February 29, 2008
The Wetlands Movement Comes Home
Friends of Magnuson Park have filed a lawsuit against the Army Corps of Engineers to
save the fragile wetland ecosystem of Magnuson Park. Under currently issued permits, the area would be filled and turned into lighted sports fields — a violation, says the group of the Clean Water Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, and the Administrative Procedures Act.
The citizen group is fighting the permits on a number of grounds, from expense to energy conservation to wildlife preservation, to name only a few.
On their website, the group says they only filed the lawsuit “after exhausting all other options.”
Are you a Magnuson neighbor? Wetlands or ballfields? If you were buying a home nearby, which would you prefer?
