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Protesters will take to WA State Parks this Saturday against SEAL training
Deception Pass State Park is one of the parks permitted for SEAL training. (WSDOT)
If you’re headed to a state park this weekend to enjoy the early spring weather, you may see some protesters. The group suing the Washington State Parks Commission over Naval SEAL training is organizing demonstrations in parks across the state.
The Whidbey Environmental Action Network’s Not in our Parks coalition is encouraging park-users to go out to their local state park on Saturday to picket, gather signatures, and speak to the public about why they oppose the Parks Commission’s January decision to allow Navy SEALs to train in more than a dozen coastal state parks.
Washington State Parks
Originally published on January 28, 2021 6:04 pm
Washington state has approved a request to use multiple Washington state parks to train Navy SEALs. But the move Thursday came with significant amendments to what the Navy requested.
The permits would expand the five parks previously used for Navy SEAL training to 16 or 17. The Navy had requested access to 28 state parks as a way to diversify its training sites. Officials had said a small number of sites can become too familiar to trainees overtime.
The commissioners called their move “difficult,” “hard” and “probably the toughest decision” of a 10-year commission career.
Coming soon to a Washington state park near you: Navy SEAL training exercises? By Abbie Shull, The News Tribune
Published: January 21, 2021, 9:59am
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The Navy is seeking a permit to conduct special operations training exercises in 28 Washington State Parks, despite concerns from park users over the “creepiness” of the proposal.
The Navy plans to conduct five types of special operations training in Washington parks day or night for up to five years. Types of training include:
Insertion and extraction training where trainees might approach or depart an area using submersible craft or watercraft.
Combat swimming or diver and swimmer training where trainees would be confined to the ocean or inland water areas.
By ABBIE SHULL | The News Tribune | Published: January 21, 2021 (Tribune News Service) The Navy is seeking a permit to conduct special operations training exercises in 28 Washington State Parks, despite concerns from park users over the creepiness of the proposal. The Navy plans to conduct five types of special operations training in Washington parks day or night for up to five years. Types of training include: Insertion and extraction training where trainees might approach or depart an area using submersible craft or watercraft. Combat swimming or diver and swimmer training where trainees would be confined to the ocean or inland water areas.