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Page 36 - Shelton-Mason County Journal ~ Thursday, July 27, 2023
Climate group, DNR court date set for Monday
By Matt Baide
mati@masoncounty com
Mason County Climate Justice,
the Legacy Forest Defense Coalition
and the state Department of Natu-
ral Resources will meet at 1:30 p.m.
Monday in Mason County Superior
Court.
According to Jennifer Calkins, a
lawyer who represents the local en-
vironmental activist groups, MCCJ
filed a notice to withd ‘aw its motion
to dismiss and filed a second motion
for a preliminary injunction with the
intervenor corporation Tacoma—based
Stella—Jones Corp, which came in
with the highest bid for the 94 acres
that includes the Sure Wood and
Plumb Bob Timber Sale near Allyn.
The motion will be heard by Judge
Cadine Ferguson-Brown.
The second motion for a prelimi—
nary injunction states that DNR,
the board of Natu ‘al Resources and
Commissioner ofPublic Lands Hilary
Franz failed to comply with the State
Environmental Policy Act’s procedur—
al mandates for issuing a determina—
tion of nonsignificance for each site
and did not complete an environmeir
tal impact statement for each timber
sale.
“Because these forests are near
where people live and work, they also
provide innumerable environmental
services, aesthetic value, and recre—
ational benefits that support physi—
cal and mental health,” according
to the motion document. “These re-
sources are important to members
of local communities and to people
throughout Washington, including
populations who face ‘disparate im—
pacts’ and ‘increasing risks’ from fac-
tors including climate change, such
as ‘those already suffering from eco-
nomic, social, and health disparities’
including low-income communities,
Indigenous people, elders, and other
vulnerable populations.’ "
The motion includes. evidence with
declarations from Calkins, Joshua
Wright, James Landreth, Joanne
Hamilton, Robert Hamilton, Elise
Nordlund, Stephen Kropp, Adelaide
C. Johnson and Esteban Gaspar.
According to a photo from Mason
County Climate Justice’s Julianne
Gale, Stella-Jones bid $3,622,843.50
for the timber. Bell Timber Co. had the
second-highest bid at $3,451,926.56
and the Murphy Co. had the third.
highest bid of $3,031,765.10.
County now searching for Port of Dewatto candidate
By Kirk Boxieitner
kbox/e/tner@masoncounty com
As of Wednesday, the Port
of Dewatto has not filled the
*acancy on its three—member
board of commissioners, left
open by the April 8 death of
Ray Mow.
The port is still running
ads in the Shelton-Mason
County Journal to solicit ap~
plicants for the port’s District
Commissioner position. Act-
ing Port Commission Chair
Dave Haugen has asked Kris
Tompkins, the port’s volun-
teer who lives in the Haven
Lake area, to provide any
updates she on anyone who
might be interested in filling
the position.
Tompkins told Haugen
she’d made an announcement
at the Haven Lake Property
Owners’ Association meeting
over the Memorial Day week-
end asking anyone who might
be interested in the position
to come talk to her after the
meeting. She said no one
spoke with her on the matter.
Haugen reminded his fel—
low attendees at the port’s
June 14 meeting that the port
only had three weeks left to
appoint someone.
Port Manager Jeana Cros~
by contacted Mason County
officials shortly after that
meeting to determine what
the port would need to do if it
could not find a replacement
within that window.
In such cases, the port
has 90 days from the start
of the position’s vacancy. If
no one is appointed during
that time, the county is then
tasked with appointing a port
commissioner.
As Crosby had previously
noted, Mason County Come
missioner Randy Neatherlin
was aware of the port’s cir—
cumstances and had encour-
aged port officials to contact
him if they found themselves
in need of assistance.
Per Haugen’s sugges—
tions, Crosby also contacted
the port’s legal counsel and
the Washington Public Ports
Association after the June 14
meeting, while Haugen also
agreed to cover Port Com—
missioner Ted Edwards’ reg—
istration and overnight lodg-
ing fees to take part in a port
commissioner seminar at the
Alderbrook Resort & Spa in
Union. Crosby also contacted
Enduris to arrange the re-
moval of Mow from the port’s
insurance binder.
Crosby told the Journal on
July 13 that not only had the
vacancy remained unfilled,
but “our 90 days are now ex—
tended to the county.”
The port is continuing to
offer the position to residents
of Mow’s district, which in»
cludes Haven Lake, Wooten
Lake and surrounding areas.
“After the additional 90
days allotted to the county,
we will have to ask the gov
ernor to appoint someone to
the position,” Crosby said.
“At this point, even if we do
finally get someone who is in
terested, they will no longer
be able to be appointed by our
commission, but will instead
be appointed by the county
or by the governor if it’s after
the county’s 90 day window
has expired.” ' ,
Crosby encouraged any
registered voters who live in
District and are interested
in the position to call her at
the Port of Dewatto offices at,
360—372-2695.
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