HomeMy WebLinkAbout092523 Your On-Going Support for The Dabob Rare ForestALERT: BE CAUTIOUS This email originated outside the organization. Do not open attachments or click on links if you are not expecting them.
Commissioners,
Thank you for your on-going and excellent support for the conservation efforts that are occurring on Dabob Bay and beyond in our County. We appreciate your efforts and your determination
to move DNR forward on projects that have been in the pipeline for many years.
We apparently can do nothing about the tragic mistake made early on to link a Trust Fund for Public Education with Preservation and Conservation of Forested Lands. This arrangement pits
extraction of resources with the preservation of resources as a means to avoid taxing in service to our school system. It was telling that the representative from the DNR, while providing
a cogent and clear presentation on his agency, overwhelmingly mentioned the Trust and the difficult issues associated with it in his remarks. It appears that the Trust and its complexities
are a significant driver in DNR policy deliberations. It's a pity, isn't it?
My career working with public agencies and non-profit organizations in many fields including environmental conservation has taught me that trusts and endowments are a major impediment
to accomplishing social goals. Just as one example, a dollar given to a nonprofit entity and spent in a year will yield about a dollar's worth of social value. That same dollar placed
in a trust or endowment using normal fiduciary rules will take between 40 to 100 years to provide one dollar of social value. As our planet increasingly suffers from global warming,
this type of delay is simply unacceptable.
In past years, I have worked with County Governments to secure the credit necessary to purchase and conserve lands. In a specific tract in Kitsap County, I convinced the Commissioners
to extend the funds needed to purchase the Blodell property in Indianola. Once the property was secured, the local Land Trust and its allies were able over a five year period to repay
every penny to the County and preserve a valuable property for conservation purposes.
In the absence of such an approach in Jefferson County, I want to urge you to encourage DNR to move forward on the rare forested areas on Dabob Bay and the other priority sites in our
County. The stakes are simply too high to tolerate the pace of bureaucratic action.
We are all applauding your efforts and continue to support your actions on behalf of this vital cause.
Richard Linzer
Richard and Anna Linzer
75 Beach Drive
Quilcene, WA 98376
360-765-0409
www.linzerconsulting.com <http://www.linzerconsulting.com>