Trying to finalize the protection of the Toandos Peninsula. This is currently the largest conservation project in East Jefferson County.
Conservation groups, Tribes, community members and shellfish farmers are banding together to press the state to expand the Dabob Bay Natural Area.
If approved, the expansion of the protected lands on the Toandos Peninsula would be the preserve’s third since 2009.
In a letter addressed to Washington Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz, the consortium — spearheaded by the Northwest Watershed Institute — called for an expansion of the southern boundary of the Dabob Bay Natural Area to include a series of recently-discovered rare forests.
Filed under: Environmental Protection, forestry, Jefferson County, Jefferson County, Olympic Peninsula |
