Thanks for your position
They say it is never too late to show your appreciation by saying “thank you” so here is my thanks to the Hoquiam city council members and Mayor Jack Durney for the position they took on June 25 concerning Dicks’ and Murray’s Wild Olympics bill. The bill’s intent is...
Timber wars
Danny Westneat badly missed the mark in his column “Ghost of timber wars says ‘boo,’ ” [NWSunday, May 6] because he failed to speak with the landowners whose properties were targeted for Olympic National Park expansion. Merrill & Ring opposed the inclusion of our...
THE WILD OLYMPICS EFFORT: New legislation will create a legacy for generations
PERMANENT PROTECTION FOR THE Olympic Peninsula's ancient forests, free-flowing rivers and stunning scenery made a gigantic leap forward in June with the introduction of the historic Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild & Scenic Rivers Act of 2012. Years in the...
Wild Olympics plan is a good compromise
Seventy-nine years on Earth gives one a good perspective on many things. I was born and raised on Grays Harbor and have seen more changes than I can count. Big and small, good and bad, the list is long. I spent 50 years as a logger, most of it right here on the...
Dems thank Norm Dicks for 36 years
Jefferson County Democrats love Congressman Norm Dicks, and Norm Dicks loves Jefferson County. That was clear on Sunday when more than 340 people turned out to what Jefferson County Democrat Teri Nomura called a "Thank you, Norm Dicks, for all you've done...
Protection plan for "Wild Olympics": Dicks, Murray
A plan to protect rivers, forests and ridges above three of the Olympic Peninsula's signature lakes was introduced in Congress on Thursday by Sen. Patty Murray and U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks, D-Wash. The "Wild Olympics" proposal has been vetted through public meetings...
Peninsula Business "Props" for Wild Olympics plan
OLYMPIA, Wash. - 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 the...
City of Hoquiam willing to consider a revised Wild Olympics plan
The Wild Olympics debate continued at the Hoquiam City Council meeting Monday night, and the council passed a resolution that was different from other cities. Both sides spoke on the issue and the resolution was passed with only one no vote. While the council...
Wild Olympics
I am heartened to hear that the Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic River Act has been introduced after extensive input from our local communities and many other stakeholders. Sen. [Patty] Murray and Rep. [Norm] Dicks, along with their staffs, deserve thanks...
In Our View: Wild & Scenic Compromise
Murray, Dicks propose adding 126,554 acres of wilderness to Olympic National Forest With the introduction of a bill that would expand protected wilderness areas on the Olympic Peninsula, two of Washington's congressional leaders have embraced a notion that...