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by Dominic Corva, Executive Director<\/p>\n

The first wave of moratoria grabbed a lot of media headlines, and indeed got CASP its earliest national media attention. \u00a0My position then was that they were a nonstory, given that no production was imminent. \u00a0This time, there is cause for alarm and no media coverage to be had.<\/p>\n

There is a new wave of moratorium fever sweeping the state. \u00a0Snohomish County passed an emergency moratorium yesterday despite a good turnout from folks trying to prevent it from happening, and just last week I heard from a Port Townshend producer that Olympic Peninsula counties are gearing up for similar struggles.<\/p>\n

I don’t have much information yet, but my initial grasp is that they have to do with locating I 502 production in rural residential areas. \u00a0This is a very specific moratorium type with very specific, non-governmental catalysts: neighbors of “mom and pop” producers — Tier 1 and Tier 2s. \u00a0Tier 3s will not have this problem nearly to this degree, because they aren’t located in residential areas; and it would appear that Eastern Washington is less affected.<\/p>\n

This is a story, and it needs to be in the headlines far more than the previous moratorium coverage cycle. \u00a0I do not have the interns I had when we did the first study, so I’m going to need a lot of help to coordinate the gathering of information about this problem; how people are organizing against it; and what tactics are working or not working. \u00a0Please send information. including invitations to come talk in person. to: dominic@caspcenter.org<\/p>\n

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Thank you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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