Times are changing in Oak Harbor, Coupeville and Langley. Suddenly businesses, homes and developments are starting to install rain gardens and talk about low-impact development.
Langley was the first city in Washington to officially adopt low-impact development as part of its planning process and use the Low Impact Development manual published by the Puget Sound Partnership.
Oak Harbor has hired an environmental educator and is completing its bayside trail, which winds through a section of restored shoreline marsh and aquifer recharge area.
Coupeville is exploring the feasibility of diverting outflow from its sewage system and stormwater outfalls to Ebey's Prairie for agricultural use. Such a system would deliver much-needed water to the prairie, keep pollutants out of the marine waters of Puget Sound and help recharge the precious aquifer.
Join WSU Beach Watcher Graham Johnson as he moderates an open-forum discussion of exciting environmental progress by island mayors Jim Slowick of Oak Harbor, Nancy Conard of Coupeville and Paul Samuelson of Langley. And bring your questions for the mayors.
