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More Information about Wetland Mitigation Banks
FACTS & QUESTIONS ABOUT Wetland Mitigation Banks
as of April 10, 2009
Click here.
Skagit Valley Herald Article on Hearing on Wetland
Mitigation Bank, July 13, 2009 by Ralph Schwartz.
To read FOSC comments opposing the Skagit Environmental
Bank proposed by Clear Valley Environmental Farm, LLC,
click
here.
To read the public comments to Skagit Co. Planning
Commission on wetland mitigation banks on May 5, 2009 -
Click here.
REMAND HEARING REPORT-
The
hearing held on Sept. 25, 29 & 30, 2009 allowed
additional public comments. FOSC's expert witness, Dr.
Christina Bandaragoda testified on geo-hydrology,
flooding & geo-morphology; SEPA and shorelines and how
public laws are to protect the environment, not support
profiteering at the expense of the citizens.
FoSC’s Appeal
of Clear Valley’s Skagit Environmental Bank continued on
Tuesday, July 14, 2009 before the County Commissioners. You
may have read that the appeal of the wetland mitigation
bank proposed by Clear Valley, LLC was settled with one
appellant, SPF.
To
read FOSC comments opposing the Skagit Environmental
Bank proposed by Clear Valley Environmental Farm, LLC,
click
here.
The
BOCC hearing is a “closed
record” hearing, meaning no public comments are
permitted.
Plaintiffs and defendants in this appeal are prohibited
from contacting Commissioners about the case until a
decision is made.
For
previous public notices and the proposed Mitigation
Banking Instrument click
here .
INFO ON THE OTHER
WETLAND MITIGATION BANK PROJECT.
Skagit County already has one mitigation bank, on prime
agricultural land which was annexed into the City of
Mount Vernon and is being developed by Dan Mitzel and
Wildlands. The parcels making up the bank are in
the county and in the city.
FOSC
sent a request for Reconsideration to the Commissioners
on the Nookachamps WMB (Mitzel/Wildlands) click
here.
FOSC did not appeal this project because it was
permitted piecemeal and it did not present as a wetland
mitigation bank until after Mount Vernon had annexed the
land and changed the zoning to "public open space".
The developers applied to build a "trail and dike"
system on the land, and appears to have avoided
shorelines and SEPA review on the project.
Thousands of cubic yards of topsoil and gravel are being
removed from the site off of Francis Road. The
project proposes to breach a natural berm inside the
Skagit River to fill up the excavated wetlands.
TIMELINE OF FOSC APPEALS OF THE PROPOSED SKAGIT
ENVIRONMENTAL BANK.
(coming soon!)
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