by admin | May 30, 2013 | Uncategorized |
PORT ANGELES — Derek Kilmer continued to remain noncommittal this week on planned legislation that would ban logging on more than 126,000 acres of Olympic National Forest by declaring it wilderness and creating a protective buffer around Olympic National Park....
by admin | May 30, 2013 | Uncategorized |
BREMERTON — U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer, D-Gig Harbor, told two Kitsap County town hall audiences Wednesday he prefers overall systemic budget solutions over “Whac-a-Mole” quick fixes. Kilmer spoke to about 75 at the Admiral Theatre in Bremerton on Wednesday afternoon,...
by admin | Apr 19, 2013 | Uncategorized |
Repeat afer me: Natural systems are priceless in value, nearly impossible to replace, and cheap to maintain. All you have to do is protect them. So intoned Stuart Brand, publisher of The Whole Earth Catalog, decades ago. Now listen to [U.S. Rep.] Derek Kilmer. He says...
by admin | Apr 16, 2013 | Uncategorized |
Mr. Driscoll knows better. Before being introduced in Congress, these new wilderness protections were subject to three years of unprecedented community involvement, resulting in significant changes to ensure that the proposal would foster economic growth [“The problem...
by admin | Feb 21, 2013 | Uncategorized |
I was encouraged to see the news report that Sen. Patty Murray plans to reintroduce her Wild Olympics legislation once again [“Murray seeks to expand wild lands,” NWWednesday, Feb. 13]. As a photographer, I have spent countless hours capturing images of old-growth...
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