One of my personal axes to grind is that the City of Victoria, B.C. continues practice of piping raw, untreated sewage into the Strait of Juan de Fuca, waters shared by Puget Sound. While we can make great proclamations in placing orca whale pods on the endangered list, what impact will that have until we turn up the heat on our nearest neighbor to stop dumping their untreated waste and garbage into the very waters the whales (and others) need to survive? It is unconscionable, and I refuse to visit Victoria again. See the latest Seattle PI article on the subject: seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420AP_WA_Victoria_Sewage.html