The beginning of President Obama’s second term and the start of a new Congress provide great new opportunities for permanently protecting the wildest, most pristine parts of our public lands.
Just 45 minutes east of downtown Seattle, the Pratt, Middle Fork and South Fork Snoqualmie Valleys are the closest mountain valleys to Puget Sound population centers.
And I was fortunate enough to backpack through this exceptional area in the summer of 2005, enjoying a lovely lunch on a bridge overlooking roaring Thunder Creek.
September has always been a critical month for America’s wild lands. The Wilderness Act was signed into law on September 3, 1964 and National Public Lands Day falls at the end of September.
As National Great Outdoors Month comes to a close, people from all walks of life – veterans, kids, business leaders, sportsmen – are in Washington, D.C.,
Help! We just learned that the “Sportsmen’s Heritage Act” (H.R. 4089) is headed to the House floor today. This benign-sounding bill contains Trojan Horse language that would eviscerate the Wilderness Act of 1964.
