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Community Input on Port Of Seattle Draft Final Land Stewardship Plan

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A community member submitted detailed feedback to Port of Seattle officials on January 5, 2024, reviewing the Draft Final Land Stewardship Plan (LSP) for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The letter argues that the plan falls short of the Port's own adopted Environmental Land Stewardship Principles, particularly regarding equity, environmental justice, and restoration of habitats degraded by past Port actions. The writer urges Port decision-makers to strengthen the plan by embedding equity goals across all objectives, expanding the definition of land stewardship to include restoration, and better addressing the historical health, noise, and environmental burdens borne by communities living near the airport.

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Letter dated January 5, 2024 from Defenders of Highline Forest (Sandy Hunt) to Port Of Seattle Executive Director Stephen Metruck, Commission President Sam Cho, Vice President Hamdi Mohamed, and Commissioners Ryan Calkins, Fred Felleman, and Toshiko Hasegawa, providing detailed section-by-section community input on the Port’s Draft Final Land Stewardship Plan (LSP) dated November 2023. Feedback addresses equity and environmental justice concerns, Land Stewardship Principles adopted summer 2023, omissions regarding MU 1 land stewardship and North SeaTac Park wooded areas, the definition of land stewardship (conservation vs. restoration), Port Equity Policies, SAMP, RESP, habitat management, and community benefit requirements. Argues LSP must hold Port Actors accountable for historical environmental degradation affecting airport neighbors.

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