Jamestown Oyster Farm In Wildlife Refuge Put On Hold

SEQUIM, Wash. — Permitting for the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe's proposed oyster farm at Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge is on hold until at least a November hearing after concerns were expressed over the impacts of the 50-acre, inner-tidal project.

The Peninsula Daily News reported Wednesday the Clallam County Department of Community Development withdrew its environmental determination of nonsignificance last week.

That was after the county hearing examiner granted the tribe's request for the six-month permitting-process delay to accommodate a change in permitting by the Army Corp of Engineers.

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