You gotta fight... for your right... to land sea planes on Lake Whaaaaaat-com!
Earlier this year, some guy who lives in King County and owns some waterfront property on Lake Whatcom wanted to build a seaplane float dock on Lake Whatcom.
Why?
I'll let Greg Corrado, Washington Field Director the Sea Plane Advocacy group fill in a gap or two.
Hey, that does sound cool.
But cool is in the eye of the beholder.
For example, as a full time Whatcom County resident, I think it would be cool if the source of all my drinking water (Ake-Lay Atcom-Whay) didn't have any extra planes landing on it while we are still figuring out how to restore that body of water.
The Department of Ecology took a look a the the dock permit and said, basically, "While it would be great to have your sea plane land on Lake Whatcom, it would be even more great to NOT have your sea plane land on Lake Whatcom. Buh-Bye."
So, Mr Corrado has issued a call to arms... so to speak. Check it out.
Full Link HERE.
So, basically, screw Whatcom County residents in general and Bellingham residents in specific and their need for a safe, reliable source of clean drinking water, because some dude with a pilot's license thinks it would be "cool" to fly above urban gridlock to visit his Lake Whatcom lake property.
Bravo to the entire Sierra, Sea Plane Advocates.
Go make your point on someone else's drinking water source.
Why?
I'll let Greg Corrado, Washington Field Director the Sea Plane Advocacy group fill in a gap or two.
He learned to fly in the Navy and thought how cool it would be to someday fly a floatplane from Kirkland to Lake Whatcom on his firefighter schedule which would allow a lot of time on the water and very little in I-5 traffic.
Hey, that does sound cool.
But cool is in the eye of the beholder.
For example, as a full time Whatcom County resident, I think it would be cool if the source of all my drinking water (Ake-Lay Atcom-Whay) didn't have any extra planes landing on it while we are still figuring out how to restore that body of water.
The Department of Ecology took a look a the the dock permit and said, basically, "While it would be great to have your sea plane land on Lake Whatcom, it would be even more great to NOT have your sea plane land on Lake Whatcom. Buh-Bye."
So, Mr Corrado has issued a call to arms... so to speak. Check it out.
So this is a call to arms, so to speak. Raising dues would not be feasible as we need considerably more money and don’t want to chase members away due to the price of admission. I know we have members who live or keep seaplanes on Lake Whatcom but this is bigger than that. The ultimate goal is to get an agreement or ruling that we can use in the future on virtually any body of water using the 100th Meridian program or something similar that shows we are being proactive on the Invasive Species issue and can be used not only in the State of Washington but anywhere that this issue comes up.
Full Link HERE.
So, basically, screw Whatcom County residents in general and Bellingham residents in specific and their need for a safe, reliable source of clean drinking water, because some dude with a pilot's license thinks it would be "cool" to fly above urban gridlock to visit his Lake Whatcom lake property.
Bravo to the entire Sierra, Sea Plane Advocates.
Go make your point on someone else's drinking water source.
Yeah, not to mention that pesky invasive species issue........
ReplyDeleteShannon P.