Senator Patty Murray and Congressman Norm Dicks hit the Olympic Peninsula Thursday, trying to sell locals on a plan to designate more wilderness there. They say their latest bill is a grand compromise, and they’re hoping to convince Olympic Peninsula communities that fought earlier versions. The plan would place 126,554 acres of Olympic National Forest under wilderness protection, with more than 5,000 more to be added later. It would also designate 19 rivers, including the newly-wild Elwha, and seven tributaries, as Wild and Scenic Rivers. Whether they’re turned around public opinion over nearly three years of negotiations remains to be seen. The Peninsula still teems with signs charging a “land grab.”
I think it could also be mentioned that the Peninsula “teems” with people who support this plan, and many more who have no idea what it’s all about. Just because a few opponents can fund large signs doesn’t mean that it is a “government land-grab”. The people that are behind the proposal that Dicks and Murray are backing are long established local people, who passionately care about supporting the Park and it’s environs. These folks have a long record of positive projects that they have worked on. Find me anything in this current political climate that doesn’t have it’s detractors and I’ll show you a non issue 
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