Comment by Midnight Jan 5th to Oppose Proposed Changes to “Waters of the United States” that would open up Olympic Peninsula Headwaters & Salmon Streams To Development
Submit A Comment At Link Below:
https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/EPA-HQ-OW-2025-0322-0001
SAMPLE COMMENT (put in your own words and describe your connection to the Peninsula’s rivers if possible).
I am writing to strongly oppose the proposed changes to the Environmental Protection Agency’s definition of “Waters of the United States.” These changes threaten critical headwaters, wetlands, and small streams that are essential to the health of the Olympic Peninsula’s rivers and salmon populations.
On the Olympic Peninsula, headwater streams, wetlands, and seasonal waterways feed directly into salmon-bearing rivers.
Weakening federal protections for these waters increases the risk of pollution, habitat destruction, and reduced water quality, all of which endanger salmon, orca recovery, treaty-reserved tribal fishing rights, and local communities that depend on clean water.
Salmon require cold, clean, connected waterways to survive. Excluding headwaters and wetlands from Clean Water Act protections ignores well-established science showing that these waters play a vital role in maintaining downstream water quality and ecosystem health.
I urge the EPA to maintain strong, science-based protections for all waters that significantly affect downstream rivers and aquatic life. The Clean Water Act must continue to protect the full network of waterways that sustain salmon, ecosystems, and communities on the Olympic Peninsula and across the nation.
Thank you for considering my comment.
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