The Planning Commissioners will be reviewing Snohomish County’s proposed amendments to comply with Growth Management Hearings Board remand to better protect our water quality, salmon, and orcas.

Please send a message TODAY to tell the commissioners to recommend the strong protections by basing riparian buffers on the width of the riparian ecosystem estimated by one 200-year site-potential tree height (SPTH), or 200 feet, measured from the edge of the active channel or active floodplain – whichever is wider. These protections are based on science from the State of Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.

The Planning Commission will hold a briefing and public hearing at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 27. Please consider showing up either in-person or remotely (over Zoom or by calling in).

More information on the hearing can be found online here.