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Dear Commissioners,
I just wrote a letter as a public comment to DNR in support of their proposal to expand the boundaries of the Dabob Bay Natural Area to include the globally rare forests, streams, wetlands,
shorelines and connecting habitats. I hope that you will also support this proposal. Attached is my letter to DNR.
Dabob Bay Expansion
I'm writing to support DNR's proposed expansion of the Dabob Bay Natural Area and request that DNR include the "West Dabob Parcel" that was in the original request from Jefferson County
that will protect murrelet habitat and forest connectivity to the existing Natural Area.
In 1968, my parents bought 60 acres of land with 900 feet of waterfront on the East side of Dabob Bay north of Camp Harmony. My mother is still alive but is no longer able to go there.
My siblings and I along with our children currently care for and use the property for family gatherings and recreation. From my perspective, supportig the forest protection of the Dabob
Bay ecosystems is of critical importance. In my lifetime, I've seen much of the land that once seemed totally wild be developed. We are losing our wildernesses and with them our water
quality, rare forests, wildlife habitat and marine animal populations. Dabob Bay still has much of this intact and it seems to me that it benefits not only people like my family but
everyone who lives in the region to protect this spectacular area.
My oldest daughter works for the State Department of Ecology. My son is an arborist and my youngest a science journalist. This land and its ecosystems have shaped their sensibilities
and interests since they were babies. In my view, this is one of the hidden values of conservation projects such as the expansion of the Dabob Bay Natural Resource Conservation Area.
The more people experience what we have as sustainable the more they want to participate in conserving and protecting the land.
Thank you,
Camille Sheppard
Camille Sheppard
camelliablossoms@gmail.com <mailto:camelliablossoms@gmail.com>
206-200-2744
camisheppard.substack.com <https://camisheppard.substack.com/>