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requiring buffers on “any” waterways, whether they are seasonal or not, for 500 feet on each side - a
total of 1000 feet. When this goes into effect, he said, over 61% of our ground will be “gone” for
farming. The National Marine Fisheries Service wants 1000 foot buffers on each side, he said, which
would remove 80 percent of available farm land from production.

Moss growth is no longer treated because of regulations by the US Bureau of Reclamation, and Didier
and his family spent untold hours this season trying to keep it under control cleaning the pump filters,
he said. When the moss builds up it plugs the screens of the water pumps, and water doesn’t flow to
irrigate the plants, costing farmers in terms of what they are able to produce efficiently, which, in turn,
affects all of us.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/21/supreme-court-epa-unanimous-decision-clean-water-
act_n_1369831.html

“Hay is now a pollutant”, according to the EPA (US Environmental Protection Agency), he said.
Farmers are charged $150 permit fee for tractor “pollution”, and are required to obtain a CDL
(commercial driver’s license) license to drive a tractor, which means that the farmers’ children can no
longer drive tractors in the fields - a learning experience now lost. “We will have no more development
of a work ethic” for our kids as a result, he added.

Farmers now have to pay $5 an acre to burn stubble; and dust particles are considered pollutants.

He told of a Nisqually family that raised goats and made cheese which was known worldwide. The
FDA found a minute case of contamination and took all of their cheese; the family is now bankrupt.

One gentleman in the audience, who lives at Four Seasons Ranch in Port Angeles, shared his story
about trying to build a 1200 square foot outbuilding. By the time he got through regulations and fees,
he has spent $6,000 so far. It’s about $978 per fish for “restoration”, he said; there are 16 different
people watching us as we walk across the creek. (Morse Creek).

Didier talked about the White House Council on Rural America and its adverse effect on farming.
"They are using our money to defeat us...It is time for Americans to take our country back," said
Didier.

He then let the attendees know that the Clallam County commissioners were going to be voting upon
the possibility of a grant for “sustainable communities” the following day, and urged citizens to attend
and speak.

"This is how they are getting you in there. People are figuring it out. If you give up your freedom, you
have no America", remarked Didier.”

Sequim City and Clallam County have removed themselves from their affiliation with the International
Council of Environmental Initiatives. “We the Clallam County Republican Party resolve that we stand
in opposition to all programs initiated by or connected to the United Nation's AGENDA 21 and/or
ICLEI, and instead, support voter-approved initiatives in all County decisions regarding public and
private property ownership and usage, from this day forward.”
http://www.citizenreviewonline.org/2011/Sep/didier_speaks.html
http://www.democratsagainstunagenda21.com/1/post/2011/09/congratulations-to-the-citizens-of-
clallam-county-wa.html
http://www.clallamrepublicans.org/pdf_docs/Resolution%20passed%20to%20withdraw%20from%2
0ICLEI.pdf

42. WASHINGTON STATE DEPT OF ECOLOGY ENFORCING
AGENDA 21 RESTRICTIONS