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Sun May 14, 2023 11:36 pm
The Plantation Rifle Range in Whatcom county has been closed since I believe Sept/Oct '22 for environmental remediation, 50 years of lead accumulation posed a potential environmental health hazard to the nearby salmon-bearing stream. I have been checking the county website periodically for updates but haven't seen anything really new since fall '22. There was a public comment period in Feb of this year but the linked document produces a 404 error.
Does anyone in the area or connected to the project know if they are still on track for the projected re-open in Sept?
Mon May 15, 2023 4:04 am
I'm a member at Custer so no inside scoop but here:
https://www.whatcomcounty.us/4061/Plant ... mental-Remhttps://www.cascadiadaily.com/news/2023 ... fle-range/https://www.whatcomcounty.us/3603/Plant ... ifle-RangeThere's for pay article in the B Herald as well, but can't see it
I mean politically, this IS Whatcom county. Not looking so good.
Tue May 16, 2023 5:45 pm
The Cascadia Daily News article was informative regarding the current state of the facilities, more than I can say about the county website. Thank you.
Hopefully they can keep on track and the facility open with current budgets. I definitely would pay a higher range fee if it helped to keep the facilities open.
Wed May 17, 2023 3:01 am
ultrapipe wrote:The Cascadia Daily News article was informative regarding the current state of the facilities, more than I can say about the county website. Thank you.
Hopefully they can keep on track and the facility open with current budgets. I definitely would pay a higher range fee if it helped to keep the facilities open.
Is there a decent way to contact them? You, I, members here and beyond letting them know we will pay range fees might help.
Note they say the lead levels in the water don't exceed the limit.
Sat Jun 03, 2023 4:29 am
Who owns the property?
The county
The state
DNR
It makes a lot of difference who owns it on their resources.
Sat Jun 03, 2023 5:04 am
DoveRelease wrote:Who owns the property?
The county
The state
DNR
It makes a lot of difference who owns it on their resources.
I THINK Whatcom County owns the property.
Mon Nov 06, 2023 4:00 pm
Quick update from what I could find.
Per the Dept. of Ecology site, the range status is
Awaiting Cleanup.
Reviewing the '23 Q3 project update, they are in the
Planning and
Pre-Design phase. According the estimated timeline, the project will not be completed until the end of '25. Hopefully that's a typo on the report but who knows.
https://apps.ecology.wa.gov/cleanupsearch/site/15182https://wa-whatcomcounty.civicplus.com/ ... mental-Rem Really unfortunate
.
Tue Dec 05, 2023 3:10 pm
Calling the Plantation phone number msg states Late 2024 for reopening