At least five hunters and fishermen have teamed up with several hunting and fishing organizations to create the group Sportsmen for Wild Olympics.
The group launched a new website to talk about what they perceive as the benefits to a plan by the Wild Olympics Campaign to expand the boundaries of Olympic National Park, add a "wilderness" designation to some of the areas around the park and add the "wild and scenic" designation to some of the nearby rivers.
The new website can be found at www.SportsmenForWildOlympics.org.
"We are excited about the opportunities for protecting critical fish and wildlife habitat and expanding access for hunting and fishing with the draft Wild Olympics plan, and we hope this website helps get the word out," Aberdeen resident Jason Bausher said in a press release.
"Peninsula hunters and fishermen know about our increasing issues with recreational access on private lands. Wild Olympics could help us deal with some of these access issues, so other sportsmen should check out the website and see the reasons to sign the petition," Bausher added.
Bausher notes that the Wild Olympics Campaign would allow land purchased by Olympic National park to have a National Preserve designation to allow Tribal and non-Tribal hunting as well as fishing.
Bausher says that if the new wilderness designations on Olympic National Forest were to be enacted it would also more than double the amount of territory available for the High Buck Hunt.
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