Business
Adjournment
Emily Grason, University of Washington - Washington Sea Grant,
submitted and gave a presentation (on file) on the European green crab. She
spoke about how they got here, the current status of the inland shorelines of
our region (especially Dungeness Spit, Lummi Bay and Drayton Harbor),
why their presence is a concern, how likely it is that they will become more
abundant here, and the next steps including expanded detection and removal
efforts. She answered questions about whether they are being found in
commercial crab traps, their presence on the East Coast of the United
States, why the dependence on volunteers is different in Whatcom County
than other areas, how close the removal efforts in Lummi Bay are to being
up to the scale of that at Dungeness Spit, whether volunteers need a special
permit to be able to help, whether a citizen scientist could take a picture and
send it in to the University of Washington for identification if they think
they see a green crab, whether other groups from the County should be
involved, whether green crabs have been found in Birch Bay, and whether
there's a possibility that scientists are only seeing them where they are
trapping them simply because they are trapping there and not in other areas.
This agenda item was REPORTED.
There was no other business.
The meeting adjourned at 10:18 a.m.
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