"Land grab" term is misleading

It astonishes me how words can take on a life of their own with just a little initial prodding. A case in point, the words “land grab” which have no factual meaning in reference to the Wild Olympics campaign. Having spent 50 years working in the timber...

Wilderness plan

I was excited to read the news that Sen. Patty Murray and Congressman Norm Dicks have put forth their own draft Olympic Wilderness watershed conservation plan for public comment. As a fishing guide and hunter, I was especially pleased to see they are proposing...

Wild Olympics plan has compromises

Thank you for writing about Congressman Dicks' and Senator Murray's draft conservation proposal for the Olympic Peninsula. As a hunter and fisherman, I am excited that this proposal would protect and expand access for hunting and fishing on the Peninsula....

Wilderness Plan

I was excited to hear that Congressman Norm Dicks and Senator Patty Murray have joined the conversation on the Wild Olympics proposal “Wilderness Plan Proposed By U.S. Draft by Dicks, Murray mimics Wild Olympics,” Nov. 16 PDN. For nearly three years, that conversation...

Anglers and hunters support Wild Olympics campaign

ONE OF THE assumptions often made about the Wild Olympics Campaign is that it’s anti-hunting and fishing. A group of Olympic Peninsula sportsmen from Aberdeen to Quilcene say that’s not the case. In fact, the collection of hunters, anglers and guides formed “Sportsmen...