Environment

Open Houses In San Diego For Marine Protection Proposals

By Ed Joyce / Reporter

Published June 29, 2009 at 3:15 AM PDT

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The group charged with developing proposals to protect several marine areas off San Diego's coast wants your feedback. KPBS Reporter Ed Joyce tells us informal open houses are scheduled Monday night in Carlsbad and Tuesday night in San Diego.

The Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) requires the state to examine and redesign California's system of marine protected areas.

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Melissa Miller-Henson is the program manager for the MLPA Initiative.

She says the informal three-hour sessions give people a chance to view maps, pick up written materials and ask questions of the people who helped develop the proposals.

"We really encourage folks to come out to the open houses and learn more about what's being proposed and to provide specific feedback on what they like or don't like about the proposals," says Miller-Henson. "And if they can't attend the open houses we have all the same information available on our Web site."

Miller-Henson says there are at least four areas recommended for protection off San Diego's coastline.

The proposals are developed during three "rounds" of development and feedback. The third and final round starts in August.

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Miller-Henson says the final recommendations will be presented to the state Fish and Game Commission later this year.

Additional information:

Monday June 29 in Carlsbad: Hilton Garden Inn 6450 Carlsbad Blvd. 92011; Tuesday June 30 in San Diego: Marina Village Conference Ctr. 1936 Quivira Way 92109. Both open houses are 5:50p.m. - 8:30p.m.

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Ed Joyce was the environment reporter and afternoon news anchor for KPBS-FM. Before joining KPBS, he worked as an editor/columnist with Copley News Service in San Diego. Ed has an extensive background in newspaper, radio, web and TV journalism. After graduating with a B.A. in Communications from the University of Washington in Seattle, Ed began a career in broadcast journalism. His work has included stints in public broadcasting, commercial broadcasting and education -- working as an affiliate professor of communication and reporter at the University of Idaho and Washington State University in Pullman, Wash. During the past 20 years he has worked in radio, TV and print as a news reporter, anchor, writer, editor and producer. Along the way he has won numerous awards for general news reporting, newswriting, feature and issue reporting and breaking news reporting from The Associated Press, The Society of Professional Journalists, San Diego Press Club and other organizations. During the mid-1990s, while working for Oregon Public Broadcasting, he was a frequent contributor to National Public Radio, including a feature report on the memorial service for 14 U.S. Forest Service "hotshots" who died fighting a wildfire in Colorado (the crew was based in a central Oregon town). He’s also filed reports with Marketplace, KQED’s California Report and Climate Watch and with national and regional networks throughout the United States. At KPBS, Ed continues his contributions to National Public Radio and other national and regional news organizations. He has won awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and San Diego Press Club for his environmental reporting at KPBS-FM-TV and for producing and anchoring radio newscasts. In 2007 he was selected a National Press Foundation fellow for Understanding Violent Weather II program. The seminars were held at the National Weather Center in Norman, Okla. In 2008 he spoke at a UC San Diego conference on U.S. National Security as part of the school’s Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation. Ed led a discussion with the 18 foreign government officials and academics about the political debate over climate change. In 2010, Ed was elected to a three-year term on the board of the San Diego Press Club.

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