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		<title>National Ocean Policy Implementation Plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:08:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ajhaupt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just finished reading through the National Ocean Council’s (NOC) newly released National Ocean Policy (NOP) Implementation Plan.  The NOP Implementation Plan provides a road-map for how federal agencies will implement President Obama’s 2010 Nation Ocean Policy from Executive Order &#8230; <a href="http://westcoastoceans.wordpress.com/2012/02/16/national-ocean-policy-implementation-plan/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=westcoastoceans.wordpress.com&amp;blog=24342204&amp;post=291&amp;subd=westcoastoceans&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>King Tides on the West Coast</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:38:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>suzannastoike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most people these days know about the effects of climate change. Every day the news reports about the change in weather patterns, the increase of extreme events, changes in snowpack, the retreat of glaciers. The list goes on and on. &#8230; <a href="http://westcoastoceans.wordpress.com/2012/01/31/king-tides-on-the-west-coast/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=westcoastoceans.wordpress.com&amp;blog=24342204&amp;post=266&amp;subd=westcoastoceans&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Huge Experiment</title>
		<link>http://westcoastoceans.wordpress.com/2012/01/10/a-huge-experiment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:15:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>suzannastoike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I like how Bill McKibben talks about climate change in his book “Eaarth.” Humans’ impact on the climate is like “a huge experiment,” one that has never been run before. We get to watch it play out before our very eyes, &#8230; <a href="http://westcoastoceans.wordpress.com/2012/01/10/a-huge-experiment/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=westcoastoceans.wordpress.com&amp;blog=24342204&amp;post=250&amp;subd=westcoastoceans&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>West Coast Oceans: 2011 in review</title>
		<link>http://westcoastoceans.wordpress.com/2012/01/03/west-coast-oceans-2011-in-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:28:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>toddhallenbeck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here&#8217;s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 1,300 times in 2011. If it were a cable car, it &#8230; <a href="http://westcoastoceans.wordpress.com/2012/01/03/west-coast-oceans-2011-in-review/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=westcoastoceans.wordpress.com&amp;blog=24342204&amp;post=247&amp;subd=westcoastoceans&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Measuring the Pulse of Puget Sound</title>
		<link>http://westcoastoceans.wordpress.com/2011/12/13/measuring-the-pulse-of-puget-sound/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:51:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alanlovewell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scientists at NOAA&#8217;s Northwest Fisheries Science Center in Seattle, WA are studying the life in Puget Sound&#8217;s surface waters—from microbes to fish and jellyfish— to understand this complex living system and shed light on how human activity affects its health &#8230; <a href="http://westcoastoceans.wordpress.com/2011/12/13/measuring-the-pulse-of-puget-sound/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=westcoastoceans.wordpress.com&amp;blog=24342204&amp;post=241&amp;subd=westcoastoceans&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Real Cost of Aquatic Invaders</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 19:29:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>toddhallenbeck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was interested to read recently that ballast water standards adopted by New York to prevent the spread of invasive species have prompted concern among several Great Lakes Governors, who say that the regulations will halt shipping in the St. &#8230; <a href="http://westcoastoceans.wordpress.com/2011/12/05/the-real-cost-of-aquatic-invaders/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=westcoastoceans.wordpress.com&amp;blog=24342204&amp;post=227&amp;subd=westcoastoceans&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Guest Blog: Connecting Ecosystem-Based Projects Along the West Coast</title>
		<link>http://westcoastoceans.wordpress.com/2011/11/28/guest-blog-connecting-ecosystem-based-projects-along-the-west-coast/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:16:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alanlovewell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Hansen, Program Director of the West Coast EBM Network, shares with us his experience at the 2011 West Coast EBM Network annual meeting. Photographs by Alan Lovewell. The West Coast Ecosystem-Based Management Network (Network) recently held its 2011 Annual Meeting &#8230; <a href="http://westcoastoceans.wordpress.com/2011/11/28/guest-blog-connecting-ecosystem-based-projects-along-the-west-coast/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=westcoastoceans.wordpress.com&amp;blog=24342204&amp;post=213&amp;subd=westcoastoceans&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tsawalk and the Salish Sea</title>
		<link>http://westcoastoceans.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/tsawalk-and-the-salish-sea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 18:41:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>suzannastoike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I crossed the border into Canada on my drive to the Salish Sea Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia this past week, I got the “Q and A” by the border guard. “Where’s home? Where do you work?” I was &#8230; <a href="http://westcoastoceans.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/tsawalk-and-the-salish-sea/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=westcoastoceans.wordpress.com&amp;blog=24342204&amp;post=196&amp;subd=westcoastoceans&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>California Ocean Protection Council Meeting</title>
		<link>http://westcoastoceans.wordpress.com/2011/11/01/california-ocean-protection-council-meeting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 22:24:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ajhaupt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On August 11, I had a chance to attend the California Ocean Protection Council (OPC) meeting in Sacramento.  The OPC was created, pursuant to the California Ocean Protection Act (COPA), to coordinate among agencies to solve issues facing coastal oceans. &#8230; <a href="http://westcoastoceans.wordpress.com/2011/11/01/california-ocean-protection-council-meeting/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=westcoastoceans.wordpress.com&amp;blog=24342204&amp;post=185&amp;subd=westcoastoceans&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Supporting Research in the Region with a Network of Ocean Sensors</title>
		<link>http://westcoastoceans.wordpress.com/2011/10/06/supporting-research-in-the-region-with-a-network-of-ocean-sensors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:20:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>alanlovewell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a successful WCGA Fellows meeting, Todd, Alison, Suzanna, and I sat together for lunch at Agua Verde on the edge of Lake Union in Seattle to enjoy the Pacific Northwest summer’s delayed arrival.  We were discussing potential blog posts, &#8230; <a href="http://westcoastoceans.wordpress.com/2011/10/06/supporting-research-in-the-region-with-a-network-of-ocean-sensors/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=westcoastoceans.wordpress.com&amp;blog=24342204&amp;post=174&amp;subd=westcoastoceans&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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