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Residents urge action on encampments, needles and litter; commissioners pledge follow-up
Summary
Several residents and volunteers told the Mason County commissioners about hazardous conditions at local homeless encampments — including needles, stolen lumber and stream pollution — and asked for a proactive county response. Commissioners thanked volunteers and said staff and commissioners would meet to pursue options.
Multiple residents and members of a volunteer cleanup crew urged the Mason County Board of Commissioners to take a more proactive approach to homeless encampments, trash and discarded needles during the meeting’s public comment period.
Speakers described large accumulations of garbage, stolen and burned lumber, human waste near streams draining to Elkland Bay, and more than a thousand needles collected by volunteers. Commenters said the situation has grown to cover a roughly one-mile area near the boatyard and downstream into waterways.
Why it matters: Residents described public-health hazards and property damage…
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