Wild Olympics open house answered questions
More than 100 folks stopped by Grays Harbor College on April 12 to learn more about the Wild Olympics Campaign. It was a great opportunity to clear up some of the confusion that is out there about this proposal. I was one of a handful of residents on hand to explain...
Wild Olympics
Some of the tallest trees in the world grow in the rainforest on South Quinault Ridge. Massive Douglas fir and westem red cedars soar 300 feet into the sky, their trunks 60 feet around and covered in moss. Proponents of the Wild Olympics Campaign hope to preserve the...
Wild Olympics Makes Its Case
Karen and Harry Creviston of Lake Quinault showed up at an all-day forum at Grays Harbor College Tuesday hoping to get some answers from proponents behind an effort to expand the boundaries of Olympic National Park. The Crevistons had heard rumors that the Wild...
Future generations will be grateful for Wild Olympics
In the Boy Scouts I was taught we should work together to leave our natural heritage in better shape than we found it. That's why I support the Wild Olympics Campaign. They have good ideas about how to protect some of my favorite places on Olympic National Forest...
Wild Olympics Forum is Tuesday
I attended the forum presented by opponents of the Wild Olympics Campaign on March 21st at Aberdeen High School. I was disappointed that the supporters were not given a chance to explain what their proposal would do. The supporters were only given five minutes to...
South Quinault Ridge needs protection, forever
Spring is finally here and we are enjoying the extra minutes of daylight that creep into the evening this time of year and the promise of warmer weather ahead. It is time, too, for the annual migration of hundreds of thousands of shorebirds who will stop on their...
Group has work party planned for Col. Bob Trail
After reading several articles on the Col. Bob Trail, you might want to check out the Washington Trails Association website under Volunteer -- Backcountry Response teams. A work party for that trail is planned for June 8-12. I know someone who will be on that trip and...
Protecting wilderness areas just makes sense
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Grateful for piece supporting Wild Olympics Campaign
Thanks for including the opinion piece "Wild Olympics Campaign Offers Down Payment on Harbor's Future," by Roy Nott on March 13, which highlighted a way to protect the most spectacular ancient forests and rivers in Grays Harbor County. When my husband was...
Support for Wild Olympics Campaign
I support the Wild Olympics Campaign. This campaign would help our watersheds stay protected and pure. We as a community need to work to protect our clean rivers, streams and wetlands. his Wild Olympics Campaign does that. For future generations of Grays Harbor...