New Conservation Voices
 The Spirit of Index
By Louise Lindgren
August 2008
Those of us that call the modest but scenic town of Index home have gone through quite a bit over the past six years. Through passion, diligence and hard work, our small community of about 150 has taken Index’s future into its own hands.
A number of individuals in our community worked tirelessly with the Washington Wilderness coalition in support of the recently approved Wild Sky Wilderness, which is literally our back yard. From Bob Hubbard, who insisted at an initial public meeting that a 700-year-old grove of ancient cedars be included in the proposal to former Mayor Kem Hunter who preached the need for the wilderness area to sustain Index’s now tourism-dependent economy, locals played a key role in the Wild Sky effort. Other townspeople like Bill and Sue Cross wrote letters to the editor of local newspapers correcting myths about the proposal, and several local business owners like David Meier, Barak Gale and Steve Higgins spoke through their business endorsements.
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 Washington DC, (05/28/09) — The Obama administration today took a key first step in protecting Roadless forests by calling for a one-year moratorium on road-building and development on the millions of acres of remote national forests. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack directed that for one year, no road construction or removal of timber can take place without the Secretary’s approval in National Forests protected by the Roadless Area Conservation Rule. WWC has led efforts to gain the key support in Washington State that has urged the Obama administration to uphold the previous Roadless Rule. Over the last six months, over 200 local elected officials and more than 160 local stakeholders just in Washington State alone have signed on to a national Roadless Resolution calling on the Obama Administration to uphold the Roadless Rule. To review the Resolution, local elected and stakeholder support, and more on the Roadless Rule Click Here.
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 Seattle, WA, (05/08/09) — One year ago today, on May 8, 2008, President Bush signed into law the Wild Sky Wilderness
Act (H.R. 886/S. 520), as part of the Consolidated Natural Resources
Act of 2008 (S. 2739). WWC along with many local stakeholders joined Congressman Larsen and Senator Murray's unwavering commitment to one of Washington’s one-of-a-kind wildlands in order to create Washington State's first new national forest
wilderness area in over two decades.
To view the more than 700 Washington local elected officials and stakeholders who supported the legislation and much more Click Here.
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 Olympia, WA, (05/05/09) — Today, Governor Gregoire signed a letter to the Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, urging the Obama administration to reinstate a “Time Out” on all roadbuilding within inventoried roadless areas and to take the necessary steps to implement the 2001 Roadless Rule, which protects 58 million acres of roadless forestland across the US. WWC has been actively working with over 360 local elected officials and other stakeholders in Washington to offer their support for roadless forest protections. To learn more about the Roadless Rule, see the current supporters, and view Gov Gregoire's letter Please Click Here.
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Tell Senator Murray and Congressman Reichert You Support Alpine Lakes Wilderness Additions |
Senator Patty Murray and Representative Dave Reichert recently introduced the Alpine Lakes Wilderness Additions and Middle Fork Snoqualmie and Pratt River Proposal (H.R. 1769 / S. 721). This new
Wilderness and Wild and Scenic River legislation would expand the
Alpine Lakes Wilderness area and protect the free-flowing Pratt and Middle Fork Snoqualmie River.
The bill would safeguard rare low
elevation old-growth forests and critical habitat for native trout,
elk, black bear and mountain goats, as well as important access trail
corridors. Both legislators need to hear that Washington residents support
protecting these special areas.
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