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Dear Editor,
The 100-year-old dike in Dike District 7 that was unmaintained and owned by local farmers is now threatened.
So, 1,800 acres of formerly Puget Sound marshes that were reclaimed by settlers years ago is an economic issue? Dikes are like boats; something in the water that you pour money into. So, when the risk arises without prior mitigation, should everybody have to pay to save the farm?
In the absence of extensive preventive maintenance, by District 7, why not let nature take its course and return those lands back to salmon habitat? Give the thousands of dollars of dike rebuild and future maintenance to the property owners and wave good-bye.
In Gardiner, Montana, the Gardiner River breached the highway into the north entrance to Yellowstone National Park. Highway 89 is repaired at the cost of Park County and the state of Montana because it is state property. The merchant base is not state property, and many set little aside for an emergency loss of income, as reported by The Washington Post.
The dikes here belong to the farmers and so, too, the maintenance. Time to give the land back to the salmon.
Samuel Bess
Stanwood
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