Posted on Jul 20, 2022 in News Releases, slider DAVID Y. IGE GOVERNOR SUZANNE D. CASE CHAIRPERSON For Immediate News Release: July 19, 2022 FORMER FORESTRY
Whidbey Island residents take precautions against wildfire under national program
Communities in western Washington are clearing vegetation to prevent wildfires, under the guidance of the national Firewise program Author: Glenn Farley Updated: 8:18 PM PDT April 7, 2021
COUPEVILLE, Wash. Last year, Labor Day weekend was a wake-up call. Fires raged on both sides of the state including fires near Deception Pass leading to the north end of Whidbey Island and were put out with the help of helicopters said the Washington Department of Natural Resources.
Washingtonians can no longer assume that the wetter west side of the state is immune from wildfire, and that bad fires are only a problem for the typically drier part of the state east of the Cascade Mountains.
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Issues concerning a North Coast holiday park that is currently subject to a court appeal have been raised before Byron Shire Council.
Reflections Holiday Parks Terrace Reserve has brought proceedings against the council in the Land and Environment Court because an activity application for the operation of the Brunswick Heads park has not been approved.
Those proceedings are ongoing, but an item relating to the activity application went before the councilâs meeting on Thursday.
The councilâs staff recommended the application be refused because the proposed activity âis likely to have a serious and irreversible impact on the coastal cypress pine forest endangered ecological community located in the southern precinct of the holiday parkâ and is therefore âinconsistent with the principles of ecologically sustainable developmentâ.
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Issues concerning a North Coast holiday park that is currently subject to a court appeal have been raised before Byron Shire Council.
Reflections Holiday Parks Terrace Reserve has brought proceedings against the council in the Land and Environment Court because an activity application for the operation of the Brunswick Heads park has not been approved.
Those proceedings are ongoing, but an item relating to the activity application went before the councilâs meeting on Thursday.
The councilâs staff recommended the application be refused because the proposed activity âis likely to have a serious and irreversible impact on the coastal cypress pine forest endangered ecological community located in the southern precinct of the holiday parkâ and is therefore âinconsistent with the principles of ecologically sustainable developmentâ.