To the editor:

I am in favor of the “No Action Alternative” in the Northwest Testing Range Complex Draft EIS.

I oppose the Navy’s tests of depleted uranium weapons anywhere; the use of underwater tests that might damage the hearing of whales and other aquatic life or cause other harm to them; the invasive testing of any kind in an underwater sanctuary; testing of any kind without independent environmental impact research; and testing without viable citizen oversight of environmental compliance.

I urge the Navy and the U.S. government to take all actions necessary to protect and restore our fragile marine ecosystems as part of their duty to the citizens of the United States and their moral and treaty obligations to native peoples.

Pushkara Sally Ashford

Clinton