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O Kate Dean,District 1 Heidi Eisenhour, District 2 Greg Brotherton,District 3
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November 20, 2023
Commissioner of Public Lands Hillary Franz
MS 47001
Olympia, WA 98504-7001
Dear Commissioner Franz,
Thank you for all the work and collaboration to date on conservation around Dabob Bay. This area
remains a high priority for Jefferson County conservation. As we all know, work has been underway
for several years on a proposed expansion of the Dabob Bay Natural Resources Conservation Area
(NRCA).
We are writing to officially register Jefferson County's support for the proposal,presented to us on
November 6, 2023, to transfer a number of priority parcels into the Dabob Bay NRCA by initiating
an inter-trust exchange with parcels valued at$10,950,578 and then a Trust Land Transfer, which
was authorized by the legislature in 2016, of parcels valued at$10,095,226. The difference will be
made up with funds made available to DNR to acquire replacement lands in the 2021 legislative
session.
As you know, we are also interested in the expansion of the Dabob Bay NRCA to take in hundreds
of acres of a rare forest plant community. We are excited about your recent announcement of 671
acres to be included in the 2000 acres of structurally complex forests approved for protection by
DNR in the last legislative session.
Thank you for your work on behalf of Dabob Bay,
Kate Dean, Dist. No. 1 i nhour, Dist.No. reg r herton, Chair, Dist.No. 3
Phone (360) 385-9100 Fax (360) 385-9382 jeffbocc@co.jefferson.wa.us