Deadline Extended for Comments on the revised SMP Update Inventory and Characterization Report
From the San Juan County Community Development and Planning Office
The SMP Shoreline Inventory and Characterization Report is a vital element of the County’s SMP update process. The report splits the County’s 440+ miles of shoreline into management areas and then subdivides these based on the presence of different environments, land use patterns, or ecosystem processes.
The Inventory and Characterization Report is intended to set the baseline for the County’s shoreline ecological functions and values. It is this baseline that ‘no net loss’ calculations will be based on and therefore determine the level, if any, of protection needed for a specific resource.
The County will now collect comments, criticism and corrections from the public until 1 p.m. Monday, April 30, 2012.
The Inventory and Characterization Report is approximately 340 pages long and is accompanied by 110 different maps.
The report and maps are available online at: https://www.sanjuanco.com/smp/SMP_CoreDocs.aspx. Electronic copies are available on CD, free of charge, from the Community Development and Planning Office (CD&P) at 135 Rhone Street in Friday Harbor.
Please send your corrections, comments, or criticisms to Colin Maycock AICP at colinm@sanjuanco.com, or mail to SjD CD&P, Po Box 947, Friday Harbor WA 98250. If you have any questions, please call Colin Maycock, AICP at 360-370-7573
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