Billy Frank Jr. in the PI: Hands off the roadless areas
Billy Frank Jr, chairman of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, wrote a piece about the importance of roadless areas in the Seattle PI:
There seems to be an excess of optimism around these days. People feel like we’ve turned a page, that things we considered not possible are now possible.
One of the previously hopeless fights I hope ends soon is the long legal battle over the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, which has the potential to protect more than two million acres of pristine forests in Washington.
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