Protection plan for "Wild Olympics": Dicks, Murray

A plan to protect rivers, forests and ridges above three of the Olympic Peninsula's signature lakes was introduced in Congress on Thursday by Sen. Patty Murray and U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks, D-Wash. The “Wild Olympics” proposal has been vetted through...

Peninsula Business "Props" for Wild Olympics plan

OLYMPIA, Wash. – Scores of Peninsula business owners are joining local farmers, clergy and elected officials in applauding a measure introduced Thursday in Congress which would designate 126,000 acres of new wilderness in Olympic National Forest. Supporters say...

Wild Olympics

I am heartened to hear that the Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic River Act has been introduced after extensive input from our local communities and many other stakeholders. Sen. [Patty] Murray and Rep. [Norm] Dicks, along with their staffs, deserve thanks...

In Our View: Wild & Scenic Compromise

Murray, Dicks propose adding 126,554 acres of wilderness to Olympic National Forest With the introduction of a bill that would expand protected wilderness areas on the Olympic Peninsula, two of Washington's congressional leaders have embraced a notion that...