Letters needed ASAP

Greetings all,

Wahkiakum Friends of the River encourages people who are concerned about the impact of LNG terminals on salmon habitat to write letters to the agencies named in Judge Redden's remand about salmon recovery. Letters should be sent as soon as possible and should be non confrontational, just urging that the agencies all continue to do the job they have been asked to do for salmon recovery, and mentioning that our concerns about LNG proposals impacting salmon recovery should be included in their reports to Judge Redden.

A sample letter to give you some ideas of what could be written is included below. Your letter should be written to all four addresses listed below the letter. Be sure to include the case number and docket number on your letter. This is a very important step in our efforts. Please take the time to write.

Click below for the sample letter and addresses.

Sample Letter

Re:      FERC Docket PF05-10
           CV-01-640 re Lead Case
           CV-05-23

To Whom This Concerns:

I am writing regarding a proposed LNG (Liquified Natural Gas) Terminal and Regasification Facility proposed for Bradwood Oregon, 0.4 miles from Puget Island in Washington State, at the upstream mouth of Clifton Channel in the Columbia River, at river mile 38.

Clifton Channel is the beginning of important shallow estuary habitat that extends more than 20 miles downstream on the Oregon side of the Columbia providing critical migration and rearing habitat for numerous salmon species listed under the Endangered Species Act.

To accommodate the immense size of LNG ships to dock  and for a turning basin, the Bradwood proposal by Northern Star LLC must dredge at the mouth of Clifton Channel. The project has yet to be approved and we hope it will not be. The dredging needed will threatened the needed habitat that Clifton Channel and its tidal flats and marshes provide for salmon. Dredging will increase the sediment carried into the channel, increase the flow through Clifton Channel and deepen the estuary which will lead over time to increased shoaling in the main channel of the River.

In light of Judge Reddens’ decision regarding NOAA and related agencies efforts to save salmon, I want to encourage you to examine all the ramification of dredging the mouth of Clifton Channel on the estuary, marshes, wetlands, wildlife reserves, and especially the habitat of the salmon. Whatever happens to this valuable rearing area will affect upstream also.

Sincerely,

(be sure to list your address)

Send your letter to each of the following:

J. William Mc Donald
Regional Director
US Dept of the Interior
Bureau of Reclamation
Pacific N.W. Regional Office
1150 N. Curtis Suite 100
Boise, Id 83706

NOAA Fisheries
Oregon Coast/Lower Columbia
Habitat Branch
Oregon State Habitat Office
525 N.E. Oregon St. #500
Portland, Oregon 97232

NOAA Fisheries
SW Washington Habitat Branch
Washington State Habitiat Office
510 Desmond Dr. S. E. #103
Lacey, Washington 98503

Col. Thomas O'Donovan
District Engineer
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Portland District
PO Box 2946
Portland, Oregon 97208