Saving the shoreline is necessary to saving the entire Sound. Ecologically, this is where the action is.

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.

Man is his own star, and the soul that can Render an honest and a perfect man, Commands all light, all influence, all fate, Nothing to him falls early or too late. Our acts, our angles are, or good or ill, Our fatal shadows that walk by us still.

[The City Council voted to accept the proposal in August, but Harrison vetoed its action. The City Council voted Monday to overturn Harrisons veto and accept the settlement.] [The City Council] just sold it to them, ... They sold them things you cant get without a public hearing. We do not transfer [conditional use permits] from one owner to another.

This is an example of how we kill Puget Sound one project at a time — it's a death of a thousand cuts.

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.