DEDICATION

The Illahee Community Plan is dedicated to those who have
preceded us on this piece of earth known as Illahee:

The Suquamish and other Native Americans; The early settlers; and Those who respected the natural features of this land.

"The human spirit needs places where nature has not been rearranged by the hand of man." --Author Unknown

"To waste, to destroy our natural resources, to skin and exhaust the land instead of using it so as to increase its usefulness, will result in undermining in the days of our children the very prosperity which we ought by right to hand down to them amplified..." --Theodore Roosevelt

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

To the citizens of Illahee: for your interest; your personal and financial support; your willingness to write, edit, comment, and critique; your insights and wisdom; your concern for the area, the land, and its abundant natural attributes (Puget Sound; the shorelines and steep slopes; the streams, aquifers, and wetlands; the wildlife; the trees and other native flora); your sense of community; your love for the area; and your willingness to become informed on land use issues and to plan for the future of our Illahee Community.