USACE Permits Oyster Farm in Dungeness Nat’l. Wildlife Refuge

 ACTION ALERT—DUNGENESS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

On July 28 we received the not unexpected bad news the US Army Corps of Engineers issued a permit for an industrial oyster operation within the Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge. This letter to commenters is all the information we’ve received. We were told there will be a website notification of the permit issuance at the end of July.

Here is the permit that was issued.

Oyster grow-out bags—similar to what will be used in the proposed Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge operation…