Imidacloprid draft SEIS

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Comment From: Dwight Eager

10/07/17 @ 6:42 AM
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Comment From: Kathleen Moncy

10/07/17 @ 6:42 AM
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Comment From: Mike Nordin

10/07/17 @ 6:42 AM
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Comment From: Brian Sheldon

10/07/17 @ 6:42 AM
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Comment From: Don Gillies

10/07/17 @ 6:42 AM
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Comment From: Lisa Olsen

10/07/17 @ 6:42 AM
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10/07/17 @ 6:42 AM
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Comment From: Pat Dick

10/07/17 @ 6:42 AM
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10/07/17 @ 6:42 AM
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Comment From: Brian Kingzett

10/07/17 @ 6:42 AM
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Comment From: Eleanor Mattice

10/07/17 @ 4:27 AM
Do not use imidicloprid in Williap Bay. I used to live on the Long Beach peninsula. Our water is too precious to put more chemicals in it. I advocate to remove the dams (as many as possible) and try to bring back the natural predators of ghost shrimp...↓
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Comment From: George Fairfax MD

10/06/17 @ 10:58 AM
To Wa. State Dept. Ecology Please deny the use of imidacloprid in Willapa bay & Grays Harbor. The long term affects are unknown and there are too many herbicides, pesticides and numerous toxic chemicals in the environment and oceans that are getting...↓
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Comment From: coastodian (richard james)

10/04/17 @ 4:48 PM
Do not issue a permit to allow the spraying of Imidacloprid in Willapa Bay, Grays Harbor or anywhere. Spraying toxic chemicals into public waters is insane. Honey bees are far more important than a luxury food item such as oysters.
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Comment From: Martin Bowers

10/03/17 @ 1:08 AM
I do not support pesticide use in this case. The "pest" is native and there is collateral damage to other native species of crabs. There are other methods of shellfish culture such as bags or racks that will prevent the shellfish from suffocating i...↓
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Comment From: Guy Jacobson

10/03/17 @ 12:34 AM
I'd rather eat mudshrimp than oysters from a bay poisoned with pesticides.
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Comment From: Stanley Green

10/02/17 @ 12:53 PM
I strongly object to poisoning these environments with pesticides. If the industry can't function without poisoning the intertidal zone, they should move elsewhere or find another mode of operation.
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Comment From: Susan Trinidad

9/29/17 @ 6:00 AM
Spraying toxins into -- what could go wrong? This is a terrible idea, and one clearly driven by industry interests' desire for short-term profits. The long-term effects of this approach are not known, and the claim that it's possible to restrict t...↓
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Comment From: Heidi Keller

9/29/17 @ 1:50 AM
I oppose the use of pesticides on oyster beds out of concern for the unintended consequences it it will mean for sediment dwelling and other sea life.
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Comment From: Andy Knudson

9/28/17 @ 3:28 PM
There is no way this practice should be allowed. Until the effects of these pesticides is fully understood there should be zero Imidacloprid applied. The fact that this application is being considered is scary based on the lack of informatio...↓
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Comment From: Pamela Gray

9/28/17 @ 5:39 AM
Imidacloprid should NEVER be introduced into the environment. We now know that has wide ranging effects beyond targeted species. If that's what the oyster industry needs to do to stay viable in Willapa Bay and Gray's Harbor they should give it up and...↓
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Comment From: Patricia Daschbach

9/28/17 @ 5:13 AM
Do not use the neurotoxin Imidacloprid in Willapa Bay and Gray's Harbor because it is near the Columbia River feeding area for the critically endangered Southern Resident Killer Whale.
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Comment From: Alice Goodman

9/27/17 @ 9:27 AM
I vehemently oppose this proposal. Good public policy demands denial of this request for control and use of public land without a guarantee of massive payment to the public and posting a bond based on the present & future value of the tidelands. It s...↓
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Comment From: Holly Shull Vogel

9/27/17 @ 5:11 AM
Have these oyster farmers tried any other method of management of the ghost shrimp? Seems to me other methods should be exhausted before toxic chemicals are even considered. I see according to Monterey Bay Aquarium, in California, fisherment harvest ...↓
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Comment From: Brigetta Johnson

9/27/17 @ 3:39 AM
Please stop messing with Nature and let Her regulate Herself. The environment is so f'd up thanks to us and all of our "management" already. I just don't believe adding toxic chemicals to a dynamic tidal ecosystem is a sound plan. Please stop the ...↓
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Comment From: Jeff Boyden

9/27/17 @ 2:55 AM
I am concerned with unknown environmental impacts and health impacts to humans. I do not want to see a science experiment in our waters. I do not support use of pesticides in this manner.
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Comment From: Daniel Alcyone

9/27/17 @ 2:31 AM
I strongly oppose this proposal. The very idea of spraying known neurotoxins directly into tidelands is obscene and irresponsible. There is no documented study about the larger implications of using this toxin in a marine ecosystem. This is a plan to...↓
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Comment From: Stephen Mach

9/27/17 @ 1:16 AM
I vehemently oppose this proposal, both as a Washington taxpayer & consumer. First because it so obviously interferes with Native American rights & intent. This also reminds me of "managing" the buffalo so livestock ranchers could enjoy use of the l...↓
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Comment From: AARON STECK

9/26/17 @ 8:38 PM
Imidacloprid is a systemic insecticide that acts as an neurotoxin -- (Imidacloprid kills everything at the bottom of the food chain). DO NOT USE IT
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Comment From: Kara Wilcox

9/26/17 @ 1:09 PM
PLEASE do not use the pesticide imidacloprid to control burrowing shrimp on commercial shellfish beds in Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor. It's so dangerous for the environment and we cannot risk losing any more critically endangered Southern Resident k...↓
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Comment From: Caryn Morgan

9/26/17 @ 9:53 AM
No!!! spreading this neurotoxin chemical will only kill off important animals in the food chain, likely endangering the food sources of the already endangered southern resident orcas. this important, unique group of orcas are already suffering from f...↓
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Comment From: Janaki Kilgore

9/26/17 @ 8:24 AM
I am a resident of Whatom County and work at a restaurant that relies on locally harvested shellfish and crab as a staple of the menu. Applying the neurotoxin Imidacloprid is NOT an appropriate way to control burrowing shrimp at shellfish farms. Ne...↓
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Comment From: Sharon Burdick

9/26/17 @ 8:06 AM
It is a terrible idea to spread a known toxic poison on the beach for any reason.
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Comment From: Daniel Erlenborn

9/26/17 @ 5:08 AM
I can't think of a more I'll considered remedy. This pesticide will affect the entire tidal food chain. There are no borders it can't cross. Please refuse this permit application. I pray these industry people are not already using this poison illegal...↓
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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

9/26/17 @ 3:28 AM
NO!
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Comment From: Kathleen Mahony

9/26/17 @ 1:46 AM
I am opposed to any use of this chemical. It interrupts our delicate eco system.
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Comment From: Koni Vahdat

9/25/17 @ 10:09 PM
No to this insecticide!!!!
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Comment From: Sammarye Lewis

9/25/17 @ 8:20 PM
The deadly impact on the food chain, and thus the critically endangered Orcas, makes this a horrendous mistake. To endanger our environment for the benefit of commercial entities is a violation of public trust and good sense.
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Comment From: James Gresham

9/25/17 @ 4:50 PM
I am adamantly opposed to spraying this chemical anywhere. Please do not authorize this. This chemical is believed to be responsible for the decline in honey bees and would also be disastrous for all life at the lower end of the Puget Sound food chai...↓
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Comment From: Jacob Manning

9/25/17 @ 4:25 PM
Stop dumping poison in OUR Oceans! It's called the "Environmental Protection Agency" for a reason.
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Comment From: INDIA ANDERSON

9/25/17 @ 4:08 PM
Absolutely do not approve this. Using a neurotoxin on our shared tideland because they find difficulty making money on oysters is morally reprehensible. The toxin is indiscriminate, it even affects mammals, just to a lesser extent. Introducing it int...↓
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Comment From: DouGlas Palenshus

9/25/17 @ 3:49 PM
If you are permitted to spray, just know that you will have to find ignorant foreigners to buy your products. I will be 'spreading the word' far and wide and oysters will definitely be off the plates of my friends and family. Signed, a self-identif...↓
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Comment From: Betina Loudermilk

9/25/17 @ 2:58 PM
What happens in Washington makes its way to tables in California. We need to stop poisoning the earth and ourselves. Big fat NO here
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Comment From: Diane Fink

9/25/17 @ 2:11 PM
One of the wonderful things about Seafood is that is fresh and free of poisons. I would not eat oysters that have had this substance used on them, raw or cooked. I have seen oyster beds in Pacific County, where I used to reside, that are elevated i...↓
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Comment From: Jessica Jasper

9/25/17 @ 2:09 PM
I'm opposed to the use of this chemical. Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor are directly above the Columbia River, a scientifically documented feeding location for the critically endangered Southern Resident killer whales; we have few of them left. The sal...↓
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Comment From: Tammy Thompson

9/25/17 @ 2:05 PM
Please deny the use of these pestices
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Comment From: Shari Anonymous

9/25/17 @ 2:03 PM
We cannot continue to pollute an environment that is critical to the survival of the Southern Resident Killer Whales. Please deny this permit.
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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

9/25/17 @ 1:59 PM
Are you crazy?! NO!
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Comment From: Jessica Plesko

9/25/17 @ 1:59 PM
I am not sure how anyone could think this is a good idea. Please reconsider this and do not pollute our environment with more toxins.
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Comment From: Jennifer Boelter

9/25/17 @ 11:31 AM
Without a complete study on the adverse effects of this pesticide to the environment and sea life, it should not be introduced to the Puget Sound. Please do not allow this pesticide to be used in our waters.
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Comment From: Marina Smith

9/25/17 @ 11:03 AM
Please do not approve the application of pesticides to our oysters! We do not know the long term consequences of chemicals in our waters, and we need to be doing everything we can to protect our beautiful waters and the animals who call it home. Furt...↓
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Comment From: Carol Volkman

9/25/17 @ 9:35 AM
We do not want more chemicals in our food chain. We already have dynamic and escalating incidents of gut disorders attributed to food quality. Stop this and figure out how to protect oysters some other way
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Comment From: Margaret Clifford

9/25/17 @ 6:03 AM
I am opposed to the use of pesticides on oyster beds. The public will not want to eat oysters that have been exposed to toxins. Oyster growers say only some of them will use it, but how will we know who? Unless you require them to pay for testing and...↓
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Comment From: Jennifer Vidal

9/25/17 @ 5:15 AM
Imidacloprid is considered the main culprit in the collapse of our bee colonies and, in higher levels, is toxic to mammals — that means us! This is why the European Union has banned this pesticide in their waters, and we should too. Let's think lo...↓
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Comment From: Julie Bennett

9/25/17 @ 3:32 AM
Please no pesticides!
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Comment From: Todd Tanner

9/25/17 @ 2:56 AM
Hi, I'm an outdoor writer as well as a sea food lover. If you folks decide to spray toxic crap on shellfish beds, I can guarantee you that I'll be writing stories about the fact that no one in the U.S. should eat Washington oysters. Lord, what ...↓
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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

9/25/17 @ 2:25 AM
Please do not allow - control of Burrowing Shrimp using Imidacloprid on Commercial Oyster and Clam Beds in Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor, Washington. We have far too many pesticides in our waters now.We are spending millions of dollars trying to clean...↓
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Comment From: Tenney Singer

9/25/17 @ 1:12 AM
The use of poison, especially one with so many unknowns, is unwise. Organic growers have worked hard to find other ways to combat pests, so now it's time for the scientists and oyster farmers to find ways to deal with the burrowing shrimp without poi...↓
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Comment From: Shannon Lackey

9/25/17 @ 12:56 AM
I as a sportsman do not want to see this touch the bay. The water or land. Stop poisoning my food. The natural bay did its job just fine. Scale back your commercial oyster beds and open sand shrimp season up in the bay. I vote NO!
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Comment From: Jennifer Riker

9/24/17 @ 1:15 PM
No pesticides in our sound! No, no, no!
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Comment From: Peter Olive

9/24/17 @ 12:47 PM
The use of this biocide is detrimental to the health of Shoalwater Indians and ultimately to us all. Please don't use it
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Comment From: Jeremy Kelley

9/24/17 @ 11:59 AM
Keep it natural! If you can't farm the ocean organically then replicate the conditions on land in a closed loop system.
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Comment From: Leah Rapalee

9/24/17 @ 11:16 AM
Do NOT allow these chemicals to be used.
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Comment From: Josehp Caler

9/24/17 @ 11:00 AM
The idea that another industry could wipe out a Species like the sand shrimp and poison the individuals like myself who enjoy eating oysters is horrible. First off there is a market to sell sand shrimp. Pump them and sell them to fishermen. Second lo...↓
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Comment From: Julia Palmer

9/24/17 @ 9:54 AM
Stop! Stop putting poison in our food! Stop putting poison into our earth! What good are more oysters going to do if they're going to kill us anyway? All of this greed, pollution..it's sickening.
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Comment From: Rebecca Dale

9/24/17 @ 6:27 AM
The public already said NO, and we still mean NO. We do not want Imidacloprid or any other toxic spray in our water. It is not cool to bring this up again.
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Comment From: gloria sayler

9/24/17 @ 4:07 AM
I am very much opposed to permitting use of this pesticide. The serious environmental impacts of this pesticide have been documented by numerous studies. At a time when we are so worried about the health of our Sound and ocean waters, and the massive...↓
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Comment From: valerie anderson

9/24/17 @ 2:39 AM
If the reason the ghost shrimp are proliferating is due to radical disruption of the ecosystem, then address the health of the environment. Spraying with a neurotoxin pesticide with unknown risks to all creatures in the tide flats is not the solutio...↓
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Comment From: Joel Hencken

9/24/17 @ 1:11 AM
NONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONO!!!!!!!! NO SPRAYING !!!!! The criterion of no current evidence of immediate irreversible impact is the WRONG criterion!
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Comment From: Robert Keyse

9/23/17 @ 8:07 PM
The report says on page 2-22 that the only good areas in the region "... have low enough shrimp densities to provide for secure anchoring for off-bottom culture." So secure piles are what? Unsightly?
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Comment From: Melanie Drescher

9/23/17 @ 1:42 PM
NO WAY! Do NOT do this! "Imidacloprid is considered the main culprit in the collapse of our bee colonies and, in higher levels, is toxic to mammals — that means us! This is why the European Union has banned this pesticide in their waters, and we shou...↓
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Comment From: Amanda Swarr

9/23/17 @ 1:40 PM
I totally oppose the use of imidacloprid. Simply put, its unknown effects on the ecosystem are not worth the risk.
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Comment From: Scott Shaffer

9/23/17 @ 11:48 AM
We need to look into ways to reduce chemicals from our waters not add even more. Please do not allow this neurotoxin use.
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Comment From: April Atwood

9/23/17 @ 11:12 AM
I vigorously oppose the use of imidacloprid to kill burrowing shrimp in oyster beds. This is a dangerous neurotoxin, deadly to bees and humans alike. It has no place in an aquatic environment, and would be very damaging to any ecosystem in which it i...↓
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Comment From: Sarah Fletcher

9/23/17 @ 10:12 AM
I am totally against any spraying of this pesticide imidacloprid to control burrowing shrimp on commercial shellfish beds in Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor. It is madness. Has the Dept of Ecology done any testing and where can one find the results? An...↓
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Comment From: Chad Daniels

9/23/17 @ 10:11 AM
We became farmers to eliminate pesticides from our family's food supply. We live in southern Ohio, so oyster farming is not really an option. If pesticides are approved for use on oyster beds that will be one more food our family will not be purchasi...↓
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Comment From: Holly D'Annunzio

9/23/17 @ 10:08 AM
I am against the use of imidacloprid in our waters due to potential harm to our ecosystem as it impacts the environment. It is better for a change in diet if oysters are not able to be grown naturally than risking the ecosystem.
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Comment From: susan entress

9/23/17 @ 8:29 AM
Please continue to be vigilant in opposing the potential contamination of two of WA State's most valuable natural resources, our ocean water and our tidelands. It is not in the best interest of our state for these resources to become secondary to co...↓
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Comment From: Rich Fargo

9/23/17 @ 8:00 AM
I am a longtime resident of Grays Harbor and an avid kayak fisherman. Please for the love of God do not spray our mudflats with this ridiculously toxic chemical. Most of the decline of bee populations have been linked to Imidacloprid. Use recycle...↓
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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

9/23/17 @ 7:44 AM
This is a terrible idea. The Sound is already in a bad state and direct application of a pesticide will harm the already fragile environment. Please protect the Sound and say no. Thank you.
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Comment From: James Wilkerson

9/23/17 @ 6:45 AM
If the question is: Should we allow the application of a poison to an aquatic environment that will benefit a single industry at the expense of the environment in general, then the answer is a resounding NO! This boneheaded proposal doesn't even dese...↓
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Comment From: Thomas Lawrence

9/23/17 @ 6:32 AM
Please deny the application to apply imidacloprid to oyster beds in Washington state. Our first priority should be protecting our environment. Economic activity at the expense of the environment is short-sighted and unsustainable. Eventually, both...↓
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Comment From: Allison Conley

9/23/17 @ 6:12 AM
Please do not allow this! Our Puget sound is polluted enough already. The fact that some producers deem this necessary after generations of not engaging in this activity probably is a testament to how filthy the sound is. I would prefer stronger pro...↓
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Comment From: Ira Pollock

9/23/17 @ 4:17 AM
I vehemently oppose the proposal to use pesticides in oyster beds in order to control burrowing shrimp populations. Oyster beds are an important restoring of marine ecosystems. They purify the water, something desperately needed in the Puget Sound. A...↓
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Comment From: Joanne Frank

9/23/17 @ 4:01 AM
Spraying poison directly into any natural body of water will endanger all creatures that live there. And what about the safety of people who may be in the water?
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Comment From: Diane Boteler

9/23/17 @ 3:23 AM
I am writing to oppose any use of imidacloprid in Puget Sound. The intentional use of toxic chemicals has no place in the ecosystem that we all depend on. It's clear that much is unknown about the collateral damage of using such a toxic chemical in...↓
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Comment From: Loren Taylor

9/23/17 @ 3:11 AM
I am absolutely opposed to this action. Poison of any kind in the bays is not acceptable.
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Comment From: Mary Hollen

9/23/17 @ 2:22 AM
I support the draft EIS Alternative 1 No Action. As a tidelands owner myself in the state of Washington I am appalled by the prospect of this deadly material being let loose in the marine environment. The likely hazardous effects on non target spec...↓
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Comment From: Ann Ziegler

9/23/17 @ 2:00 AM
Spraying poison directly into any natural body of water that supports life forms other than the one being targeted by the poison, seems stupid beyond belief. After decades of marginal success in safeguarding the health of the Sound, application of in...↓
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Comment From: Bowen Mikell

9/23/17 @ 1:58 AM
This should absolutely NOT be permitted. Saying that there is "no known danger" is not enough when it comes to spraying neurotoxins in the water, for this to be tolerable you'd have to know 100% tat there would be no adverse side effects. And the fac...↓
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Comment From: Christopher Laughbon

9/23/17 @ 1:42 AM
Please don't be spreading poison into our delicate marine environment. This seems so very fundamentally wrong it is hard to no where to start. Use of poison is not integrated pest management. Working with the environment is. Please don't do this....↓
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Comment From: Debra Healy

9/23/17 @ 1:27 AM
Protecting oysters at the expense of a very sensitive ecosystem is intolerable. Our planet and its waterways are already being challenged by devastating environmental factors, many of which we have no control over. Intentionally injecting pesticide...↓
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Comment From: Anonymous Anonymous

9/23/17 @ 1:25 AM
NO! Just, no, now, never! Come up with another way to handle the problem...thank you.
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Comment From: birch berman

9/23/17 @ 1:08 AM
There are too many unknowns around the use of this chemical. Please do NOT allow its use.
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Comment From: Kristen Wolff

9/23/17 @ 1:00 AM
I am strongly opposed to this plan. While WGHOGA members want to spray imidacloprid for economic reasons, they fail to grasp the unintended economic consequences of spraying. If a neurotoxin is purposely sprayed into the waters off Washington, I will...↓
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Comment From: Peri Hartman

9/23/17 @ 12:03 AM
There are natural predators of shrimp and their eggs. Among predator examples cited from some quick searches: jellyfish, herring, and even gray whales. I believe that the state should require that a natural approach using predators should be used ...↓
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Comment From: Paul Symington

9/22/17 @ 11:44 PM
Do not allow special interest for-profit Oyster producers to poison our public salt water with any pesticides whatsoever. It's wrong to allow for-profit special-interests to use poison in our shared public waterways. Poison will likely have uni...↓
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Comment From: Patricia Cassell

9/22/17 @ 11:14 PM
Please deny this request to spray oyster beds with Imidacloprid, OR any other neurotoxins. Business cannot be allowed to dump poisons on our waterways for their personal profit. Thank you. Patti Cassell
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Comment From: Valerie Jusela

9/22/17 @ 6:25 PM
The use of this pesticide is dangerous to marine life and human life. It is banned in the EU for good reason. Do not allow thiis to be used in our waters.
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Comment From: Valerie Jusela

9/22/17 @ 6:23 PM
The use of this pesticide is dangerous to marine life and human life. It is banned in the EU for good reason. Do not allow thiis to be used in our waters.
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Comment From: A E

9/22/17 @ 3:42 PM
It is unconscionable that oyster growers and the state would consider contaminating the water and the surrounding areas with a known neurotoxin! I am appalled that this idea is even back on the table after the public outcry just an it over a year ago...↓
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