We, Citizens of Ebey’s Reserve (COER) and Sound Defense Alliance (SDA), are re-aligning and re-energizing our efforts and inviting you to join us in advancing a new approach for reducing the environmental damages from Growler noise. We are planning to initiate a more pragmatic interim approach that could substantially reduce noise impacts on people, wildlife, parks and protected lands. Read A Way Forward to learn about our proposal to the Navy.
- We want the Navy to move Growler FCLP training flights off Whidbey Island to alternative, more remote, locations, where their noise will not be an issue.
- We want to stop foreign military Growler FCLP training operations from being conducted over Whidbey Island.
- We want the Navy to change their One Site Policy, so Growler squadrons could be placed at other Naval Air Stations or at Marine bases, as needed.
- We want fairness – Puget Sound and Whidbey Island should NOT have to bear the sole collateral damage for training our Naval military personnel.
- We want input – The Navy never discussed their plans for expansion in Puget Sound or on Whidbey Island with those who would be impacted. Naval poster sessions, staffed by personnel from other parts of the country who were required to listen, was not about dialogue or meaningful input – and was deeply upsetting to people who attended.