[CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT: "Navy secures restrictive easement for 2, 800 acres along Hood Canal's eastern shoreline" (WA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Navy secures restrictive easement for 2,800 acres along Hood Canal's eastern shoreline

by Julianne Stanford
Kitsap Sun (WA)
August 28, 2018

The Navy and the Washington state Department of Natural Resources have agreed to create a restrictive easement along Hood Canal's eastern shoreline with the goal of preventing encroachment upon military operations in the area while preserving threatened aquatic habitats.

The Navy has agreed to pay DNR $342,000, which is the appraised market value, to secure a 55-year easement for 32 miles of shoreline that runs south from the Hood Canal Bridge to Kitsap County's southern boundary at Chinom Point.

The 2,800-acre easement begins 18 feet from the shore and extends out 70 feet into the water, encompassing almost 2,500 acres of aquatic bedlands that are home to designated critical habitats, such as eelgrass communities and geoduck tracts. 

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For the entire article, see
https://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/local/2018/08/23/navy-washington-secures-restrictive-easement-acres-hood-canal-eastern-shorline/1065948002/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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