Draft Proposal for Olympic Wilderness Additions

After a few years of negotiation and public discussion, the Preserve concept moves forward. ———————————- OLYMPIC WILDERNESS: Dicks, Murray Announce Community Workshops, Path Forward on Olympic Watersheds Protection Proposal Washington, D.C—U.S. Representative Norm Dicks and U.S. Senator Patty Murray today released a draft proposal for Wilderness additions on the Olympic Peninsula in order to continue [...]

Gray’s Harbor Paper Mill Shuts Down – 240 people out of work

A decrease in paper use, a recession with decreased overall demand, and you get the already hurting town of Hoquiam slammed with a the equivalent of a business tornado. My heart goes out the families that will be affected, along with the businesses that they supported. I don’t think that tourism is going to fix [...]

Public input needed on DNR plans for Olympic Experimental State Forest

A brief comment period to the proposed forest land management plan for the Olympic Experimental State Forest (OESF) has begun and will end July 15. Washington state’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is evaluating management alternatives that will determine the future of this important area, home to five species of salmon and steelhead, bull trout, [...]