• Made the Growth Management Act matter
  • Closed development loopholes
  • Won protection for wetlands
  • Won limit on clearcuts
  • Created the Conservation Futures Fund
  • Reduced shoreline development density 95%
  • Saved Saratoga Woods from development
  • Saved Pacific Rim Institute from development
  • Protected Camp Casey forest
  • Protected Maxwelton Creek
  • Saved Keystone Spit
  • Prevented the “Orca Pipeline”
  • Prevented new shopping mall south of Oak Harbor
  • Prevented 1050 house development on Fakkema farm
  • Prevented Wright’s Crossing (1500 houses)
  • Prevented tidal turbines in Admiralty Inlet
  • Prevented massive Coupeville gravel pit
  • Prevented 1000’ “floating road” & subdivision
  • Protected Critical Areas from agriculture, logging, & development
  • Cleaned up Oak Harbor School District toxics
  • Made Island County roads “no spray”
  • Banned Atlantic salmon net pens
  • Organized March for Science
  • Organized local Global Climate Strike marches

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