Quilcene - Supporters of the Wild Olympics proposal  to designate approximately130,000 acres of wildemess and protect nearly 20 rivers and tributaries as "Wild and Scenic" are touting a new poll of likely voters in the 6th Congressional District as proof of strong...

I grew up in Grays Harbor County, but now live in southern Oregon near the Wild and Scenic Rogue River. As a witness to the positive economic benefits of Wild and Scenic Rivers, I would urge the city councils of both Cosmopolis and Hoquiam to consider these benefits...

Two members of Washington's congressional delegation offered compromise legislation Thursday to protect water, fish habitat and wilderness on the North Olympic Peninsula nearly two months after the proposal's outlines were presented at a forestry conference...

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 forest areas and...

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 the...

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." Nearly 2 out of 3...

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 of...

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...

I love Grays Harbor. I was born and raised here. As a child, I spent a lot of time on the docks of Westport where my father docked his boat. My father, Harry Harmon, a council member serving the great City of Cosmopolis for 23 years from 1952 to 1975, introduced me to...