To download a PDF file just click on the title.	CHB in the News
Ø November  2006: Putting on Your Face Could Cause Ugly Problems: Front page article on the issue of toxins in our personal care products, and the forums that CHB co-sponsored to address this issue- By Lisa Stiffler, Seattle PI
Ø October 2006: Fresh Contamination Taints Superfund Foss Waterway: An article about recontamination issues due to stormwater runoff in the Thea Foss Waterway by Susan Gordon, TNT
Ø October 2006: Sound of Broken Promises: Marine Life is disappearing from Puget Sound- And fast.  Read about this issue in this terrific series from the Seattle PI by Rob McClure and Lisa Stiffler.
Ø May – July 2006 Citizens for a Healthy Bay Tackles the Geoduck Farming Issue around the Sound:  Read the following articles to learn  about this controversial issue, and what CHB is doing to help protect Puget Sound. Ø July 2006 OPINION: Goeduck Farms May Harm Shorlines, Big Clams, Bigger Questions: An opinion piece by CHB Executive Director Stan Cummings- TNT Ø June 2006 Homeowners, Environmentalists Oppose Goeduck Farming: The Seattle Times Ø May 2006 Farming Operations Pose Problems for Puget Sound: An opinion piece by CHB Executive Director Stan Cummings- TNT Ø May 2006 Purdy Neighbors Don’t Like Proposal to Farm Goeducks: By Brent Champaco, TNT
Ø May 2006 Crack Down to Save Sound, Activist Urge: An article discussing the Puget Sound Partnership public meeting held in Tacoma on May 18^th.  Tacoma had the highest turnout of any of the public forums around the Sound! -  By Susan Gordon, TNT.
Ø May 2006 Purdy Neighbors Don’t Like Proposal to Farm Geoducks: Read about this issue that CHB is working on in collaboration with Save our Shorelines- By Brent Champaco, TNT
Ø April 2006 Thea Foss Waterway ‘a major achievement’: An article giving the highlights of the Thea Foss Waterway Celebration which took place on April 17th-  By Susan Gordon, TNT.
Ø April 2006 Community-Based Social Marketing for Environmental Change: This article, published in the Spring 2006 Clearing Magazine, discusses the joint effort by CHB, The City of Tacoma, and the Puget Sound Action Team to influence awareness and actions to prevent stormwater pollution from entering Commencement Bay- By Katrina Landau
Ø April 2006 Op.Ed: Foss Waterway Cleanup a Study in Perseverance: An opinion piece celebrating the successes of the Thea Foss cleanup effort- TNT
Ø April 2006 Hundreds Celebrate Earth Day by Pitching in to Clean Up Parks: On Earth Day CHB staff and volunteers  led two large events- A trash pick up along Ruston Way in association with Parks Appreciation Day, and a planting at the Jordon Restoration Site on the Hylebos with Friends of the Hylebos Wetlands- By Alexander Otto, TNT
Ø April 2006 Get Mad About Toxins, Official Says: An article discussing issues raised at the April 5, 2006 Toxics Forum in Seattle.  Highlights a speech by Puget Sound Action Team Chairman Brad Ack, with a great quote by our own Sheri Tonn-  By Susan Gordon, TNT.
Ø March 2006 Once Toxic Town Wrestles with Upscale Makeover: A well balanced and thorough look at the changes happening in Ruston post-Asarco.  By Warren Cornwall, Seattle Times.
Ø March 2006 Port Eyes More Effective Site for Habitat Work: This article discusses the change of plan from creating a habitat site in the Port of Tacoma’s industrial zone to one along the Hylebos Creek. Local News-TNT
Ø March 2006 Other Voices: Bravo, Tacoma for Foss Cleanup Efforts: Bob Stivers, CHB’s President gives the other side of the story on the Foss Clean up Effort, and applauds the hard work that has culminated in the end of active Superfund cleanup in the Thea Foss Waterway- By Bob Sitvers, TNT Op. Ed.
Ø March 2006 Foss Waterway Dirty Again?: Article discusses possible recontamination issues within the Thea Foss Waterway- by Susan Gordon TNT
Ø February 2006 Orcas Splash Back Into Local Waters: Orcas were spotted by Leslie Ann Rose, CHB Policy Analyst Monday in Commencement Bay!-by Stacey Mulick, TNT
Ø January 2006 Vegetative Buffers will Protect Salmon Habitat, Judges Say : CHB appealed the Pierce County Critical Areas Ordinance on the grounds that it did not include shorelines, and we won!   This article discusses what happened after Pierce county went back to the drawing board- by Aaron Corvin, TNT