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Renowned Port Angeles conservationist John Willits dies at 78 – PDN

Posted on May 21, 2015 by Al Bergstein

Another loss of a local leader of protection of our lands. Along with the loss of Dick Goin in the last month, now John. He will be missed.

John Willits, a dedicated conservationist whose passion helped preserve hundreds of acres of farmland and wildlife habitat, is dead. He was 78. He died last Friday at his Port Angeles home after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. Rob Ollikainen reports. (Peninsula Daily News)

http://peninsuladailynews.com/article/20150521/NEWS/305219987/renowned-port-angeles-conservationist-john-willits-dies-at-78

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