{"id":426242,"date":"2010-03-12T19:14:47","date_gmt":"2010-03-12T23:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattletimes.nwsource.com\/html\/northwestvoices\/2011332508_flooddangertohohtribesparksneedtorelocate.html?syndication=rss"},"modified":"2010-03-12T19:14:47","modified_gmt":"2010-03-12T23:14:47","slug":"flood-danger-to-hoh-tribe-sparks-need-to-relocate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/426242","title":{"rendered":"Flood danger to Hoh Tribe sparks need to relocate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Request for Olympic National Park land reasonable<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Times\u2019 story on the Hoh Tribe did an excellent job conveying the tribe\u2019s need to move to higher ground in the wake of river floods, ocean storms and potential tsunamis [\u201cRiver flooding out tribe,\u201d page one, March 9].<\/p>\n<p>The tribe has shown foresight and determination, working for years to acquire lands from private timberland owners and the Washington Department of Natural Resources to relocate tribal housing and essential services. The small \u2014 37 acre \u2014 piece of Olympic National Park\u2019s coastal strip needed to link these lands to the existing reservation is a reasonable request.<\/p>\n<p>Normally, park advocates are loath to see a single acre removed from our irreplaceable national parks. But the Hoh Tribe has been responsible and open in its modest request. We hope Congress will act in a timely manner to ensure the tribe\u2019s future safety.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 Donna Osseward, Olympic Park Associates president, Seattle<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Don\u2019t grant special treatment to tribe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I am sorry that the Hoh Tribe is experiencing flooding in their traditional reservation area, but I have issues with their request for 37 acres of the Olympic National Park.<\/p>\n<p>Do the citizens of other flood-prone areas \u2014 Chehalis for example \u2014 ever assume they are \u201centitled\u201d to an act of Congress to get another chunk of land for free to replace where they live when and if it floods? Does anyone else ever assume they can ask to grab a chunk of any national park for this reason? The Olympic National Park grounds are sacred and should not be given to anyone whatsoever.<\/p>\n<p>I wish the flooding wasn\u2019t happening to anyone, anywhere. However, as any individual flooded-out person must do, maybe the Hoh Tribe should talk with their insurance company about their flood insurance coverage.<\/p>\n<p>Do not expect the citizens of this state or this country to donate any national park lands to them. Nobody else would ever assume this or even attempt to insinuate that.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 Janet Blight, Lynnwood<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Request for Olympic National Park land reasonable The Times\u2019 story on the Hoh Tribe did an excellent job conveying the tribe\u2019s need to move to higher ground in the wake of river floods, ocean storms and potential tsunamis [\u201cRiver flooding out tribe,\u201d page one, March 9]. The tribe has shown foresight and determination, working for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2861,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-426242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2861"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426242\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}