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Mason County records
643 COVID-19
By Matt Baide _
matt@masoncounty.com
Mason County recorded 643 cases and 15 deaths from COVID-~19 from .
Jan. 31 to Feb. 6. '
According to Mason County Division of Emergency Management, the deaths
included .three' men in their 50s, one man in his 60s, four men and a
woman in
their 70s, two men and two women in their 80s and two women in their 905.
The seven-day case rate per 100,000 people is at 1,144 and the 14-day case
rate is 2,627.6. There were three people hospitalized as of Sunday and the
county is 57.2% vaccinated.
People can order tests through the state or federal government. For state
COVID test kits, go to sayyescovidhometest.org. For federal test kits, go
to
covidtestsgov.
COMMISSIONER
Annas Bay Closure
Response Plan
amended-
An amendment to the closure plan
~ for Annas Bay Shellfish Protection
District was approved at the Ma-
son County commissioners Feb. 1
meeting. ‘
According to the information
packet, the original plan was com-
pleted in August 2018 and was
amended in November 2018 before
this amendment.
The money for this plan is pro-
' vided by the Hood Canal Coordinat-
ing Council. In September 2017, the
state Department of Health changed
the classification of approximately
1,220 acres of Annas Bay Commercial
Shellfish Growing Area to condition-
ally, approved in response to Marine
flatten 314'failingxthe Natipnal , 3
Shellfish Sanitation Program water-
quality standards. An increased fre-
;quency of flooding of the Skokomish
River and the predictable pollution
conditions associated with the flood-
ing contributedvto the change. .
Annas Bay is on the Hood Canal
shoreline area between Potlatchand
Union. The Skokomi’sh Indian Reser-
vation occupies most of the nearshore
upland area. r
Annas Bay growing area has 11
active shellfish companies managing
and harvesting shellfish. The bay is
sampled 12 times per year to provide
a comprehensive evaluation of water
quality. , .
The strategy for water-quality im—
provement has goals to protect public
health, reduce water pollution, meet
state and federalmarine water qual—
ity standards for commercial shellfish
harvesting and ensure that marine
water quality is maintained. Tasks
to reach these goals include planning
'and coordinating closure response
plan development and implementa-
tion, monitor marine and fresh water
quality, control on—site septic system
pollution sources, control agricultural
pollution sources and education and
community capacity building.
To View the full plan, go to tinyurl.
com/mst5nwh.
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Hoodsport native exceling at Gonzaga
Jasmine Dang of Hoodsport earned a spot on the president’s list for the
fall
semester at Gonzaga University in Spokane. ‘
To be eligible, a student must earn a GPA of 3.85 or better.
I Compiled by reporter Gordon Weeks
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Board approves ’
[response plan
for Jones Cove
The Mason County commission-
ers approved a closure plan for Jones
Cove at the Feb. 1 commissioners
meeting.
.According to the information
packet, the county received notice
of a reclassification to the Pickering
Passage Commercial Shellfish Grow-
ing Area near Jones Cove from the
state Department of Health on June
29. The change is in response to Ma-
rine Station 67 in Jones Cove failing
the National Shellfish Sanitation
Program water-quality standards. A
Shellfish Protection District program
is required to be put in place after an
area has been downgraded.
Jones Cove is a small, shallow
‘1 the West central. .portiqneix-
g Passage that includes 9.5
acres. It is used privately and com-
mercially for the harvest of shellfish.
In 1996, Jones Cove had its earliest
known' classification as prohibited,
but 8 acres were approved in 2013.
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tion 67 began to rise and station 67
failed to meet the NSSP standard in
2020.
The response plan includes steps
for water-quality improvement with
goals to reduce water pollution, meet
state and federal marine water qual-
ity standards for commercial shell-
fish harvest and marine water qual-'
ity standards can be maintained.
The main objectives are to plan and
coordinate the closure response plan
development and implementation,
monitor marine and freshwater qual—
ity, review and manage nonpoint pol-
lution sources, control on-site septic
system pouution sources, control ag-
ricultural pollution sources through
a referral to Mason Conservation
District and education and educating
members of the community.
To View the full plan, check pages
145 to 161 of the Feb. 1 commission-
ers information packet at tinyurl.
com/2p9dmpkd.
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