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	Hood Canal remains restricted
		Hood Canal, WA - Hood Canal remains off limits to most fishing because of to a lingering lack of dissolved oxygen in the water.
		Hood Canal, a 60-mile long fjord-like body of water, also suffers from poor water circulation and slow flushing activity, which compounds the problem.
		He compared Hood Canal's low-oxygen problem to the issue of global warming: More studies are needed, he said, yet enough is known about the problem to take the first steps to reducing the crisis.
	www.citizenreviewonline.org /dec_2003/hood.htm (1283 words)

	Brochure
		Hood Canal is home to a variety of critters that live in the water and on the land.
		The water sources of the canal include snow and glacier melt of the Olympic Mountains and the spring fed lakes and wetlands of the Kitsap Peninsula.
		All of these sources provide nutrients to Hood Canal… which is a good thing if the canal has the biological capability to process the nutrients without affecting water quality… and not so good if it creates an imbalance in those biological processes resulting in effects like too little oxygen in the bottom water.
	www.hoodcanal.washington.edu /aboutHC/brochure.html (641 words)

	USGS - Hood Canal
		In September 2002, fish in Hood Canal near Hoodsport were under stress from low concentrations of dissolved oxygen, prompting the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife to temporarily close parts of Hood Canal to some types of fishing during the month of October.
		Low concentrations of dissolved oxygen in Hood Canal during late summer and early fall have been observed as far back as the 1950s.
		At a meeting between the USGS, local groups and governments, agencies, tribes, and the University of Washington, it was agreed that one of the major factors affecting dissolved oxygen in Hood Canal was the input of nutrients, especially nitrogen, into the canal.
	wa.water.usgs.gov /projects/hoodcanal (198 words)

	WSDOT - SR 104 - Hood Canal Bridge East-half Replacement and West-half Retrofit Project
		The Hood Canal Bridge is located between Kitsap and Jefferson counties at the northern mouth of the Hood Canal.
		Hood Canal Bridge pontoons are now being constructed at a graving dock in the Tacoma area.
		The Hood Canal Bridge project was chosen as one of the pilot projects.
	www.hoodcanalbridge.com (880 words)

	CDNN Eco News :: Troubled Waters: Hood Canal's Dead Zone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		HOOD CANAL, Washington (21 June 2003) -- With a low rumble, the crane lifted a cagelike contraption out of the depths of Hood Canal and lowered it, dripping, onto the deck of the R/V Thomas G. Thompson.
		Hager recently estimated that 500 tons of nitrogen are deposited each year in Hood Canal from sources that include lawn fertilizers, septic systems and runoff from farms, forests and lawns.
		Hood Canal suffers more than Puget Sound as a whole because of a complex set of factors, including poor mixing of deep waters, low flushing to the ocean and good growing conditions for algae.
	www.cdnn.info /eco/e030621/e030621.html (1194 words)

	Hood Canal
		The projects are aimed at increasing the all-time low levels of dissolved oxygen in Hood Canal and helping to improve the quality of water for fish, shrimp and other marine life.
		One year after thousands of shiner perch suffocated in Hood Canal then washed up onto the beach at Potlatch State Park, conditions are ripe for more fish kills this summer, according to new monitoring information just compiled by the state's Department of Ecology.
		Hood Canal Low Dissolved Oxygen Preliminary Assessment and Corrective Action plan (PACA), which identifies the primary sources of nutrient pollution and main actions to reduce the pollution to help cut down on the low dissolved oxygen that has been plaguing the canal.
	www.psat.wa.gov /Programs/hood_canal/hc_news.htm (405 words)

	Hood Canal Interiors Window Covering and Flooring Specialists
		Hood Canal Interiors is owned and operated by Bill and Kim Olsen in Belfair, Washington.
		Hood Canal is located on the Olympic Peninsula just outside of Bremerton, about 1 1/2 hours out of Seattle.
		Hood Canal Interiors looks at the needs of customers to help them decided on the perfect solutions for their home.
	www.belfairdc.com (139 words)

	Hood Canal Waterfront Real Estate-Hood Canal Facts-Hood Canal Washington
		Hood Canal is one of the most magnificent bodies of recreational salt water anywhere in the world.
		Located in western Washington State, Hood Canal is not really a canal at all but rather a picturesque fjord, which separates most of Puget Sound from the Olympic Peninsula.
		Whether you are falling in love with Hood Canal for the first time or returning to enjoy her beauty and majesty, you will not be disappointed.
	www.timwing.com /hoodcanal.htm (1105 words)

	Ecology grant boosts 'hands-on' learning to help Hood Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Hood Canal Watershed Education Network is leading the project, in coordination with state natural resource agencies.
		Hood Canal suffers from low oxygen levels and is experiencing "dead zones" that trigger fish kills and shellfish deaths.
		Experts believe the canal's low oxygen may be caused, in part, by polluted runoff from human activities around the canal.
	www.ecy.wa.gov /news/2004news/2004-178.html (355 words)

	Hood Canal Bridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Hood Canal Bridge is located in Washington state on Washington State Route 104 and connects the Olympic Peninsula and the Kitsap Peninsula across the Hood Canal.
		The full title of the Hood Canal Bridge, the William A. Bugge bridge, was named after the director of the Department of Highways, William A. Bugge (1900-1992), from 1949 to 1963 who was a leader in the planning and construction of the bridge.
		The Hood Canal Bridge suffered catastrophic failure during the February 13, 1979 Windstorm.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hood_Canal_Bridge (2022 words)

	environment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Hood Canal is 61 miles long and has 242 miles of shoreline.
		Hood Canal is located in the North West corner of Washington State.
		Hood Canal was named for Lord Hood by Captain George Vancouver May 13, 1792.
	www.hoodcanalcoalition.org /hccfacts.html (199 words)

	Hood Canal Chum
		There is a good run of fall Chum Salmon in Hood Canal because the WDFW has been raising Chum in the Hood Canal and Skokomish hatchery which are situated at the lower, southern hook area of the canal.
		They will be contained in the canal, as this water body is a long and narrow section and they can not stray, plus they are heading south to the hatcheries and home.
		The Hood Canal Hatchery is right off hiway 101, north of the Tacoma Public Utilities powerhouse and launch about 3 miles.
	www.steelhead-fishing.org /hood_canal_chum.htm (2308 words)

	Scientists: Major fish kill in Washington's Hood Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The portion of the canal affected by this year's kill is between Tahuya and Lilliwaup - and is larger than the area of the 2003 kill, Newton said.
		Hood Canal oxygen levels in 2004 were nearly as low as in 2003, but the low oxygen water remained at the bottom of the waterway, with little visible impact.
		The low-oxygen water's rapid rise to the surface this week occurred in part "because the dense waters that had intruded since August had already done much of the work," she wrote in an e-mail.
	www.azcentral.com /news/articles/0922hoodcanal22-ON.html (841 words)

	Gov Locke & Rep. Dicks on Hood Canal Environmental Problems
		The treatment plan for Hood Canal will be developed by April 1, when the Puget Sound Action Team completes a "corrective actions plan" requested by Locke.
		The $500,000 federal funding and potential $100,000 state funding will be directed toward projects along the canal identified in the corrective actions plan, which will focus on sources from the land that people can manage to help stabilize or reduce the low-levels of oxygen.
		The Puget Sound Action Team is working jointly with the Hood Canal Coordinating Committee, a body made up of tribal and local government officials from around the canal, to produce the plan.
	www.house.gov /dicks/news/dicks-locke-canal.htm (414 words)

	USGS - Hood Canal - Project Summaries
		Although low concentrations of dissolved oxygen in Hood Canal have been observed during late summer and early fall as far back as the 1950’s, available data suggest that concentrations vary from year to year but have been trending lower over time, with longer durations of low concentrations.
		The USGS study identified the southern end of the canal, from the Great Bend to Lynch Cove, as the most susceptible to low dissolved-oxygen concentrations and estimated that 8+ 5 metric tons per year (t/yr) of nitrogen enter the canal from the more developed Lynch Cove area.
		The USGS work includes the following specific tasks: 1) develop a hydro-dynamic model of marine circulation in Hood Canal, 2) conduct a study of the effects of hypoxia on the health of Hood Canal fish populations, and 3) revise estimates of ground-water discharge and nutrient loading to the canal from the regional ground-water system.
	wa.water.usgs.gov /projects/hoodcanal/summary.htm (1112 words)

	Features - Hood Canal Shrimp
		The Hoods Canal Spot Shrimp sport season generally opens during the month of May with clear blue skies and majestic Olympic Mountain views.
		The north wind blew in and calm Hood Canal turned into 3 foot seas before the second pull.
		I fished 250-300 ft but you need the right length of lines to fish 300 ft. Double buoys or additional floatation is important in the Hood Canal because of the tides.
	www.gamefishin.com /wa/features/shirmp.htm (548 words)

	Amazon.com: The Hauntings of Hood Canal: Books: Jack Cady (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Hood Canal has always been a sleepy backwater until Sugar Bear Smith, a moody flsmith, dunks the corpse and car of a suspected child molester in the local waterway, rousing a water fury with a suddenly voracious appetite for other vehicles and their drivers.
		While Sugar Bear, the lovable killer, and Annie, his witchcraft-practicing girlfriend, ponder their circumstances, supernatural events along the route of the Hood Canal distract from the murder; cars are being dragged into the canal by a mysterious force.
		The canal is dragged and the drowned vehicles are salvaged.
	www.amazon.com /Hauntings-Hood-Canal-Jack-Cady/dp/0312280793 (1530 words)

	Hood Canal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hood Canal, is a fjord off Puget Sound in the U.S. state of Washington, with an average width of 1.5 miles (2.4 km) and an average depth of 500 feet (152 m).
		Hood Canal was named "Hood's Channel" by Royal Navy Captain George Vancouver for Admiral Lord Samuel Hood on May 13, 1792.
		Hood Canal is spanned by the Hood Canal Bridge, the third longest floating bridge in the world at 6,521 feet (1,988 m).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hood_Canal (397 words)

	The Seattle Times: Local News: No easy solutions to die-off at Hood Canal
		And they're recognizing that just finding the exact sources of Hood Canal pollution is a far cry from figuring out how best to breathe new life into a waterway whose banks are now home to 50,000 people.
		For years, scientists have had a basic understanding of Hood Canal's troubles: Marine water circulates poorly, so an oversupply of nutrients, typically nitrogen from human and farm waste, dead plants, animals or run-off, causes plankton to bloom.
		So the pollution from the land around the canal provides only a fraction of the nitrogen that is messing up Hood Canal.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/localnews/2003070478_hoodcanal19m.html (985 words)

	Hood Canal Vacation Rentals
		You have chosen a wonderful location for your vacation and Hood Canal Vacation Rentals is pleased to provide you with exceptional vacation rental accommodations during your visit to an area that has some of the most beautiful scenery and outdoor recreation activity in the world.
		Nearly 90 miles long and having 240 miles of shoreline, Hood Canal is nestled against the foothills of the Olympic Mountains and the Olympic National Forest which boasts a breathtaking rainforest.
		This is one of the gems of the Hood Canal and visitors walking along the trails can view native plant gardens, totem and cedar sculptures and observe wild salmon, river otters, eagles, foxes, dear and over a hundred and fifty species of birds.
	www.hoodcanalvacationrentals.com (1070 words)

	Select Committee on Hood Canal
		The issues considered by the committee include the quality of the water in the canal, management of the canal's fisheries and shellfish industries, and recreation on the canal.
		The committee also considers issues related to activities impacting the health of Hood Canal, including stormwater management, sewage and septic tanks, agricultural and forest management practices, and pollutants.
		The committee also focuses on the interrelations of the various governmental entities with jurisdiction over Hood Canal, including the federal government, tribes, the state, counties, and cities.
	www1.leg.wa.gov /House/Committees/HOOD (161 words)

	About the Hood Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The geologic forces that make Hood Canal what it is today -- one of only two fjord like bodies of water in the continental U.S., its water flow limited by a shallow sill near its mouth -- are only partially understood.
		But it appears Hood Canal is the work of rivers and a series of glaciers that exploited a weakness along the edge of the Olympic Mountains, a weakness probably created by a geologic fault line.
		Between glaciers, tens of thousands of years of stream erosion created other valleys, one of which linked to what is now the bottom arm of Hood Canal to Sinclair Inlet via the approximate route of the railroad tracks leading from Belfair to Bremerton.
	www.hcec.ws /aboutHoodCanal.htm (488 words)

	Hood Canal PACA
		During the 2003 summer season, particularly in the southern half of the canal, levels dropped to an extent that threatens marine life.
		Even though Hood Canal has relatively large tide exchanges, with two high tides and two low tides each day, ranging from 12 to 14 feet, these tidal currents are mainly the same water moving back and forth; with little net flow.
		Natural conditions may also contribute to Hood Canal's poor water quality, including: changes in climate; alteration of freshwater flow from major rivers such as the Skokomish; the shape and depth of the canal; and possible variations in deep ocean water that enters the canal from the north.
	www.psat.wa.gov /Programs/hood_canal/hc_paca.htm (774 words)

	Hood Canal Eagle
		Hood Canal is a deepwater fjord characterized by restricted circulation and extreme water depths in western Washington.
		Although the number of occupied bald eagles nests in Hood Canal have been increasing, there was concern because their productivity remained significantly below the Washington State's productivity average in most years and fluctuated more dramatically than the Statewide values.
		New nests continue to be established in the Hood Canal area.
	www.fws.gov /pacific/ecoservices/envicon/pim/reports/Olympia/HoodCanalEagle.htm (466 words)

	Hood Canal Washington Travel Guide
		Waters of the Hood Canal with Olympic Mountains in the background as viewed from near Seabeck on the eastern shore.
		Hood Canal stretches more than 70 miles through Washington’s pristine forestlands and is a bastion for outdoor recreation and nature viewing.
		Hood Canal’s attractions are plentiful: Sea kayaking is a popular sport off shore from the town of Union, where 80-degree summers help to warm the waters at the southern end of the canal.
	www.gonorthwest.com /washington/HoodCanal/Hood_Canal.htm (366 words)

	Hood Canal
		On the environmental front, the grassroots Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group (HCSEG) teamed up with scientists to find out why the fish were dying.
		Hood Canal is hundreds of feet deep in places, but a shallow sill near its north end restricts seawater exchange.
		From a knoll on the north side of town, tree-shaded Buena Vista Cemetery commands a sweeping view north to the mouth of Hood Canal.
	www.sunset.com /sunset/travel/article/0,20633,1045216,00.html (1166 words)

	Tons of Waste Smother Hood Canal
		Low levels of dissolved oxygen in the Hood Canal have been killing fish and other marine life and have resulted in the closure of the canal to fishing.
		Tons of waste material dumped into the canal have robbed the waterway of its oxygen, but a new set of suggestions for remedial action might help restore the canal to health.
		The report estimates that 100 to 300 tons of nitrogen enter the canal every year from six primary sources of nutrient pollution and suggests actions to reduce the contamination.
	www.ens-newswire.com /ens/may2004/2004-05-07-096.asp (668 words)

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