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Friday, April 28, 2006
NC DENR Official Slams Navy Whale Report
 The Navy's proposed sonar range off the North Carolina coast, and the effects of high intensity sonar on marine life in general, have both been very hot topics the last few months. Yesterday a senior official from the North Carolina Department of Energy and Natural Resources added the NC DENR to the growing list of government agencies criticizing the Navy's proposed sonar range off the North Carolina Outer Banks. Bill Ross, secretary of the NC DENR, said that the Navy's proposed range poses a significant risk to marine life and to North Carolina's coastal resources, and that the Navy's study failed to take "this reality into account." Ross stated, "What I primarily felt was, the information was inadequate and they reached conclusions on information that was insufficient." Coincidentally, Thursday was also the day that NOAA released their final report on the July 2004 beachings in Hawaii that implicates Navy sonar. Ross' comments follow earlier criticism from NOAA and from the NC DMF that faulted the Navy for denying that endangered right whales use the waters of the proposed site and that 190 decibels is not significant enough to disturb marine life. Call or write your Congressional representatives and share your thoughts. More on the comments from Bill Ross and the overall controversy is available from the News & Observer.
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