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Will lawsuit stop Navy from training in WA state parks? Environmental group hopes so
News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 3/9/2021 Abbie Shull, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.)
Mar. 9 The U.S. Navy s controversial use of Washington s state parks for training exercises is the subject of a lawsuit filed Monday in Thurston County.
The Whidbey Environmental Action Committee (WEAN) is suing the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission in order to overturn a Jan. 28 decision that approved the Navy s proposal to use up to 28 state parks for special operations training.
WEAN said the parks commission violated the State Environmental Policy Act by failing to take a searching, realistic look at the proposal s adverse environmental impacts, according to the complaint.
Environmental group sues Washington State Parks over proposed Navy training By Abbie Shull, The News Tribune
Published: March 9, 2021, 11:10am
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Tacoma The U.S. Navy’s controversial use of Washington’s state parks for training exercises is the subject of a lawsuit filed Monday in Thurston County.
The Whidbey Environmental Action Committee (WEAN) is suing the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission in order to overturn a Jan. 28 decision that approved the Navy’s proposal to use up to 28 state parks for special operations training.
WEAN said the parks commission violated the State Environmental Policy Act by “failing to take a searching, realistic look at the proposal’s adverse environmental impacts,” according to the complaint.
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Washington state parks commission approves scaled-back proposal for Navy SEALs training By Hal Bernton, The Seattle Times
Published: January 28, 2021, 5:51pm
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A state commission has approved the Navy’s use of up to 17 Washington state parks for after-dark stealth training of SEAL teams.
The 4-3 vote approves the training over the next five years.
The Navy had sought to use up to 28 state parks for up to 48 hours at a stretch to enable special operation SEAL teams to make shoreline landings, then conduct surveillance of other military personnel dressed in plain clothes. This was a big expansion from previous five-year permits that allowed through 2020 the use of five state coastal parks for the SEALs. That proposal drew hundreds of public comments, most of them opposed.