Position Statement: Excessive Authority

The Washington State Hay Growers Association believes that the Washington State Department of Ecology has been granted excessive authority in dictating and regulating uses of private land and water. We urge the legislature to establish safeguards to ensure that private landowners’ rights, including water rights, are not usurped by the Department of Ecology.

In the absence of legislative action, we believe the Washington State Department of Ecology should be disbanded and it’s functions and responsibilities turned over to the Department of Natural Resources.

Landowners should have more influence on decisions impacting their land and water than the Department of Ecology. The Department of Ecology personnel should be representing landowners’ rights, as well as those of other citizens.

Approved by the WSHGA Membership
January 24, 2001

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