Environmental concerns rise to the top at Kilmer roundtable
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...
New Wild Olympics proposal is applauded, lambasted
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....
To save our last, best places
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,...
Sportsmen for Wild Olympics Announce New Endorsements & Video
ABERDEEN, WA --Today the group of Olympic Peninsula hunters, anglers, and guides of Sportsmen for Wild Olympics delivered signatures from more than 300 local sportsmen and women on a petition to Senator Murray and Representative Kilmer in support of their new...
Wild Olympics legislation revived in Congress
Legislation that would protect nearly 200 square miles of wilderness on the Olympic Peninsula has been revived in Congress. U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, gained the support of Rep. Derek Kilmer, D-Gig Harbor, to reintroduce the Wild Olympics Wilderness and...
Bill would expand wilderness area at Olympic National Forest
WASHINGTON — For the second time in two years, U.S. Sen. Patty Murray is taking a stab at greatly enlarging the portion of Olympic National Forest that would receive highest federal protection as a designated wilderness. Murray and fellow Washington Democrat Rep....
Wild Olympics Wilderness & Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 2014
Representative Derek Kilmer and Senator Patty Murray will reintroduce the Wild Olympics Wilderness & Wild and Scenic Rivers Act today. The measure, similar to that introduced by Senator Murray and former Congressman Norm Dicks, would permanently protect more than...
Patty Murray and Derek Kilmer proposed bill to protect Olympics’ wild places
Big chunks of the Olympic National Forest would get protection as wilderness, and 19 Olympic Peninsula streams would receive Wild and Scenic Rivers designation under a bill introduced by Sen. Patty Murray and Rep. Derek Kilmer, D-Wash. Sens. Patty Murray, D-Wash.,...
OUTDOORS: Bill vital for Olympic Peninsula
I grew up amidst the Olympic Peninsula's wonderful resources. I've joined with land trusts and organizations that work to protect and preserve the quality of this remarkable place. Now I'm thrilled to learn that U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer and Sen. Patty...
Coalition cheers Wild Olympics Wilderness & Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 2014
QUILCENE, Wash. (Jan. 17) A broad and diverse coalition of Olympic Peninsula community members cheered the introduction today of the Wild Olympics Wilderness & Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 2014 by Representative Derek Kilmer and Senator Patty Murray. The measure,...