that complies with state and federal mandates and reflects Best Available Science. The MRC participated throughout the multi-year CAO Update process and is writing this report in support of the proposed nearshore buffer but with a recommendation to increase the minimum buffer size. The San Juan County Marine

County Marine Resources Committee (MRC) is a citizen-based advisory committee dedicated to the protection and restoration of the marine environment in the San Juan Islands. Created in 1996 to advise the county on marine issues, MRC members are selected by the County Council and represent local government

participate in a long-term collaborative project to monitor intertidal biotic communities as indicators as ecosystem condition. In June 2007, we sampled beaches in Westcott and Garrison Bays, San Juan County in order to compare current biota with communities sampled in the 1990s. In the area

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Host of the names in this list come fro. Utah Place Names by John W. Van Cott. (You may want to look in Utah Place Names for more information.) Names from other sources have a * after them.

Friends of the San Juans ’ San Juan County Shoreline Permit Analysis, 1972-2005 would not have possible without the assistance of many individuals and organizations. Nina Cowan developed the searchable Access database of shoreline projects from the San Juan County Land Use Permit Database. GIS

• The rise in the price of crude oil over the past several years has stimulated increased exploration and production activity in Utah, with the number of oil and gas wells drilled in the state increasing from 283 in 1999 to 1,057 in 2006. Increased drilling and production activity has resulted in higher employment in the producing areas, with total employment in the Uinta Basin rising from 15,547 in 1997 to 23,552 in 2006. • There are six areas with significant production of oil and/or natural gas in Utah. These are the Uinta Basin, conventional and coalbed methane deposits in Carbon and Emery

Dead Horse Point State Park is in the heart of the Canyonlands region of Utah between Canyonlands and Arches National Parks (figure 1). The views are spectacular, sublime, awe-inspiring, and majestic, and would be hard to surpass anywhere. The mood of the vistas changes by season and time of day. One of nature's engineers, in this instance the Colorado River, has carved and exposed strata of Late

analysis and Sandra Reategui, Suzanne Tegen, and Sara Baldwin for the helpful comments on

-190-120 and Frequently Flooded Areas are defined in WAC 365-190-110. C. San Juan County adopted a public participation plan for the revision of its development regulations regarding critical areas in Resolution 56-2006; the plan was most recently