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Port Townsend, WA 98368
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Kate Dean, District I Heidi Eisenhour,District 2 Greg Brotherton,District 3
May 9, 2022
Recreation and Conservation Office
PO Box 40917
Olympia, WA 98504-0917
RE: RCO Grant Application#22-1289A-Additions to the DNR Dabob Bay Natural Area
We are sending this letter to support DNR acquiring two parcels featuring saltwater shoreline and mature
riparian forest which will add about 8 acres to the Natural Area Preserve portion of Dabob Bay Natural Area.
The natural area is located in the Hood Canal region of Puget Sound in Jefferson County.
We are especially supportive of these acquisitions as they will add 809 feet of naturally functioning shoreline
that includes 662 feet of streams to the Natural Area.The project parcels are in close proximity to other
recently acquired Dabob Bay properties managed by DNR for conservation in perpetuity.
These acquisitions support Jefferson's County's Shoreline Master Program by contributing to no net loss of
shoreline ecological functions and processes and enabling restoration of shorelines that have been in
impacted in the past—in this case via removal of a small, low-value recreational trailer on one of the parcels.
In addition to directly conserving shoreline processes for a natural rate of sedimentation and woody debris
that aids ecological function of Dabob Bay's high-quality coastal spits,this project will enhance education
and research opportunities in the natural area,and potentially serve as low-impact environmental education
access as additional parcels in this area are acquired in the future.
In short,we support these additions to this important conservation area because of the benefits—both
environmental and recreational—that our county receives from conserved areas.
Sincerely,
Jefferson County Board of Commissi ers
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Kate Dean !di Eisenhour, Chair r Brotherton
District 1 District 2 District 3
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DNR Natural Areas Program Manager, Curt Payola
DNR Natural Heritage Conservation Section Manager,Tim Stapleton
Phone (360) 385-9100 Fax (360) 385-9382 jeffbocc@co.jefferson.wa.us
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