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#734949 - 10/21/07 09:59 AM
Re: Wa. Climbers Coalition November 12
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mattp
Spray Master
Registered: 02/26/01
Posts: 10443
Loc: Seattle, WA USA
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Cool. If the politics of Environmental Groups and "green" legislation aren't "hot" enough for you, the reality that we gotta get our act together or we're going to lose many roads seving crags and hiking destinations ought to be of interest. And who doesn't want to watch slides on a dark November evening?
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#734984 - 10/21/07 02:22 PM
Re: Wa. Climbers Coalition November 12
[Re: mattp]
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Fairweather
spray'prentice
Registered: 06/14/01
Posts: 4812
Loc: Tacoma Area
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I think you'll find that the politics of the current environmental movement are in direct conflict with the stated interests of WCC. Hopefully your group will be a force for reasonable access and not one of endless compromise with the "let nature take over" crowd. The Great Bolt Debate aside - based on our conversations here, Matt, I think you are on the right track regarding trailhead access. I would love to attend this event, but I have class that evening from 5pm until 10. Please keep me posted on future meetings. (I'll be nice.  )
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#735042 - 10/21/07 07:53 PM
Re: Wa. Climbers Coalition November 12
[Re: mattp]
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Fairweather
spray'prentice
Registered: 06/14/01
Posts: 4812
Loc: Tacoma Area
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 Hope you'll post some of the highlights here. I sincerely wish your group the best.
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#737650 - 10/26/07 10:45 PM
Re: Wa. Climbers Coalition November 12
[Re: dkemp]
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layton
sprayer
Registered: 11/27/00
Posts: 6280
Loc: Salt Lake City
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Wish I could join you but 7pm is too early for me to show up
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#740886 - 11/07/07 01:16 PM
Re: Wa. Climbers Coalition November 12
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Blake
kiwi-wanker
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Registered: 10/15/03
Posts: 2514
Loc: Bellingham
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Under agenda item #2, there is a currently proposed piece of legislation by US Red Doc Hastings to re-open the historic stehekin road, giving climber and hikers access to the North cascades from Lake Chelan and the east side.
http://hastings.house.gov/Read.aspx?ID=889
The funds for such a project would come out of the NPS budget and therefor not be in competition with west-side road repairs that are on national forest land. Access to peaks such as: Gunsight, Dome, Spider, Formidable, Storm King, Goode, Booker, Buckner, Sahale, Boston, and Logan would all be affected by the potential repair.
I wish I could make it down for the meeting, but I hope that this will be discussed and the WCC will be in favor of the repair (which would merely move the road's right-of-way to a safer location away from the rover bank, and result in no net change of wilderness area)
Jim Nelson recently posted a petition in favor of the repair at his shop and is in favor of the efforts as well.
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#742089 - 11/09/07 01:48 PM
Re: Wa. Climbers Coalition November 12
[Re: Blake]
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mattp
Spray Master
Registered: 02/26/01
Posts: 10443
Loc: Seattle, WA USA
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Yesterday, Representative Reichert introduded a bill to expand the Alpine Lakes Wilderness in the Pratt River Area, near Snoqualmie Pass. The Wilderness Society has contacted board members of the Washington Climbers Coalition, seeking our formal support. This, among other things, will be on the agenda for Monday.
Dave Reichert Press Release
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#742308 - 11/09/07 11:01 PM
Re: Wa. Climbers Coalition November 12
[Re: mattp]
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Fairweather
spray'prentice
Registered: 06/14/01
Posts: 4812
Loc: Tacoma Area
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One of those evil Republicans? How can this be!
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#742380 - 11/10/07 01:36 PM
Re: Wa. Climbers Coalition November 12
[Re: mattp]
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mattp
Spray Master
Registered: 02/26/01
Posts: 10443
Loc: Seattle, WA USA
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By the way, Fairweather:
To the extent it is a Dems. vs Reps issue, it is the Democrats who are currently pushing for funding of roads serving climbing areas and mountains where we like to climb. In the House, Norm Dicks sponsored the current funding legislation though he had bi-partisan support.
Source.
In the Senate, the Wilderness society reports, "Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), along with Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), has prepared a letter to the Chair of the Senate Interior Appropriations Subcommittee to support LRRI. Senator Cantwell is looking for fellow senators to join her letter to Chairwoman Feinstein. Please encourage your senators to sign on to Senator Cantwell's letter in support of the LRRI. This initiative will protect water supplies, wildlife habitats, and recreational opportunities, including fishing and hunting."
Source.
I'm not sure if you're in the sixth or not, but you should call Norm Dicks' office, say you are from his district, and give him the thumbs up. Cantwell too. They are your new heros.
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#742416 - 11/10/07 09:25 PM
Re: Wa. Climbers Coalition November 12
[Re: mattp]
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Fairweather
spray'prentice
Registered: 06/14/01
Posts: 4812
Loc: Tacoma Area
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Norm Dicks is my rep and the only Dem who regularly gets my vote. (Adam Smith in nearby Tacoma is a good guy too.) I wasn't making a D/R distinction for your benefit, just pointing out irony. I'll look into Cantwell's efforts to see if they are worthy of praise. I remain skeptical, although I hear she's been seen in the mountains lately.
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