Arnie Roblan, a former Marshfield High School Pirate Principal is a local coastal boy who knows the score.
Anyone who doubts the significance of this issue should take a drive over to our coast and check out the tide pools and rocks between Florence and Yachats-- places that used to be thriving  ocean communities of starfish (sea stars), sea urchins, and sea anemone, etc. are often dead, lifeless today.  That's evidence that's worth pondering.