by admin | Oct 10, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Congressional candidates Derek Kilmer and Bill Driscoll both say that timber harvest levels in the Olympic National Forest need to increase, but they differ in their approach to recent legislation that would expand wilderness designations and put areas around the...
by admin | Oct 10, 2012 | Uncategorized |
SEQUIM – Clallam County Commissioner Mike Chapman issued a public apology this week for the way in which the board of commissioners supported an early version of the proposed Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 2012. Chapman, 48, an...
by admin | Oct 10, 2012 | Uncategorized |
PORT ANGELES – Chances are dimming that legislation aimed at designating 198 square miles of Olympic National Forest as wilderness – and thus off-limits to logging – will be considered by Congress this year. The legislation, which also would protect...
by admin | Oct 10, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Bill Ruckelshaus and Martha Kongsgaard made a strong case that wilderness designation for certain critical lands around Puget Sound is an important and necessary step to safeguard the health of the Sound (Viewpoint, 9-26). I absolutely agree. When we safeguard Puget...
by admin | Oct 3, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Centered right here in some of the nation's most stunning and prized landscapes are two recent federal efforts: Less than an hour's drive from Sequim, work is under way to restore the Elwha River at the northern edge of Olympic National Park. Far away in the...
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