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REAL protection for Blanchard Mountain!
  1. Signatures
    1,899 out of 10,000
    Petitioning
    1. The Governor of WA (+ 3 others)
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      • The Governor of WA
      • The WA State Senate
      • The WA State House
      • WA Department of Natural Resources (Commissioner of Public Lands Peter Goldmark)
  2. Created By
    Chuckanut Conservancy
About this Petition Petition Letter

Petition to Commissioner Goldmark to request designation of a 3,100-acre Natural Resources Conservation Area (NRCA) at Blanchard Mountain.

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Protect Blanchard Mountain

Greetings Commissioner Goldmark,

I strongly support the protection of all or most of Blanchard Mountain as a Natural Resources Conservation Area (NRCA). I applaud your decision to pursue an NRCA designation, but am very concerned with the small size of your agency's 1,600-acre proposal and the lack of protection for the Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail which runs through the heart of Blanchard Mountain.

I urge you to support the carefully developed proposal of the Chuckanut Conservancy to designate approximately 3,100 acres of the mountain as NRCA. The Conservancy's proposal is widely supported by most outdoor recreation and conservation groups in the region, as well as many tens of thousands of trail users who recreate here each year.

As you correctly noted in a recent press release, Blanchard Mountain is home to "amazing recreation opportunities, rich wildlife habitat and sweeping views." However, the 1,600-acre NRCA proposal offered by the DNR falls well short of what's needed to protect these critical values over the long term.

The DNR should work cooperatively with the Chuckanut Conservancy and the legislature to identify and secure the funding resources necessary to implement a significantly larger and much more meaningful NRCA.

It is urgent that the DNR develop an NRCA proposal that ensures real protection for Blanchard Mountain, including its wild and spectacular natural landscape, twenty miles of very popular trails, a national scenic trail, and the last great coastal forest on Washington's inland sea.

Thank you.

[Your name]

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