ALERT – Your Comments Needed on Long Term Conservation Strategy for the Marbled Murrelet
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- Last Updated: Friday, September 07 2018 13:15
The RDEIS (Revised Draft Environmental Impact Statement) has been released. The public comment period began on September 7th and will end November 6th. This is the last time for public comment on this fifty-year plan to protect the Marbled Murrelet and the state-owned forests in SW Washington that it breeds in.
Public meetings to provide more information will be held:
October 9, 2018 - Forks Rainforest Arts Center |
October 15, 2018 - Seattle Ballard Library Meeting Room |
October 11, 2018 - Cathlamet River Street Meeting Room |
October 17, 2018 - Burlington Burlington Public Library Rotary Community Meeting Room |
The current timeline for completion of the Long Term Conservation Strategy is for Washington State agencies and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to review the public comments and consider any new research before issuing a final EIS in about September 2019. At that point, the Washington Board of Natural Resources will vote to approve or disapprove the final plan.
For background information on this plan to protect the Marbled Murrelet, see Maria Ruth’s article here.
For help in writing your comments, we'll provide much more information in the coming weeks. Stay tuned to the WHAS website, or you can go to this Facebook page for posts from the Marbled Murrelet Survival Project.
Your voice counts! Save this endangered species and protect your public lands.