Judge Jones Rules Against the Navy in Washington State
August 2, 2022 Contact: Robert Wilbur, President, COER President, 360-678-4850 Judge Jones Rules Against the Navy in Washington State...
- Jun 8
- 3 min
Time to Remedy Growler Harms
Over the past few years, our nation has faced many challenges. While there have been military actions across the world, it has been...
- Feb 17
- 3 min
SDA Response to Navy’s Noise Study Monitoring Report
Navy’s $1.8 million “Real Time Noise” Monitoring Study ordered by Congress Fails to Meet Commitments As part of the 2020/2021 National...
- Dec 22, 2021
- 1 min
Growler Film: Nina Berman, The Intercept
When the Jets Fly: NEW WARPLANES TURN U.S. TOWNS INTO SONIC HELLSCAPES We are thrilled to see more media coverage of the Growler jets and...
- Dec 14, 2021
- 3 min
Federal Magistrate: Navy’s 2019 decision authorizing the EA-18G “Growler” expansion violated NEPA
Federal Magistrate declares Navy’s 2019 decision authorizing the EA-18G “Growler” expansion at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island (NASWI)...
- Nov 10, 2021
- 1 min
COER Hearing Synopsis for NEPA Suit v. Navy
“Judge Creatura was particularly interested in how jet noise impacted children and birds. He zeroed in on why the Navy claimed they...
- Nov 9, 2021
- 1 min
The Trauma of Fighter Jets
So honored that we were able to sponsor and participate in this webinar by the No Fighter Jets Coalition with Canadian Voice of Women for...
- Oct 19, 2021
- 1 min
Film Screening of “Jet Line”
October 27th @ 5:30pm SAVE the DATE! We will be hosting a film screening of “Jet Line”, a documentary on the impact of noise from the...
- Oct 19, 2021
- 1 min
COURT HEARING – NEPA Lawsuit Oral Arguments before the Court Magistrate!
October 26th @ 9:00am Don’t miss it! The State of Washington and COER National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) lawsuit against the U.S....
- Mar 30, 2021
- 1 min
Interview with Dr. Arline Bronzaft
In celebration of International Women’s History Month, Chair of the SDA Board, Anne Harvey, interviewed Dr. Arline Bronzaft, a leader...
- Feb 21, 2021
- 2 min
Navy Seals Training in WA State Parks: Update
The Washington State Parks Commission met again in a special session and “clarified” that the commission has authorized the director to...
- Feb 15, 2021
- 1 min
Base Building Committee Update – February 2021
The Base Building Committee invites you to join us in planning virtual gatherings across the region this spring. Please contact us at...
- Jan 21, 2021
- 1 min
Black Lives Matter
Sound Defense Alliance stands in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter Movement now and onwards. Our work to protect all communities in...
- Jan 2, 2021
- 3 min
SDA: Taking a look back and making plans for impact in 2021
It goes without saying that 2020 has brought many, many challenges. The team at SDA met those challenges head on and forged ahead! What...
- Nov 15, 2020
- 3 min
Update from the Legislative Committee – Nov 2020
The November elections provided multiple opportunities to move our work forward and some new opportunities for our hard-working team to...
- Aug 19, 2020
- 3 min
Citizens of the Ebey’s Reserve (“COER”) Litigation Update
In conjunction with the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”) lawsuits brought by the State of Washington and COER against the US...
- Jul 7, 2020
- 1 min
Legislative Committee Update
The legislative committee created several documents for the Navy’s Real-time Noise Study. SDA provided a long and a short list of...
- Jul 3, 2020
- 3 min
Elected Officials Respond to Navy
A briefing on real-time noise testing SDA notified elected officials of preferred sites for the Congressionally mandated noise testing...
- Jun 29, 2020
- 1 min
Focusing on Noise and Noise Monitoring
A Citizen Science Noise Monitoring Program will be launched in mid-July. SDA volunteers, Chris Hurley and acoustic researcher Lauren...
- May 14, 2020
- 3 min
To Whom It May Concern
May 14, 2020 To Whom It May Concern: I am a U.S. military veteran. I support our armed forces and appreciate the role each branch plays...