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  S.P.I.P.A Shoalwater Bay
The Shoalwater Bay Tribe is located on the Washington’s southwest coast at Willapa Bay.
The non-treaty Indians of Shoalwater Bay made their living by fishing, crabbing and oystering, selling their surplus to canneries much the same as non-Indians.
Shoalwater Bay was originally the wintering place of both the Chinook and Lower Chehalis people.
www.spipa.org /shoalwaterbay.htm   (279 words)

  
 Shoalwater Bay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shoalwater Bay is a large bay on the central coast of Queensland, Australia, located 100 km north of the coastal town of Yeppoon and 628 km north-north-west of the state capital, Brisbane.
The bay is bounded by the Torilla Peninsula to the west and the Warginburra Peninsula and Leicester and Townshend islands to the east.
The Shoalwater Bay Military Training Area encompasses 454,500 hectares (4,545 km²), which includes the Warginburra Peninsula, the Torilla Peninsula east of the Stanage Bay Road, Townshend and Leicester Islands, and a sizable chunk of the Shoalwater Bay hinterland north of the village of Byfield.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shoalwater_Bay   (455 words)

  
 Shoalwater Bay
Shoalwater Bay (SWB), 70 km north of Rockhampton, Queensland, is a biologically diverse and beautiful coastal treasure of 400,000 hectares, including beaches, harbours and coral islands.
There has not been disclosure of these agreements or the weaponry to be used in Australia.
Research by the Shoalwater Wilderness Awareness Group (SWAG), into the history of U.S. military training and bases in foreign countries reveals an appalling environmental, economic, social and health legacy.
www.shoalwaterbay.org   (502 words)

  
 Shoalwater Bay Tribe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shoalwater Bay Tribe is a Native American tribe in western Washington state in the United States.
The Shoalwater Bay tribe lives on the southwest coast of Washington in northwestern Pacific County, along the shores of Willapa Bay where the 2.693 km² (1.0397 sq mi) Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation with 70 inhabitants (2000 census) is located.
Shoalwater Bay Reservation and Off-Reservation Trust Land, Washington United States Census Bureau
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shoalwater_Bay_Tribe   (147 words)

  
 Ramsar Sites Database   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The Shoalwater and Corio Bays area comprises one terrestrial and five major estuarine and marine environments, and as such it represents the largest area in central east Queensland containing representative coastal, subcoastal, aquatic landscapes and ecosystems.
Shoalwater Bay has a large tidal range, which has given rise to a diverse range of mangrove community types that cover over one-half of the intertidal area.
In 1994, a Commission of Inquiry acknowledged that defence use should be the primary use of the Shoalwater area, but recommended that conservation use of the area as a whole be elevated in importance.
www.wetlands.org /reports/dbdirectory.cfm?site_id=556   (1233 words)

  
 Finnish Oystermen on Shoalwater Bay   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Originally, it was called Shoalwater Bay, probably because of its shallow tidelands upon which the oysters flourished.
Finns were frequently known to be included in early census figures as Swedish and Russian immigrants, as their homeland was not yet recognized as a free nation.
His arrival in Shoalwater Bay led him to a job with Espy and Co. of Oysterville, Washington.
www.genealogia.fi /emi/art/article10e.htm   (424 words)

  
 Rockingham Accommdation - Shoalwater Bay Beach House
Shoalwater Bay Beach House - Imagine picnics on the beach while you watch the sun set over Seal Island and Shag Rock, walking to Penguin Island at low tide, snorkeling in the world famous Shoalwater islands Marine Park or simply lazing around in the spa in your own private courtyard.
The Shoalwater Bay Beach and surrounding areas are perfect for all water sports including swimming, fishing, crabbing, snorkelling, boating, and wind surfing.
Nearby Safety Bay is a favourite for wind surfers, while the jetty at Palm Beach is popular for fishing and crabbing as the water there is more than 15 metres deep.
www.ozstays.com /17332   (1129 words)

  
 Governors Office of Indian Affairs
Some Shoalwater people entitled to allotments on the reservation were allotted instead on the Quinault Reservation.
By 1879 the Shoalwater Bay people spoke the Lower Chehalis dialect.
The Shoalwater Bay Tribal Council was elected shortly after this.
www.goia.wa.gov /Tribal-Information/Tribes/shoalwater.htm   (99 words)

  
 Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority :: Shoalwater Bay (Dugong) Plan of Management
The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority released the Shoalwater Bay (Dugong) Plan of Management in 1997 to protect the dugong population and dugong habitat in Shoalwater Bay.
Shoalwater Bay is a remote area located 50km north of Rockhampton.
The Plan aims to manage activities in the bay that threaten the dugong population or impact on the seagrass meadows.
www.gbrmpa.gov.au /corp_site/management/pom/shoalwater_bay   (399 words)

  
 recipes from the Shoalwater Restaurant in the Shelburne Inn
At beachdog.com, we think the unique combination of cheesecake, chocolate, cranberries and Pinot Noir is so amazing we asked Ann and Tony's permission to add it to their site for you to enjoy.
It will be on the menu in both the Shoalwater and the Heron and Beaver Pub through the holidays, so come in and enjoy a slice made with Ann's tender loving care!
This spring you may find the tart on the dessert tray at the Shoalwater accompanied by a fresh strawberry, mango and lime "salsa" instead of the poached pear.
www.shoalwater.com /pages/hubs/recipes.html   (1604 words)

  
 DefenseLINK News: Environment Gets Kid-Glove Handling During Talisman Saber '05
Shoalwater Bay Training Area is Australia's premier military maneuver range, covering 667,182 acres of land -- about the size of Rhode Island.
Shoalwater Bay is the only place in Australia where air, land and sea forces can engage in joint, live-fire training exercises.
"The Shoalwater Bay Training Area was purchased by the Australian Government in 1942 for military training, and it is viewed as a national treasure to the Australian people," said Leanne Sommer, senior environmental advisor to the South Queensland's Australian Defense Forces.
www.defenselink.mil /news/Jun2005/20050624_1844.html   (510 words)

  
 DJC.COM: Townhouse plan leads to dispute, provided by Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce
Shoalwater Bay officials want to build 1,580 townhouses on the site as well as commercial buildings such as an outlet store or light-manufacturing plant.
Herbert Whitish, chairman of the Shoalwater Bay tribe, said the tribe may sue the government if the BIA uses the Baird-Gorton proposal as a reason to reject the trust land application.
The Shoalwater Bay reservation near Tokeland, Wash., covers only about a square mile -- and half of that is saltwater tideland, Whitish said.
www.djc.com /news/re/10057542.html   (1076 words)

  
 Rockingham, W.A. - Shoalwater House   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Shoalwater is located on the tranquil shores of Shoalwater Bay at 4 Arcadia Place Shoalwater.
Shoalwater is famous for swimming, snorkelling, boating, fishing, crabbing, wind surfing, kite surfing and walking across the sandbar to the protected bird sanctuaries of Penguin Island.
SHOALWATER BEACH is just 50 meters away from the house and the water is calm because of the fringing reef out beyond the Marine Park.
www.annabella.net /rockingham/shoalwaterhouse/index.html   (1518 words)

  
 Reef, people threatened by war games : Melbourne Indymedia
Shoalwater Bay is home to many species of fish and its protected situation and extensive mangrove ecosystem makes it an excellent fish refugia and breeding habitat.
It is true that the land around Shoalwater Bay would have been more severely degraded had the military not repossessed in 1965 it from the cattle farmers that have degraded the surrounding area.
It is my understanding that SES workers in the Stannage Bay region, who are one of the first to be called to a nuclear or any other type of emergency at Shoalwater Bay, have not been trained in nuclear response and are in fact all volunteers.
www.melbourne.indymedia.org /news/2006/11/130178.php   (6207 words)

  
 Sou'wester 1989 Centennial
Bay Center is on a peninsula (the tip is called Goose Point) which extends into the center of Willapa Bay.
The entrance to the Bay from the ocean is very direct and easily found, and the excellent chart by Captain Alden enables vessels of a light draft of water to run in at all times of tide.
During the years 1889-1891, excitement was generated on Shoalwater Bay and the Willapa River over rumors that three railroads were planning to terminate near the mouth of the river.
www.pacificcohistory.org /sw1989_4.htm   (15135 words)

  
 Talisman Saber 2005-photos
Shoalwater Bay, Australia (June 24, 2005) -- Gunner (GNR) Mathew Hanley, mans a gun during a simulated attack at Samuel Hill Airstrip by Australian Defence Force and U.S. Forces that are participating in Exercise Talisman Sabre 2005.
Shoalwater Bay, Australia (June 24, 2005) -- A soldier from the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, from Fort Richardson, Alaska, participates in a simulated night attack on an enemy position during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2005, which involved Australian Defence Force and U.S. Forces.
Shoalwater Bay is the premier military training facility in the South Pacific, providing a real-world training environment for U.S. and Australian forces during exercise Talisman Saber 2005.
www.c7f.navy.mil /ts05/photos.htm   (5572 words)

  
 Port of Peninsula on the Long Beach Peninsula at Nahcotta, Washington
Douglas King of Ocean Park donated the last oyster station house on Willapa Bay to the Port of Peninsula in hopes an exhibit on the 150-year history of oyster growing on the bay would be housed there.
Among the artifacts in the center is a 14-foot double-ended Shoalwater Bay dinghy built in the late 1920s by Dan Louderback Sr.
The cedar-sided center is one of the few spots on the bay other than Leadbetter Point that visitors can find easy access to the rocky shores and muddy floors of the bay on non-private property.
www.portofpeninsula.org /oysterhouse.html   (397 words)

  
 Shoalwaters' 'catastrophe' confirmed   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The Shoalwaters first began to worry that they might have a problem in 1992, when they realized that 10 of 19 pregnancies since 1988 had ended in miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, stillbirth or the death of the baby within a year of birth.
Whitish has often said the Shoalwaters "are like the canary in the cage" carried by coal miners of old to warn if the air in the mine shafts turns toxic.
The Shoalwaters have convened a committee of health care advisers that include scientists and medical professionals from the Indian Health Service, the University of Washington, the state departments of Health and Ecology, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
seattlepi.nwsource.com /local/baby06.shtml   (1727 words)

  
 HistoryLink Essay: Shoalwater Bay oysters begin feeding San Francisco in 1851.
The oyster business will flourish in the bay until the 1880s and will be an important cause of settlement in the area.
A market for Shoalwater Bay oysters was created when, in 1849, the California Gold Rush created an enormous mass migration to the West.
Shoalwater Bay oysters declined due to over-harvesting, and local oystermen began looking for new markets and new oysters to seed and grow in the bay.
www.historylink.org /essays/output.cfm?file_id=7850   (574 words)

  
 Protesters attempt to halt joint military exercise. 12/06/2005. ABC News Online
About 17,000 military personnel from all sections of the two countries' defence forces are gathered at the Shoalwater Bay training area, north of Rockhampton.
Dozens of anti-war campaigners are forming a blockade at one of the main entrances to Shoalwater Bay to try to prevent military vehicles from entering the site.
The military has warned that while demonstrators have a democratic right to protest, they should keep clear of Shoalwater Bay as live ammunition is being used.
www.abc.net.au /news/newsitems/200506/s1390212.htm   (288 words)

  
 USGS News Release: Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation aquifers studied
Results of a study of ground water on the Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation and nearby areas in Pacific County are published today in a report by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe, under a grant from the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Knowledge of the geologic layers under the reservation is important for understanding the factors influencing ground water flow and quality.
The report, "Hydrogeologic and Water-Quality Reconnaissance of the Artesian Aquifer Under the Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation and Tokeland Peninsula, Pacific County, Washington, 1998-99," by R.C. Lane and J.C. Ebbert, is published as U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4023.
wa.water.usgs.gov /news/2002/news.wri014023.htm   (407 words)

  
 Tandem Thrust 2001 Photo Page
SHOALWATER BAY TRAINING AREA, Australia, May 21, 2001 -- Members from the 4th Light Armor Reconnaissance (LAR) Delta Company Quantico Va. Patrol the roads here during Exercise Tandem Thrust.
SHOALWATER BAY TRAINING AREA, Australia, May 15, 2001 -- Soldiers from the 1st Commando Company, Sydney, Australia, parachute with their inflatable boats from an RAAF C-130H into Shoalwater Bay.
SHOALWATER BAY TRAINING AREA, Australia, May 20, 2001 -- Commanding Officer Maj. Paul Lebidine from the 4th Light Armor Reconnaissance (LAR) Delta Company, Quantico, Va., prepares to move his company out under cover of darkness during Tandem Thrust.
www.c7f.navy.mil /tt01/photosmay23.htm   (624 words)

  
 U.S military base in Australia - MFN Forums
Shoalwater Bay covers a third of Livingstone Shire, which has a population of 27,000, and centres on the town of Yeppoon.
Shoalwater Bay is the site of the military exercises, held every two years by Australian and American military forces.
The outstanding feature of Shoalwater Bay is that the army, air force and navy can train together.
forums.matrixfans.net /showthread.php?t=21325   (1173 words)

  
 Programs of the first phase of the NHT: Marine Species Protection Program Completed Projects - Darumbal Participation ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Dugong populations in the Shoalwater Bay area of the southern Great Barrier Reef have significantly declined in recent years.
This enabled the Darumbal people to be actively involved in the management of dugong and sea turtles in Shoalwater Bay in order to implement the outcomes of the 'Shoalwater Bay Plan of Management' and the establishment of a 'Dugong Protection Area'.
Members of the public were educated about the significance of the Shoalwater Bay area for dugongs and the need to take steps to prevent protect this important species.
www.nht.gov.au /nht1/programs/mspp/shoalwaterbay.html   (361 words)

  
 Shoalwater Bay to benefit from US military deal: mayor. 8 July 2004. Central Queensland News
Shoalwater Bay to benefit from US military deal: mayor.
The Shoalwater Bay military Training Area was created in bushland north-east of Rockhampton in the 1960s after a number of cattle properties were taken over by the Defence Department.
Conservationists have been long-term opponents of military exercises at Shoalwater Bay due to its near pristine habitats, including dugong grazing areas off shore.
www.abc.net.au /news/australia/qld/capricornia/200407/s1149127.htm   (244 words)

  
 Stop Pesticide Spraying in Willapa Bay
The Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor Oyster Growers Association wants to spray more than three tons of pesticides onto the tidelands of Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor in order to control native shrimp that are considered a problem for oyster production.
Despite the concerns of local residents, other oyster growers who produce oysters without pesticides, and the Shoalwater Bay Tribe, Ecology has now issued a draft permit that violates the Clean Water Act and allows the oyster growers to pollute water with huge quantities of carbaryl.
Because its use in Willapa Bay results in such high concentrations in the bay, it poses a particular threat to salmon and other aquatic life.
www.pesticide.org /WillapaBayAction.html   (691 words)

  
 Welcome To Shoalwater House | Rockingham Accommodation | Rockingham WA Accommodation | WestAccom.net | Western ...
It is located on the tranquil shores of Shoalwater Bay, in the seaside suburb of Shoalwater, west of Rockingham and 48 km south of the Perth CBD by car.
The house is literally a 'stones throw' from the Indian Ocean and has fantastic views of the Shoalwater Islands Marine Park.
Look south along Shoalwater Beach and see people walking to Penguin Island, look west to see sea lions on Seal Island and look north to see the waves breaking on Point Peron.
www.westaccom.net /rockingham/shoalwater_house.html   (488 words)

  
 Shoalwater Bay Tribe's Blackjack Games are not Grandfathered and are Class III Games
Shoalwater Bay Tribe's Blackjack Games are not Grandfathered and are Class III Games
After careful review of the record, I have determined that the Tribe was not operating the game of fljack, on or before May 1, 1988, and accordingly, is not entitled to operate fljack as a class II game pursuant to IGRA’s grandfather clause.
Additionally, a fact finding hearing was held on April 23, 1998, at the Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation, at which a number of witnesses provided testimony.
www.nigc.gov /Default.aspx?tabid=448   (1904 words)

  
 Travel Oregon near Crater Lake National Park
Shoalwater Bay at Eagle Ridge in Klamath Basin
Mt McLoughlin of the Cascade Mountains towering above Shoalwater Bay at Eagle Ridge.
The Mighty Bald Eagle at Eagle Ridge along Shoalwater Bay.
www.travelbywaysandgetaways.com /listing4-specpl.htm   (376 words)

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