Capitol Lake Improvement and Protection Association - CLIPA - is a broad based citizens organization dedicated to:

1.) Improving water quality in the entire Deschutes watershed
2.) Maintaining the aesthetic value of the Capitol Lake Basin
3.) Accomplishing the above at a reasonable and equitable cost

The organization is a registered non-profit corporation with the State of Washington and under IRS code 501 (C)(3). Members of CLIPA may be contacted by sending an email to the Friends@savecapitollake.org.

CLIPA is a citizens based organization. We are citizens concerned about incomplete science and public involvement in the recent State led studies on Capitol Lake. We have formed two new groups to inform the elected officials and the general public regarding publicly available facts about the Capitol Lake.

The Capitol Lake Improvement and Protection Association (CLIPA) is a citizen led group of local environmentalists, good government activists, business owners, and community leaders. CLIPA was formed to present an alternative platform for input for the public-at-large on the future management of Capitol Lake.

CLIPA believes that the Capital Lake Adaptive Management Plan (CLAMP) conclusions and recommendations are seriously flawed. CLIPA wants an independent public panel - the Science and Policy Panel - to complete a review of CLAMP’s conclusions and recommendations and share it with the public.

To remain objective and supportive of the diverse interests that exist for the Olympia waterfront community, CLIPA has also formed an independent "Science and Environmental Policy Panel for Capitol Lake and Budd Inlet".

This Science and Policy Panel includes a cross section of diverse experts with expertise and extensive public and private experience. The Panel is intended to provide an independent and objective review of CLAMP’s assessment of the ecology, fisheries, sediment management, watershed management, and community values assessment to use for community and governmental decision consideration before the long term plan is enacted.

Marc Horton, an experienced consultant and former Deputy Director of the Department of Ecology, has agreed to lead the Science and Policy Panel along with other well known and respected scientists and professionals in the Olympia area. A larger group of Natural Resource Professionals have agreed to make themselves available to the Panel to ensure that the technical and independent evaluation of information supporting the values for the larger Deschutes, Capitol Lake, and Budd Bay environment - both the urban and water environment - are considered in a responsible manner.

The information generated by the Panel, along with the science and the regulatory facts, will be shared in a transparent and open manner to assist local elected officials, CLAMP, governmental permitting and funding agencies and the public to ask questions and to more fully understand what is at stake and what alternatives are available and practical.

Jack Havens, Chair Jay Allen, Membership Jewel Goddard, Treasurer

Bob Barnes Joseph Beaulieu Harvey Childs Denis Curry Les Eldridge

Bob Holman Brenda Hood Gary Larson Allen Miller

Ron Rants Mary Thompson Robert Utter Bob Wubbena

Friends@SaveCapitolLake.org
www.SaveCapitolLake.org

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Capitol Lake Improvement & Protection Association ( C.L.I.P.A. )
mail to:  120 State Ave NE  #1006  Olympia, Wa.  98501-8212