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Dear County Commissioners,
Geoduck cultivation involves the intense use of plastics—some seven miles and eleven tons of tubing per acre. Each tube fosters a wholly unnatural density of the large clams that are
then "harvested" using hydraulic hoses to liquify the tidelands down to three feet. Then the whole process starts over again. Geoduck cultivation raises many environmental concerns,
among them: competition for marine nutrients, displacement of tideland marine life, and plastics pollution.
Please require a thorough review and public input before issuing any permits to farm geoducks. A standard "Conditional Use Permit", as is required in neighboring Kitsap and Clallum
counties, should be the norm.
Thank you.
Jo Tiffany
Jefferson County Resident