Wild Olympics plan has compromises

by | Nov 19, 2011 | Uncategorized |

Thank you for writing about Congressman Dicks' and Senator Murray's draft conservation proposal for the Olympic Peninsula. As a hunter and fisherman, I am excited that this proposal would protect and expand access for hunting and fishing on the Peninsula....

Wilderness Plan

by | Nov 18, 2011 | Uncategorized |

I was excited to hear that Congressman Norm Dicks and Senator Patty Murray have joined the conversation on the Wild Olympics proposal “Wilderness Plan Proposed By U.S. Draft by Dicks, Murray mimics Wild Olympics,” Nov. 16 PDN. For nearly three years, that conversation...

Anglers and hunters support Wild Olympics campaign

by | Nov 17, 2011 | Uncategorized |

ONE OF THE assumptions often made about the Wild Olympics Campaign is that it’s anti-hunting and fishing. A group of Olympic Peninsula sportsmen from Aberdeen to Quilcene say that’s not the case. In fact, the collection of hunters, anglers and guides formed “Sportsmen...

Dicks, Murray: Protect Olympic rivers and wildlands

by | Nov 16, 2011 | Uncategorized |

U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., are out with a draft plan that would designate 130,000 acres of additional wilderness in federal forest lands on the Olympic Peninsula. The proposal would also put 23 rivers – including such well-known streams...

Sportsmen for Wild Olympics group forms

by | Nov 16, 2011 | Uncategorized |

At least five hunters and fishermen have teamed up with several hunting and fishing organizations to create the group Sportsmen for Wild Olympics. The group launched a new website to talk about what they perceive as the benefits to a plan by the Wild Olympics Campaign...