by admin | Jun 22, 2012 | Uncategorized |
June 22nd, 2012 – 6:16am(Port Angeles) – A bill introduced in both the U.S. Senate and House would create 126,000 acres of new wilderness in the Olympic National Forest. Sen. Patty Murray and Rep. Norm Dicks said Thursday it would protect several key...
by admin | Jun 22, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Westport, WA – 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...
by admin | Jun 22, 2012 | Uncategorized |
A Wild Olympics Campaign-commissioned poll of 500 possible voters in the 6th Congressional District said it found strong support for a proposal to designate about 130,000 acres of wilderness and protect 23 rivers and tributaries as “wild and scenic.”...
by admin | Jun 21, 2012 | Uncategorized |
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Patty Murray and Congressman Norm Dicks introduced the Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 2012 today, roughly three years after conservation and recreation groups started the conversation to expand protection...
by admin | Jun 21, 2012 | Uncategorized |
In a gesture as grand as the landscapes it would protect, key leaders of Washington's congressional delegation have introduced legislation intended to protect Olympic Peninsula forests and rivers from logging, dams and other development. Three years in the...
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