Title: An act relating to renaming Livingston bay.

Brief Description: Renaming Camano island's Livingston bay the "Floyd Jones flyway."

Sponsors: Senators Haugen, Swecker, Jacobsen, Hobbs, Kohl-Welles, Hatfield, Spanel, Shin and Tom.

Brief History:

Committee Activity: Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation: 2/04/05.

SENATE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES, OCEAN & RECREATION

Staff: Karen Epps (786-7424)

Background: Vast numbers of migrating waterfowl rely on Livingston Bay for winter habitat. Livingston bay is part of the Skagit-Stillaguamish delta, which provides wintering areas for populations of birds such as Wrangell Island snow geese, trumpeter and tundra swans, winter raptors, and falcon species. Additionally, Livingston bay's tidelands serve as habitat for juvenile salmon, adult salmon, and bull trout, and provide spawning areas for Pacific sand lance and surf smelt. (Land Trust Acquires Camano's Livingston Bay Tidelands, Press Release, Whidbey Camano Land Trust, December 18, 2006)

Floyd Jones has donated to various organizations, including the University of Washington, KCTS Public Television, Virginia Mason Medical Center, and the Whidbey Camano Land Trust.

Summary of Bill: Livingston Bay, which sits on the northeast side of Camano Island, is renamed the "Floyd Jones Flyway."

Appropriation: None.

Fiscal Note: Not requested.

Committee/Commission/Task Force Created: No.

Effective Date: Ninety days after adjournment of session in which bill is passed.