20180582 Ver 2_Public Notice Comments_20191007 (9)

Strickland, Bev
From: Rachel Kinback <[e-mail]>
Sent: Monday, October 07, 2019 10:10 PM
To: SVC_DENR.publiccomments
Subject: [External] Cashiers Canoe Club - Opposed
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Dear Department of Environment and Natural Resources,
Thank you for doing your due diligence in foreseeing all the possible outcomes that the dredging proposed by the
Cashiers Canoe Club. I attended the public hearing on 9/5 regarding this issue and came away knowing that dredging
without strict oversight will cause tremendous and irreparable damage to our areas waters. You are responsible for
making sure that these and other developers remain checked and that they take every possible precaution to mitigate
their impact on the environment.
The proposed dredging of Cashiers Lake would, without a doubt, release toxins that have been laid to rest in the soil
from the sites history as a plastics plant. The dredging would release silt and sediment downstream into the Chattooga
River. What the Cashiers Canoe Club is proposing needs to be considered differently than other similar type projects
because of its appointment as the headwater of the Wild and Scenic Chattooga River, one the last free flowing rivers in
this country, known as the crown jewel of the Southeast. I moved to Scaly Mountain, NC 5 years ago and have made this
place my home BECAUSE OF THE PRISTINE WATERS OF THE CHATTOOGA. The Chattooga captivated me, never had I
been to a place to perfectly wild and untouched. I transplanted myself from Philadelphia in order to live near to it. If you
have not visited the Chattooga yourself I invite you to do so. In regard to the Cashiers Canoe Club's proposal THIS RIVER
IS YOUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY. The River's health dictates the peoples heath. It is that simple. Your responsibility is to
our natural resources; not the the Cashiers Chamber of Commerce or to the Real Estate Brokers or Developers, or the
Locals who want to be able to party on the Green and walk their dogs without stepping in puddles, BUT TO PRESERVING
OUR ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES.
I do not know enough about the Cashiers Canoe Club's plans beyond that they would like to start with the dredging of
the lake but I think that putting large amounts of infrastructure, paved surfaces and waste water systems in place at the
Cashiers Lake site would also negatively affect the watershed and therefore the health of this community.
For these reasons I oppose the dredging of Cashiers Lake.
Sincerely,
Rachel Kinback
agree upon by Tanner Csonka
both residents of nearby Scaly Mountain, NC