OUTDOORS WEST

Summer 2017 Te Ofcial Publication of the Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs Volume 39, No. 2

Deer Creek Center at the Siskiyou Field Institute Escape to the wonderful Siskiyous at FWOC’s th Annual Convention Protecting Our Public Lands and Waters Deer Creek Center at the Siskiyou Field institute Selma, Oregon • August 25th, 26th and 27th, 2017 Te Federation is returning this year to the Siskiyou Field Institute in southwest Oregon where we last held a Conven- tion in 2008. Tat year our theme was “Forests, Fish, Farms and Fools: the Challenges of the Future.” We were entering a time of “Change and Hope” politically. Now our times are “unprecedented” and more challenging than ever before. Many have nostalgic memories of the place where one feels very much a part of nature. Te Siskiyous have a unique natural history with fascinating geology, forests, plants and river systems. Treasures of the area include the Cascade- Siskiyou National Monument, the Rogue River National Forest and the wild and scenic Illinois River. It also contains a rural community that deeply cherishes and wants to protect what they have. Tat is refected in the number of FWOC member groups besides the Siskiyou Field Institute that reside in the area including the Indian Creek Botanical Mission, Te Siskiyou Audubon Society, the Friends of the Oregon Caves and Chateau, and the Rusk Ranch Nature Center. Te Klamath Siskiyou Wildlands Center (KSWILD) is an outstanding environmental organization dedicated to protecting the areas wilderness, forests, and rivers. Contents Federation of FWOC Welcomes New Members 2 Western Outdoor Clubs President’s Message 3 Established in 1932 for the Mutual Service 2017 FWOC Convention 4–5 Conservation News 6–7 and for the Promotion of the Proper Use, Enjoyment Clubs in Action 8–9 and Protection of America’s Scenic Wilderness Resolutions 10 and Outdoor Recreation Resources Convention Registration Form 11 Calendar 12 FWOC Welcomes Two New Members Groups 2017 MEMBER CLUBS Angora Hiking Club, Astoria, OR “Awesome” BARK located in Portland, Oregon is a tenacious advocate Bark, Portland, OR for the Mt. Hood National Forest. Bark’s beginnings arose from wit- California Alpine Club, Mill Valley, CA California State Park Ranger Association nessing and fghting the vast clear-cuts and old growth logging of the (CSPR), Bowman, CA 1990s and was ofcially founded in 1999. Bark hasn’t stopped since Chemeketans, Salem, OR Chinook Trail Association, Vancouver, WA training forest advocates to ground truth and challenge timber sales and Contra Costa Hills Club, Oakland, CA “Barking-out” on a wide range of issues afecting the forest. Many recall Friends of the Columbia Gorge, Portland, OR Friends of Mt Hood, Clackamas, OR board member Amy Harwood’s inspiring presentation at the FWOC 2014 Friends of Nevada Wilderness, Reno, NV Convention at Menucha. Friends of the Oregon Caves and Chateau, Grants Pass, OR Great Old Broads for Wilderness, Durango, CO The Loo Wit Group of the Washington Hobnailers, Spokane, WA Indian Creek Botanical Mission, Selma, OR Klahhane Club, Port Angeles, WA Chapter of the Sierra Club Klamath- Siskiyou Wildlands Center, Williams, OR Mazamas, Portland, OR Te Loo Wit Group of the Washington Chapter of the Sierra Club, Montana Wilderness Association, Helena, MT headquartered in Vancouver, Washington, serves southwest Washington, Mt. St. Helens Club, Longview, WA Nature Friends, Mill Valley, CA including Clark, Skamania, Klickitat, Cowlitz, Wahkiakum, and Pacifc North Cascades Conservation Council, Counties. Te group publishes a quarterly newsleter, St. Helen’s Rumblings, Seatle, WA Obsidians, Eugene, OR and sponsors many hikes and outings. Issues of particular concern to the Olympians, Hoquiam, WA Loo-Wit group include water and forests, as well as growth and transporta- Olympic Parks Associates, Seatle, WA Oregon Nordic Club, Portland, OR tion in Clark County. Oregon Wild, Portland, OR Rusk Ranch Nature Center, Cave Junction, OR Santiam Alpine Club, Salem, OR OFFICERS STATE VICE PRESIDENTS Sierra Club, Angeles Chapter, Los Angeles, CA President: George Milne, 1864 SE Anspach California: Joe Fontaine, Ann Meneguzzi, Sierra Club, Kern- Kaweah Chapter, St., Oak Grove, OR 97267, 503- 572- 8512, Beryl Vonderheid Bakersfeld, CA [email protected] Sierra Club, Loo Wit group, Vancouver, WA Montana: George Nickas Sierra Club, Mother Lode Chapter, Vice- President: Jan Walker, PO Box 129, Oregon: Shirley Cameron, Joan Zuber Sacramento, CA Selma, OR 97538, [email protected] Washington: Raelene Gold, Marianne Sierra Club, Oregon Chapter, Portland, OR Secretary: John Retig, 632 NW Aspen Scharping, Shelley Spalding Sierra Club, Tehipite Chapter, Fresno, CA Avenue, Portland, OR 97210, OUTDOORS WEST Sierra Club, Toiyabe Chapter, Reno, NV [email protected] Siskiyou Audubon Society, Grants Pass, OR Editor: Raelene Gold Treasurer: Sylvia Milne, 1864 SE Anspach St., Siskiyou Field Institute, Selma, OR Oak Grove, OR 97267, Layout Editor: Carol White Skagit Alpine Club, Mount Vernon, WA Contributing Editors: George Milne, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, [email protected] Salt Lake City, UT Past- President: Joan Zuber, 44731 South Elk Jan Walker, Kathleen Pyle, Sydney Herbert Tamalpais Conservation Club, Mill Valley, CA Prairie Road, Molalla, OR 97038, Website: Trails Club of Oregon, Portland, OR 503- 829- 8709, [email protected] www.federationofwesternoutdoorclubs.org Washington Alpine Club, Seatle, WA FWOC’s Conservation Policy Advisor: Te deadline for submissions for the Winter Whitman College Outdoor Program, J. Michael McCloskey, 503- 892- 2664, 2018 issue is November 30, 2017. Walla Walla, WA [email protected] Send to: [email protected] Wilderness Watch, Missoula, MT Winter Wildlands Alliance, Boise, ID 100% Recycled

2 FWOC – Outdoors West President’s Message

Greetings, Tere appears to be a strategy by the President and worst, it will never be the same. congressional members to atack the conservation and Tere is no mitigation that will environmental successes of the past. Teir hopes, based be a viable solution. on the old divide and conquer strategy, assume that indi- Tere will be an opportunity viduals and organizations will only fght the local threats to share your organization’s within their state or region. When multiple organizations priorities with others so strate- and individuals are able to collectively focus on the wider gies can be created to unite range of issues there can be a broader impact. FWOC the eforts of so many capable is a tool that can facilitate uniting all our members for a organizations now operating on broader scope of opposition to these challenges. When we their own. Cooperation among George Milne can add FWOC support to leters and appeals drafed by the conservation community to FWOC President member organizations it does have an impact. speak for all who love a clean environment is growing and Te FWOC 2017 Annual Convention will be hosted by FWOC wants to help in that efort. the Siskiyou Field Institute in southwest Oregon. Our pri- Also, please review the article regarding FWOC mary focus this year is keeping public lands in the public resolutions, and consider submiting a resolution on an domain. However, there are many other areas where we issue you are working on or concerned about. FWOC can share ideas and form coalitions to strategize how best resolutions have an impact on a vast number of concerns to participate in the opposition to the devastating agenda and have been used efectively over the years. Existing dominant in Washington, DC. resolutions can be reviewed on our web site. Te escalating threat of turning our country’s cur- Please consider taking part in the important discus- rently protected wonders to state or private ownership sions at this year’s event. We look forward to sharing the is a defnite reality. Te environmental and conservation weekend with all of you. eforts of us all will be required to overcome this threat. As we know, logging, mining, and drilling in any of these Sincerely, areas will have a negative impact on water, fsh habitat, George Milne many endangered species, and air quality locally, nation- FWOC President ally, and worldwide. Once the “takers” have done their

Illinois Valley, view fom Siskiyou Field Institute by Kelly Leonard

FWOC – Outdoors West 3 2017 FWOC Convention Information

The Place – the Siskiyou Field Institute

Te 850-acre Siskiyou Field Institute looks out on a If you do not stay at the Siskiyou Field Institute, these glorious view of mist-draped mountains and forests. Te Motels are nearby: lodge features pleasant indoor accommodations, three Kerby, OR: Holiday Motel, private bedrooms, an indoor dorm (that sleeps seven), 24810 Redwood Hwy, Kerby 541-592-3003 two large outdoor yurts, a state-of-the-art solar bathhouse and meadow campsites where you can drif of to sleep Grants Pass, OR: Coming from the north you come of hearing the music of the creeks nearby. Tere is a great I-5 onto 6th Street room where you can relax in comfy chairs, get a cup of tea Flamingo Inn, 728 NW 6th Street 541-955-7096 from the kitchen or enjoy the view and the morning sun Redwood Motel, 815 NE 6th Street 541-476-0878 from the terrace. Quality Inn, 889 NE 6th Street 541-479-8301 Te Siskiyou Field Institute’s mission is to increase Grants Pass: Coming from the south you come of I-5 the understanding of, and connection to, the Klamath- onto the Parkway which leads to 7th Street Siskiyou ecoregion through education, scientifc research, Knights Inn, 104 SE 7th Street 541-479-5595 and public engagement. Discovery Inn, 748 SE 7th Street 541-476-7793 Teir annual catalogue lists a myriad of classes on all Lodge at Riverside, 955 SE 7th Street 541-955-1891 aspects of the natural world. Tey also host groups like Motel 6, 1800 NE 7th Street 541-474-1331 FWOC for meetings and conferences. Situated between the Klamath and Siskiyou Mountain Directions to the Siskiyou Field Institute at ranges, the Klamath-Siskiyou ecoregion is unique in its 1240 Illinois River Road in Selma, OR: geology and serpentine soils, resulting in extraordinary plant diversity and its designated Wild and Scenic Illi- From Grants Pass: Take Hwy 199 (Redwood Highway) nois River. Te nearby Rogue-Siskiyou National Forest south to Selma (approximately 20 miles). Turn right includes the Kalmiopsis Wilderness. Te wilderness’ at the blinking light in Selma onto Illinois River Road. namesake plant is an endemic, pre-ice age shrub known as Tere is a 76 gas station on the corner and the post Kalmiopsis leachiana. In 2002 the 180,095 acre Kalmiopsis ofce is on the right. Deer Creek Center (SFI) is on Wilderness was the victim of the famous Biscuit Fire, and the lef approximately 1.5 miles up Illinois River Road. has since become a testimony to recovery afer wildfre. Cave Junction is approximately 9 miles further south on 199. From the south: Take Exit 55 into Grants Pass. Drive through Grants Pass on Hwy199. Follow directions above. From Highway 101 in California: Take exit 794 onto Hwy 199 towards Grants Pass. Drive approximately 70 miles to Selma. At second blinking yellow light, turn lef onto Illinois River Road. Drive 1.3 miles, turn lef onto DCC’s driveway.

Photo: Kalmiopsis leachiannna at York Creek by Lee Webb

4 FWOC – Outdoors West 2017 FWOC Convention Schedule

Friday, August 25 1:00–3:00 We the People 2.0, Kai Huschke, Com- 1:00 Registration opens at Deer Creek munity Environmental Legal Defense Center, 1241 Illinois River Road, Selma – Fund (CELDF), NW and Hawaii hosted by Indian Creek Botanical Mission Organizer, and Mary Geddry, Oregon Community Rights Network and Com- 1:00–3:00 FWOC Executive Commitee meeting munity Environmental Legal Defense 3:00–5:00 Hike to Darlingtonia Fen and Deer Fund (CELDF), followed by discussion Creek area on Protection of Public Lands. 3:00–5:00 Various local leader-led Hikes: Westside 3:00–5:00 Registration and Room Assignments Forks Park, Rough and Ready Botanical 5:00–7:00 Welcoming Reception and Social Hour, Wayside, Star Flat, Waters Creek followed by dinner of pizza, salad, dessert 5:00–6:00 Social Hour, Member Clubs info sharing 7:00 Evening program – TBA 6:00–7:00 Dinner 7:00–8:30 Women Working for the Wild, inspira- Saturday, August 26 tional short flms about women working 8:00–9:00 Breakfast to protect wild places: Maiden of the Mountain – about legend- 9:00–9:30 Cascade-Siskiyou Monument Under ary activist Kate McCarthy, who played a Atack, Jeanine Moy, Outreach Director, key role in protecting Mt. Hood and the Klamath Siskiyou Wildlands (KSWild) Columbia River Gorge. 9:30–10:00 Wild Utah: America’s Redrock Wilder- Operation Mofat – about Britain’s frst nesses, Jenny Holmes, WA/OR Field female climbing guide, Gwen Mofat Organizer, Southern Utah Wilderness Water Song – about Peruvian farmer Alliance. Multi-media slideshow docu- Máxima Acuña, who stopped the Conga menting citizen eforts to designate public gold mine. lands in southern Utah’s spectacular Sagebrush Sisters – about the 50 mile canyon country as part of the National hike of three Oregonian women, ages Wilderness Preservation System. 65–80, along the pronghorn antelope migration route between Sheldon 10:00–10:15 Cofee Break National Wildlife Refuge and Hart Moun- tain National Antelope Refuge 10:15–10:45 Tourism and the Economic Benefts Tink Like a Scientist: Boundaries – about of Public Lands, Roger Brandt, Chair, conservation photographer Krista Schyler, Illinois Valley Community Development who documented the environmental Organization (IVCDO) impact of the U.S./Mexico border wall. 10:45–11:15 Te Natural Selection Alternative, Serena Ritenhouse-Barry, Secretary, Deer Creek Sunday, August 27 Association 8:00 Breakfast 11:15–12:00 Te Treat of Privatizing Public Lands, 9:00 FWOC Business Meeting – Election Erik Fernandez, Wilderness Program of Ofcers Manager, Oregon Wild 10:00 Adoption of Resolutions 12:00–1:00 Lunch Noon Convention Adjourns

FWOC – Outdoors West 5 Conservation News

WEST COAST GOVERNORS MOVE FORWARD of the Moon National Monument in Idaho was credited with having great geology. ON CLIMATE CHANGE Other western monuments include: Cascade-Siskiyou Following the Trump Administration’s decision to withdraw National Monument in Oregon; Missouri Breaks National the United States from the Paris Agreement, Governors Jay Monument in Montana; Canyons of the Ancients National Inslee of Washington and Jerry Brown of California, along Monument in Colorado: Bears Ears and Grand Staircase- with Governor Cuomo of New York, formed the United States Escalante National Monuments in Utah; Grand Canyon Para- Climate Alliance. Te Governors of Oregon and Colorado also shant in Arizona; and the Giant Sequoia, Sand to Snow, Mojave joined. Te Alliance now includes 14 member states represent- Trails, Berryessa Snow Mountain, Carrizo Plain in California. ing 33% of the US population and $7.16 trillion in GDP. Alli- By the comment period deadline of July 10th, 2.7 million ance members are commited to supporting the international comments were received by the Secretary with 98% in favor of agreement, and are pursuing aggressive climate action to make keeping our monuments intact. Te recently designated Bears progress toward its goals. Te Alliance has a website to inform Ears National Monument in Utah, which is the Administration Americans of state actions to address climate change. Check up priority for reduction, received over one million comments of on your state at www.usclimatealliance.org. support. Secretary Zinke has said that he will make his recom- In spite of their Governor’s leadership and strong support mendations by August 24th, then it will be up to President from the environmental community, the Washington and Trump to make the fnal decision. Oregon state legislatures were not able to pass related legisla- tion. In Oregon a Clean Energy Jobs bill (HB 2135, SB 557) WARNING FROM WILDERNESS WATCH: which put a price on greenhouse gas emissions and created a MONUMENTS UNDER REVIEW CONTAIN WILDERNESS “cap and trade” program did not even reach the foor for a vote. by George Nickas, Executive Director, Wilderness Watch However a late introduced revised improved bill, SB 1070, President Trump’s executive order demanding a review of all looks like it will be reintroduced in the 2018 session. national monuments larger than 100,000 acres and established In Washington a number of carbon tax and carbon emis- since 1996 portends serious consequences for the National sions reduction bills were introduced, but none were passed. Wilderness Preservation System. Eforts to get a carbon tax to increase revenue was also rejected Within those 27 monuments are 29 Wildernesses in six by the Republican controlled Senate. It looks like a state-wide western states. While the president can’t undo the Wilderness Initiative, supported by the Alliance for Jobs and Clean Energy, designations – that would require an act of Congress – the will be on the November 2018 ballot. protections national monument status afords to the lands With strong support from Governor Brown, the California surrounding these Wildernesses undoubtedly help preserve the state legislature did renew their Cap and Trade program until conditions within them. Healthy wildlife habitat and popula- 2030. Te program provides a fnancial incentive for companies tions, biodiversity, water quality, scenic vistas, silence, solitude, to pollute less, requiring oil refneries, power plants, food remoteness, and dark skies are all values within these Wilder- processors, and other facilities to buy permits to release green- nesses that beneft from the surrounding national monuments. house gas emissions into the atmosphere. California’s economy But there is an even greater threat to Wilderness from has continued to grow even as it ratchets down pollution. Last President Trump’s monument repeal efort: it is the frst shot year California passed greenhouse gas legislation reducing across the bow of the Administration and Congress to undo emissions to 40% below 1990 levels by 2030. many of our nation’s greatest conservation laws. Tere are already more than a dozen bills introduced in Congress to MONUMENTAL REVIEW weaken the Endangered Species Act. And as I write this the In April, President Trump issued an Executive Order for a House of Representatives has an oversight hearing scheduled to Review of 26 National Monuments for reduction or elimina- discuss the “overreach” of the Wilderness Act and Federal Land tion, to be carried out by Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke. Policy Management Act, which they claim have “gone astray.” Tere seemed to be no clear criteria to evaluate the monuments Any day we expect to see the latest incarnation of the “Sports- under review or public process for public input. Nevertheless, men’s Heritage Act,” legislation that would efectively repeal the two listed monuments were already removed from consider- Wilderness Act. Previous versions have passed the House, but ation. Te Hanford National Monument in Washington State stalled in the Senate, partly due to the Administration’s opposi- got a Zinke mention for its great hunting and fshing. Craters tion. Tat opposition has likely vanished.

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While the national media and public atention is focused on 1906 that President Clinton used to designate the Monument. issues like the health care debate, tax reform, and Russian med- Consequently Sequoia National Forest afer many years fnally dling in our elections, it’s easy to fall into the trap of thinking adopted a Monument Management Plan that complied with the Trump Administration is failing and its agenda is stalled. the requirements of the Proclamation. To those involved in protecting our endangered wildlands, Economic statistics show that visitors to the Monument threatened wildlife, and our nation’s natural legacy, the Trump have contributed to the economy of Tulare County which has agenda is anything but stalled. It’s full speed ahead. experienced a steady rate of growth since the designation of the Tis is why every wildlands and wildlife conservationist National Monument. Gateway communities like Porterville should be alarmed and ready to do batle over the Administra- and the Kern River Valley are using the natural features of the tion’s eforts to repeal any of our nation’s national monuments. Monument to encourage public visitation. Should Trump, Secretary Zinke, and their allies in Congress However, we belong to a coalition of environmental groups succeed, the monuments will be only the frst to fall. challenging the legal authority of the President to reduce or eliminate National Monuments, which by the Antiquities Act, GIANT SEQUOIA MONUMENT THREATENED BY TRUMP only Congress can do. by Joe Fontaine, Past President of the Sierra Club and FWOC (reprinted fom the Te Roadrunner, the newsleter MONUMENTAL DECISIONS TO BE MADE of the Kern Kaweh Chapter of the Sierra Club) IN THE CALIFORNIA DESERT On April 15, 2000, President Bill Clinton, siting under a thanks to Seth Shteir, former Program Manager Giant Sequoia tree in the Long Meadow Sequoia Grove of and California Desert Field Representative, Sequoia National Forest, signed a Proclamation creating the National Parks and Conservation Association Giant Sequoia National Monument. Designation of the Giant In February of 2016, President Barack Obama used the Antiq- Sequoia National Monument was the climax of a hard fought uities Act to create three new California desert monuments campaign. For many years our Sequoia Task Force and the that totaled 1.8 million acres: Sand to Snow, Mojave Trails, Kern/Kaweah Chapter of the Sierra Club have worked tire- and Castle Mountains. Te monuments were frst described lessly to protect the Giant Sequoias in Sequoia National Forest in Senator Feinstein’s California Desert Conservation and by trying to stop the detrimental logging which threatened Recreation Act, but the bill stalled in Congress. their survival. Te Monument consists of 328,000 acres in two Te designations enjoyed overwhelming support from parts, one north and one south, with Sequoia National Park desert businesses, chambers of commerce, recreational sandwiched in between. groups, Native American Tribes, energy companies, and a Te Monument is intended to protect the naturally occurring diverse array of local ofcials. Tey protect remote canyons, giant sequoia groves, their associated ecosystems, and individual archaeological sites, sand dune complexes, spectacular giant trees. Te groves and individual trees cannot be protected geologic features, unusual desert fora and fauna, as well as unless the ecosystems of which they are an integral part are pro- signifcant historical areas. tected as well. Te ecosystems include a diverse array of animal Now, two of the monuments, Sand to Snow and Mojave and plant species all interdependent upon each other. Trails, are under review by Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke Te Tulare County Board of Supervisors felt access for and the Trump Administration. Such a review could conclude logging was more important and went to court to challenge the that acreage should be removed from these monuments. new Monument claiming the Antiquities Act President Clinton Although the comment period closed on July 10, 2017, you used to designate the Monument was improperly used. Te can still make a diference! Contact your city council member, court turned them down and they appealed again and again county supervisor, state assembly member, or state senator until their case reached the United States Supreme Court. and ask them to write a leter to the Secretary of the Interior Finally they were turned down by the Supreme Court and had urging him to retain the original boundaries of these national no further legal options to challenge the Monument. treasures, as correspondence from elected ofcials can be Te United States Supreme Court explicitly stated that the considered afer the comment period closes. In addition, write boundaries were appropriate for protection of the groves and a leter to the editor of your local newspaper demonstrating are consistent with the Antiquities Act, and it ruled against your support for our California desert national monuments! the Tulare County lawsuit. Tey declared the Monument was consistent with the requirements of the Antiquities Act of Continued on page 10

FWOC – Outdoors West 7 Clubs in Action

Zinke has recommended reducing the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument FWOC Organizations size of the Bears Ears National Monu- in southwest Oregon and northwest Defend National ment. We respect and uphold the years California. KS Wild had worked hard for Monuments Under Review! of work of fve sovereign tribal nations the recent expansion of the Monument Following their strong opposition who initiated the protection of Bears known for its biodiversity. Monument to the privatization of public lands, Ears, along with more than 30 tribes supporters on foot, kayaks, and horse- many of our member groups more who adopted resolutions to support the back showed up everywhere along the recently focused on the protec- monument’s creation. way of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s tion of the national monuments “Our staf and members have long tour intended to meet with timber on Trump’s hit list under review worked to protect the cultural and executives, anti-monument supporters, for reduction or elimination, ecological treasures of the Bears Ears and Representative Greg Walden, a many only recently designated region. We will not stand by if the Trump Republican opposed to the Monument. or enlarged by President Obama. administration decides to reduce the Even Governor Kate Brown took part Tis is another of Trump’s eforts size of the monument from its original and met with the Secretary with a mes- beyond health care to obliterate designation, and we will join in a legal sage that Oregonians love their public the Obama legacy and turn over challenge of such an action. Te Bears lands and want to keep the Cascade- our public lands to the oil and gas Ears are listening – and they hear the Siskiyou protected for future generations. industry. Te Federation is proud resounding voices in favor of the monu- KSWild’s Executive Director, Joseph of our many member groups that ment as it stands today. We stand with Vaile also got an opportunity to meet took strong action to protect our Bears Ears, with the Antiquities Act, with the Secretary and told him that the National Monuments. Here is a and with the protection of our nation’s Cascade-Siskiyou is a landscape full of sample of the actions they took natural and cultural heritage for future life and like no other. to protect the Monuments they generations.” www.greatoldbroads.org He also reports that among the loved. A number gave strong sup- 200,000+ comments asking for protec- 3 port for Bears Ears, others rallied tion of the Cascade-Siskiyou were support for their local National Winter Wildlands Alliance in Boise, leters from Oregon Governor Kate Monument. Idaho urged its members to write leters Brown; U.S. Senators Jef Merkley and Raelene Gold, Editor to protect the Bears Ears National Ron Wyden; U.S. Representatives Earl Monument as it is. Michael Whelan, Blumenauer and Suzanne Bonamici; in an article A Skiers View of Bears Ears 32 state representatives and senators; Te intrepid Southern Utah Wilder- National Monument, adds pristine pow- mayors of the two closest towns; 220 ness Alliance led the defense of the der skiing in the Abajo Mountains to all scientists, and dozens of local businesses, recently designated Bears Ears National the other recreational opportunities in myriad local landowners, and sportsmen Monument by President Obama, along Bears Ears. “Bears Ears National Monu- who hunt and fsh in the monument. with the Grand Staircase-Escalante ment was designated as a monument to www.kswild.org National Monument designated by protect the archaeological and cultural President Clinton. SUWA Executive sites contained within its boundaries, 3 Director Scot Groene stated that but the region holds fantastic recreation Friends of Nevada Wilderness joined defense is “a superbly united conserva- opportunities as well. Much has been others to defend Nevada’s recently tion community, alongside the Bears writen about the world class climbing, designated Gold Bute and the Basin and Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition and the mountain biking, and hiking within Range National Monuments. Protesters outdoor industry.” www.suwa.org Bears Ears and, as I learned, the monu- showed up at Secretary of the Interior ment holds great ski terrain as well.” Ryan Zinke’s visit to the state in late June 3 www.winterwildlands.org at a closed door meeting in Lake Tahoe Great Old Broads for Wilderness and a press only event. Te next day as 3 Executive Director, Shelley Silbert, the Secretary held another closed door announced that “Great Old Broads for KS Wild in Grants Pass, Oregon led the meeting at the Hyat Regency Hotel, Wilderness is outraged that Secretary opposition to proposed reduction of the protesters also showed up with signs

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proclaiming their love of the two Monu- 3 ments and chanted “save our public Olympic Parks Associates lands,” making it clear that Nevadans was one of the sponsors of “An love their national monuments. Evening with former New Jersey www.nevadawilderness.org Senator Bill Bradley and former Washington Governor and Sen- 3 ator Dan Evans,” June 28th at a Te Montana Wilderness Association packed Benaroya Hall in Seatle. urged Montanans to “Hold their ground” Te Seatle Times reporter and and “protect the threatened Upper author of Elwha: a River Reborn, Missouri River Breaks National Monu- Lynda Mapes, interviewed the ment, which Montanans spent decades men regarding their role in the working together to protect. President passage of the Elwha bill. Ten Breached Gline Canyon Dam on the Elwah River Trump’s ordered review threatens to Senator Bradley co-sponsored undo that monumental efort, under- the legislation for the removal of the two Elwha dams that passed in 1992. A Republi- mines Montana’s cultural heritage, can, former Governor and Senator, Evans is regarded as one of the most distinguished jeopardizes world-class hunting and leaders in Washington State, especially in the designation of wilderness in the state. outdoor recreation access, and imperils Te evening was a nostalgic reminder of past political environmental leadership and the economies of local communities.” bipartisanship. www. olympicparkassociates.org Tey urged members to let Secretary Zinke know Montanans stand opposed 3 to shrinking or revoking the Upper Mis- California State Parks and Retirees Francisco International Airports. Also, souri River Breaks National Monument Association (CSPR) is busy get- it is near beautiful redwood parks and and that they want to keep it the way it is. ting ready for its 2017 Annual CSPR the spectacular San Mateo Coast. Please www.wildmontana.org Membership Meeting and Retirees make your plans to join us in California Rendezvous to be held September 25 to next summer. 3 28, 2017 at Ft. Tejon State Historic Park. 3 Oregon Wild has thought of a creative On June 20 seven CSPR members approach to fundraising, called “Total joined other volunteers at the State Chemeketans in Salem, Oregon has Eclipse of the Wild,” a 3-day weekend Capitol to lobby for increased state park been focused on the protection of camping event to observe the August support. Te 100+ degree weather didn’t Opal Creek and its adjacent environ- 21st Solar Eclipse in Florence, Oregon. keep them from discussing hot topics ment. Tey also played an active role in Tey invite others to join them for a during their scheduled appointments responding to proposed developments special weekend of camping, fun, and with California legislators. Increasing at Silver Falls State Park and have inspiration! For $400, you’ll get three park access and afordability for all and provided input into the master planning nights (Saturday through Tuesday) at a preventing privatization of public park process for this park. Te commitee will spacious campsite for up to six people in lands were the focus of the meetings. continue to monitor implementation a beautiful southern Willamete Valley CSPR will be co-hosting (with the of the Silver Falls plans and provide seting. With the town of Corvallis and California Alpine Club) the FWOC comment, if necessary, to assure the plentiful outdoor recreation options 2018 Annual Convention to take place protection of the scenic and recreation nearby (including the river!) Peoria August 17–19, 2018 at the Jesuit Retreat values of Oregon’s largest state park. Te Gardens is the perfect spot for eclipse Center (JRC) in Los Altos overlook- welfare of Opal Creek and Silver Falls are viewing. Oregon Wild staf will be on ing San Francisco Bay and the Santa of major concern to the Chemeketans hand for expert conservation talks and Clara Valley. JRC features 38 acres of because they are the closest natural guided trips. It’s a wild eclipse weekend grounds with gardens, trails, views, and seting recreation areas to Salem. Also unlike any other! To sign up go to: a labyrinth for relaxing, strolling, and the management of Salem’s watershed www.oregonwild.org contemplation. Te Center is within resources has been a recent focus and easy reach of the San Jose and the San concern. www.chemeketans.org

FWOC – Outdoors West 9 2017 FWOC Resolutions

An important part of the annual meeting program is the adoption of resolutions which FWOC 2013 RESOLUTION FORM guide the actions of the President and Vice Submited by: ______Presidents in carrying out the interests of the (Member organization or Individual member only) FWOC. Member clubs and organizations in good standing and individual members are Address: ______encouraged to submit resolutions represent- ing the regional, state, and national concerns Email: ______Phone: ______of their member clubs and organizations. Website: ______Te format is simple: Te name of the sub- miting club or member, the date, a section Contact person: ______called BACKGROUND which details the Title: ______nature of the problem and possible solutions; the resolution which recommends action: e.g. Email: ______Phone: ______the FWOC supports, the FWOC opposes. Resolution Title or Topic: ______We welcome all resolutions, but urge mem- ber clubs and organizations to research the Background of Issue: (explain the issue, its history, current status) policies and past resolutions (which will ______be found on the website) for conficts and Proposed Resolution: (use an action verb, such as: duplications. FWOC is not just a discussion group, but an action group which is guided by FWOC supports, opposes, etc. ______the resolutions. Suggested Actions: (who to write, where to testify, etc.) If you wish to have your concerns consid- ______ered as a resolutions, create a draf or fll out the Resolution Form and send it by email it to Please email completed Resolution Form by August 20th to: Sydney Herbert, FWOC Resolutions Chair at Sydney Herbert, Resolution Commitee Chair, at [email protected] by August 20th. [email protected]

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REALLY ANTIENVIRONMENTAL BILLS IN CONGRESS fracking, speeding up exports of liquifed natural gas, and gives In the House Natural Resource and Environment the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission expanded author- Commitee: ity over approving new oil and gas pipelines. A gif to the oil Resilient Forest Act of 2017 (Westerman Bill) – Expands size and gas industry and a death blow to eforts to address global of logging projects that are “categorically excluded” under the warming. Call your Senator and ask to oppose. National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) excluding environ- Tanks to Great Old Broads for Wilderness mental analysis and public input. Undercuts the Endangered ELLIOTT STATE FOREST IN OREGON FINALLY PROTECTED Species Act (ESA) by removing the requirement that the Forest Service consults with Fish and Wildlife on projects afecting Te State Land Board’s decision to reverse course and keep the endangered species. Limits judicial review of timber sales. Call Elliot State Forest in public ownership meant passing bonding your Representative and ask to oppose. authority and a Trust Lands Transfer bill through the legisla- Tanks to Bark ture. While questions remain about the future management of the Elliot, those challenges are beter answered with the forest In the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Commitee: remaining wholly public. Both SB 847 (Trustlands Transfer) Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017 (SB 1460) – and $100 in bonding passed with a healthy amount of biparti- Locks in dependence on fossil fuels for decades, increasing san support. Tanks to Oregon Wild

10 FWOC – Outdoors West 2017 FWOC Convention Registration Form

Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs 85th Annual Convention Protecting Our Public Lands and Waters Deer Creek Center at the Siskiyou Field Institute Selma, Oregon • August 25, 26, 27, 2017 Name ______ Male Female Club or Organization: ______Delegate? Yes No Address: ______City: ______State: ______Zip: ______Phone: ______Cell: ______Email:______

Conference: Make Lodging reservations on your own Registration and meals ...... $85.00 ______

Meals only (commuter): Lodging not included, on own Individual meals, please select below: ...... Total $ ______Sat Lunch ____ @ $12 Sat Dinner ____ @15

Lodging at the Deer Creek Center: Call 541-597-8530 (M–F 9–4) or email [email protected] to reserve Camping $ 8 per campsite per night Small Yurt (6 bunks, 6 beds) $10 per person per night Large Yurt (9 bunks, 9 beds with Heat/AC/Lights) $12 per person per night Dorm Room (sleeps 8) $18 per person per night

Lodging at Motels in Area: Call motel to make your reservations Holiday Motel, 24810 Redwood Hwy, Kerby 541-592-3003 Quality Inn, 889 NE 6th Street, Grants Pass 541-479-8301 Sunset Inn, 1400 NW 6th Street, Grants Pass 541-479-3305 Shilo Inn, 1880 NW 6th Street, Grants Pass 541-479-8391 Discovery Inn, 748 SE 7th Street, Grants Pass 541-476-7793 Lodge at Riverside, 955 SE 7th Street, Grants Pass 541-955-1891 Motel 6, 1800 NE 7th Street, Grants Pass 541-474-1331 FWOC 2017 Annual Dues: Individual Membership (if not submited for 2017) ...... $20.00 ______Family Membership ...... $25.00 ______

TOTAL ENCLOSED: ...... $ ______Please make check payable to FWOC and send with Registration Form by August 20th to: George Milne, Registrar 1864 SE Anspach St. Oak Grove, OR 97265-2619

Need more info: Contact Jan Walker at [email protected]

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August 25–27, 2017 FWOC 85th Annual Convention, “Protecting Our Public Lands and Waters,” Deer Creek Center at the Siskiyou Field Institute, Selma, OR September 28, 2017 Stories from the Columbia River – 7:00 pm Refections on the Treaty in the 21st Century, Te Mountaineers, Seatle, WA. For info: www.wildsalmon.org LOOKING AHEAD! August 17–19, 2018 FWOC 86th Annual Convention, hosted by the California Park Rangers Association and California Alpine Club, Te Los Altos Center, Los Altos, CA

Photo: California Pitcher Plant or Cobra Lily – Darlingtonia californica by Kathleen Pyle

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