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Hey! Thanks for bringing this up. Here’s a few issues I have with the project: 1. It’s in complete opposition to the Forest Park Management Plan which specifies that we need to foster Forest Park to ancient forest status. Cutting down 400 trees resets the clock on that.

2. There are Trillium and Red Legged frogs in there. The land is teeming with life and we can’t afford to lose any habitat at a time when the federal government is decimating our public lands.

3. This is just phase 3 of 5. There are up to 20 acres at risk here. We don’t have enough details on what phase 4 and 5 entail to make a decision on if this is the best path forward.

Electrification of homes and cars adds demand to the grid, and WashCo's population is growing which also adds demand to the grid. We're talking about power lines, not a pipeline. It's fine? Am I missing some enormous environmental impact?

Like, does electrical transmission really warrant a protest movement? If we can't build a power line in an urban area then what hope do we have of connecting offshore wind to the valley through the coast range, and solar+wind from Eastern Oregon over the Cascades?

Maybe I'm missing something! Idk, what about the project makes it so bad?