In conjunction with the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”) lawsuits brought by the State of Washington and COER against the US Navy for its Growler Expansion plan at NAS Whidbey Island, COER filed a preliminary injunction action early in 2020. Read more…
The legislative committee created several documents for the Navy’s Real-time Noise Study. SDA provided a long and a short list of suggested monitoring sites, and a Fact sheet of recommendations for what should be in a Noise Monitoring Study. These Read more…
A briefing on real-time noise testing SDA notified elected officials of preferred sites for the Congressionally mandated noise testing and asked those invited to participate to forward SDA’s concern to NAS Whidbey. After the Navy gave elected officials a briefing Read more…
A Citizen Science Noise Monitoring Program will be launched in mid-July. SDA volunteers, Chris Hurley and acoustic researcher Lauren Kuehne, will be spear-heading this initiative. The citizen science monitoring plan will include between 8 to 12 monitoring sites and is Read more…
Share your experience with the Growlers during the COVID-19 lockdown. Tell us your stories.Join our Letters to the Editor Campaign. SDA wants to hear YOUR stories! How have Growler operations during the COVID-19 Stay Home, Stay Safe mandate affected your Read more…
For Immediate ReleaseDate: May 4th, 2020From: Sound Defense Alliance (SDA)Contact person: Mark Lundsten, Chair, Sound Defense Alliance (SDA)Contact Information: Mark Lundsten, mlundsten@gmail.com Fidalgo Island, WA – Right now, the number one priority for our state and nation is to defeat Read more…
NEPA Actions: On July 9, 2019, SDA member group Citizens of the Ebey’s Reserve (COER) and the Washington State Attorney General independently filed lawsuits against the U.S. Navy. Both lawsuits alleged that the Navy’s Growler expansion plan on Whidbey Island violated the Read more…
Jet noise reporting has been expanded in the region. San Juan County agreed to expand the collection of noise reports through their website for all impacted regions. We now have an experienced volunteer in extracting the data and assist in Read more…
Although Olympic National Park is close to the Navy’s runways on Whidbey Island, it’s not the only place the Navy could train. Currently the Navy conducts similar training in other airbases and military airspace in the West, including Mountain Home Read more…
COER’s board of directors is committed to fight for justice – for the environment, the future of Ebey’s Landing National Historical Reserve, and the health and safety of the children and families of Central Whidbey and the region! PRESS RELEASE:Citizens Read more…