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YEAR lN REVIEW
Clayton David, biologist at Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group identifies
fish in HCSEG’s screw trap on the
Union River every morning as part of the Union River Chum Outmigration
Project. Hera/d photo Isabella Breda
July
HomeoWners allege
rights violated
In a class action lawsuit filed
against Mason County in the US.
District Court on June 29, a dozen
North Shore residents allege that
County Commissioner Randy Neat-
herlin and Director of Community
Services David Windom deprived
them of “rights, privileges or immuni-
ties secured by the Constitution and
federal laws” when the county signed
an SM-6 form and gifted Grump
Ventures LLC “a valuable right to
operate a 66.5 acre surface mine in a
residential zone” on June 30, 2017.
August
Activists, residents
push back against
176-acre logging
operation
Tahuya residents and young envi-
ronmental activists worked to stop
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the Department of Natural Resources
from auctioning off part of Tahuya
State Forest for logging in late
August.
“(The timber sale) is in an
area that lies in one of the most
extremely endangered ecosystems,”
17-year-old North Mason environ-
mental activist Joshua Wright said.
“I had objections to that and started
the petition.”
Despite the efforts of local envi—
ronmentalists, DNR’s Tip Top timber
sale, 176 acres of coniferous forest,
including towering cedars, Douglas
firs and western hemlocks, was
auctioned off to Murphy’s Timber, on
Aug. 25.
September
Traumatic injury
,airlifts doubled
this summer in
North Mason
North Mason Regional Fire
Authority has seen a spike in
emergency calls since June that is
“substantially” higher than previous
summers.
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“Summer months are typically our
busiest,” said Lacey Newman, emer—
gency prevention specialist for North
Mason Regional Fire Authority.
“This year... there’s been a lot more
substantial traumatic injuries on
the road and on the trails — a lot of
these need critical interventions.”
According to North Mason
Regional Fire Authority EMS
Captain Carl Ehresman, AirLift
Northwest transports have doubled
and there’s been a 6% increase in
emergency call volumes this summer.
October
Summer chum
population 'stable’
Biologists, volunteers and
interns caught and counted 1,777
summer chum salmon between Aug.
15 and Oct. 15 entering the Union
River in Belfair. ‘
Hood‘Canal Salmon Enhance-
ment Group conducted the count at
the salmon trap on. state Route 300
for the 20th year.
“While the number is slightly
less than the past few years, it is
still an above-average return when
compared to the past 20 years and
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indicates the Union River summer
chum population is stable and
productive,” Clayton David, the
salmon and steelhead biologist for
the Hood Canal Salmon Enhance- '
ment Group, said in an email to the
Belfair Herald.
November.
Bull elected to
North Mason
School Board
Arla Shephard Bull, a longtime
newspaper reporter in Kitsap and
Mason counties, is the new member
of the North Mason School Board.
The board selected Bull from
three candidates at its Nov. 19
meeting conducted via Zoom. Bull
replaces Craig Patti, who moved
out of the district in September.
Bull, who lives in LakeLand
Village in Allyn, has a 2-year-
old son, Hendrix. Her husband,
Garrett, teaches special educa-
tion at North Mason High School.
Bull is the marketing coordinator
at Mason General Hospital in
Shelton.
“I want to reflect the broader
population: working parents,
different ages and backgrounds,
races,” she said. “Not everyone in
this community is a retiree.”
December
Pandemic doesn’t
stop 'Giving Tree’
Something the North Mason
community has counted on to
ensure every” child has both a
present under their tree and the
basic necessities in their homes for
over two decades has proven to be
pandemic-proof.
“Everyone’s world has been
changed in some way,” Katie
Musgrave, North Mason Giving
Tree co-chair said in a Zoom inter—
view. “If we are not helping our
community, in the middle of a
pandemic, then What are we doing?”
Volunteers and donors from
the community were able to fill
tags providing gifts and hygiene
products — for a total of 145
families and 410 kids.
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