by admin | Feb 3, 2014 | Uncategorized |
As early as 1832, the idea had surfaced that America should protect unique wilderness areas as pioneering settlements moved westward. It was a hit-and-miss concept until 1933 when President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an Executive Order to create a National Park...
by admin | Feb 3, 2014 | Uncategorized |
I was happy to hear that Rep. Derek Kilmer and Sen. Patty Murray introduced legislation to protect additional Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers on the Olympic Peninsula. Rep. Kilmer understands that long term economic recovery requires firing on all cylinders —...
by admin | Feb 3, 2014 | Uncategorized |
At one of the first meetings during his “State of the District” tour, U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer promised to cover the good, the bad and the ugly of recent happenings in Congress. For a group comprised of mostly environmental activists late last week at a roundtable...
by admin | Feb 3, 2014 | Uncategorized |
Environmentalists, real estate agents, shellfish business owners and business leaders are applauding the introduction by Rep. Derek Kilmer and Sen. Patty Murray of the Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 2014. But not everyone is happy about it....
by admin | Feb 3, 2014 | Uncategorized |
Conservationists make great ancestors. Booth Gardner’s adage may comfort Sen. Patty Murray and Rep. Derek Kilmer, who introduced their Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act on Friday. Wilderness battles, even ones as scrutinized and sensible as this,...
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