New Conservation Voices
 Wilderness As Mentor
by Dave Somers, Snohomish County Council
June 2006
It was about 40 years ago when I first headed
into the wilderness. Northern
California’s Marble Mountains were yet
to be formally designated
by Congress, but they retained the same wonder and wild slendor that I had
associated with places like the high Sierra or Utah’s Red Rock country. As a 17 year old member of my Explorers Post, I took my first backpacking
excursion - a 50 mile, 7day trip into the California backcountry.
Our first destination was ManEaten
Lake. Not a name to inspire hope and anticipation.
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Alpine Lakes Legislation Subject of Senate Congressional Hearing Washington, D.C. (10/29/09) — Taking a step towards permanent protection of the Pratt and Middle Fork River Valleys, Senator Murray (D-WA) submitted testimony at a hearing of the Public Lands and Forests subcommittee urging her colleagues to support the Alpine Lakes Wilderness Additions and Pratt and Middle Fork Snoqualmie Rivers Protection Act (S. 721). The legislation would expand the existing Alpine Lakes Wilderness by over 22,000 acres to include important lower-elevation lands and designate two rivers of great importance to the surrounding ecosystem as Wild and Scenic. WWC has played a leadership role in a local coalition that has worked over the last two years with many local stakeholders, including local businesses, elected officials, religious leaders, and recreation and conservation organizations. To find out more about the bill Please Click Here.
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