Hey everybody super short notice but I just found out at a meeting tonight at Re-sources that there is a comment period happening at this very moment to influence the Habit Conservation Plan (HCP) created by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). This is a chance for us to have a say in the standards that are set for leasing land to business (like the Cherry point terminal). Essentially we can make it harder by putting the pressure on DNR by commenting at this website address: re-sources.org/hcp. Now I know how busy yall are so I am making it easy by posting the letter written by RE-sources to amend the draft of the HCP. Feel free to add your own polite and powerful comments. Here it goes: Thank you for considering my comments on the proposed Aquatic Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP). I am concerned that the DNR could be at risk for violating an incidental take permit unless the plan is further revised to address the following concerns. The plan should explicitly state that large high impact projects like fossil fuel export terminals and facilities will need additional scrutiny and in some cases completely denied of land leasing rights. The time frame of both the HCP and subsequent leases should be shorter (10 years) and more should be done to ensure that management is capable of adapting during the planning period. There needs to be adequate funding in place to ensure the management practices identified in the plan can actually be implemented. Best available science should be used to adapt management and monitoring practices to address changing conditions, habitat quality and populations of species that are covered. The standard for cumulative impacts should be no net loss of habitats or native plant and animal populations. Please read and copy and past at this web address (re-sources.org/hcp) if you would like to support our beautiful lands and protect them form special interest groups. Last day to submit comments is December 4th (this Thursday). Thank you lovely peoples and goodnight.
Posted on: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 07:38:12 +0000
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