THE W/LD CASCADES August - September 1968 2 the WILD CASCADES

THE W/LD CASCADES August - September 1968 2 THE WILD CASCADES

N3C PRESIDENT AT SIGNING CEREMONY by Patrick D. Goldsworthy

History was in the making and I was both honored and thrilled to be there as the President of the North Cascades Conservation Council. There was a hush in the large room as the Presi­ dent of the United States, Lyndon B. Johnson, took pen in hand and signed the North Cascades National Park bill. Also silently watching as this and three other conservation bills became law were equally concerned citizens, Senators, Congressmen, agency officials and staff members. Many of us had responded to the telegram:

THE WHITEHOUSE WASHINGTON DC

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND THE SIGNING OF BILLS S. 119- NATIONAL WILD RIVERS SYSTEM, S. 827- NATIONAL SYSTEMS OF TRAILS, S. 1321- NORTH CASCADES NATIONAL PARK, AND S. 2515- REDWOODS NATIONAL PARK. THE SIGNING WILL BE HELD AT THE WHITE HOUSE ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2 AT 1:00 PM. IN THE EAST ROOM. PLEZ CON­ FIRM YOUR ATTENDANCE BY RETURN WIRE AND PRESENT THIS WIRE TO THE NW GATE FOR ADMITTANCE. JAMES R JONES SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT

Having confirmed our identities to the satisfaction of the guard at the gate, five of the North Cascades Conservation Council directors, Mike McCloskey, Grant McConnell, Dave Brower, Brock Evans, and I strolled up the sweeping driveway to the steps of the White House. A band was playing as we entered and were escorted to our seats in the East Room. It was a spacious and palatial room filled with an air of excitement and anticipation. Looking around, I saw many familiar faces among the several hundred who were present; those with whom we had been working patiently for over a decade in preparation for this very day.

Suddenly the band struck up a march and everyone stood up as President and Mrs. Johnson walked rapidly to the front of the room. The President stood before us remarking briefly on the significance of what he was about to sign into law. He then was seated at the table where the four bills were laid out before him, along with an ample supply of pens to accomplish the task. With four strokes of four pens, four milestones of conservation were quickly passed. With one of these signatures a decade of effort to preserve a portion of the North Cascades was finally rewarded.

Following the signing, Secretary of The Interior Stewart Udall escorted President and Mrs. Johnson to a large map of the United States which showed our nation's system of National Parks and Monuments. Mr. Johnson was impressed by this system, to which he had just added two more park units and which he expanded to include the new systems of national trails and rivers. He expressed concern, however, that those responsible for appropriations must remain aware of the necessity for adequately financing this system so as to preserve its outstanding quality.

The ceremony concluded as President Johnson and Mrs. Johnson shook hands with each of us. It was here that the photograph appearing on the cover of this issue of The Wild Cascades was taken. As we walked out of the White House, congratulations were exchanged with other conservationists who had come from around the country. Finally a brisk walk down the driveway and we were once more on the sidewalk looking back at the White House through the fence.

Now we could breathe a sigh of relief. The North Cascades Bill had at last been signed, though at the very last moment. We were pleased that this historic step had been taken and now we would return home to start planning how and when to take the next steps necessary to carry on the task of protecting the scenic quality of the North Cascades of Washington. August - September 1968 3 President Signs Cascade Park Bill Bellingham Herald October 2, 1968 By JtTRKY~MrfsKAL tection to the Skagit from ex­ "It will be the nation's show­ a 520,000-acre Pasayten Wilder­ Herald Washington Bureau ploitation by man while a study case of natural beauty," Jack­ ness Area; and adds 10,000 WASHINGTON - Sweep of is conducted to determine if it son said. "The growth and pros­ acres to the Glacier Peak Wil­ should become a permanent the pen of President Johnson perity will be greatly affected derness Area. part of the wild rivers system. today placed northern Washing­ as they will play host to mil­ GLACIER-FILLED Since 1961, Johnson noted lions of visitors who will come ton's 1.2 - million - acre North The alpine area contains more Cascades Parki recreation and that 2.4 million acres have been to see." added to the nation's national Meeds noted that the first than 150 active glaciers, hun­ wilderness areas into the na­ dreds of jagged peaks and moun­ tion's law book. park system, bringing the total congressional bill to create the to 24 nuHiori acres. tain lakes. As early as 1937, a "We are preserving for the park was introduced in 1916 by s In the previous decade, he former Rep. Lin Hadley, R- National Park Service study people one of the most-beautiful said only 30,000 acres were add­ team concluded that a Cascade areas on God's earth," Johnson ed. Bellingham. The idea was first park would outrank any other said at a White House cere­ Hailing the new North Cas­ conceived in 1906. National Park in scenic, recre­ mony, attended by his wife and cades Park were Sen. Henry BENEFITS EXPECTED ational and wildlife values. a host of dignitaries. M. Jackson and Warren G. "When the park and recrea­ Land in the park-recreation At the same time, Johnson Magnuson and Rep. Lloyd tion areas are opened and de­ area complex already is more signed three other conservation Meeds, who spearheaded con­ veloped," he said, "visitors will than 99 per cent federally bills into law, creating a wild gressional forces leading to its spend more than $20 million a owned. The bill fixes a $3.5 mil­ rivers system, two national creation. All are Washington year, more than 101,100 perman­ lion acquisition cost limitation trails and 58,000-acre Redwoods Democrats. ent jobs will be created be­ for the estimated 4,000 acres of National Park in California. RED LETTER DAY cause of the park." private land. SKAGIT FN BILL "This is a red letter day for The law provides for the The Park Servce plans a $29 Included arrtong the 27 rivers our state and nation," Senator 505-000 - acre North Cascades million development program placed in the study category, Jackson said. National Park; a 107,000-acre spread over five years, includ­ of the wild rivers law is the He was singled out for praise Ross Lake National Recreation ing construction of aerial tram­ Skagit. by President Johnson at the area; a 62,000-acre Lake Che­ ways to transport visitors to This will afford 10-year pro­ White House ceremony. lan National Recreation Area; mountain peak observatories.

Columbia Basin Herald October 3, 1968

MORE CONSERVATION EOR FAR WEST — President Johnson hands a pen used in signing four conservation bills yesterday in the White House to Sen. Henry M. Jackson, D-Wash., chairman of the Senate Interior Committee. Others from left are: Mrs. Johnson, Interior Secretary Stewart Udail and Chief Justice Earl Warren. The multiple signing established Redwood National Park in California, North Cascades National Park in Washington, a National Trials System and the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.—AP photo COVER: President L. B. Johnson greets President P. D. Goldsworthy 4 THE WILD CASCADES

The new North Cascades National Park is bisected by the Ross Lake Recreation Area through part of which will run the North Cross-State Highway. Contiguous to the Ross Lake area is the Pasayten Wilderness area, with the Che­ lan National Recreation area abutting the southern sector of the national park. Numbers indicate the points shown in the accompanying photographs. I—Forbidden Peak. 2— Mount Shuksan. 3—Mount Redoubt. A—Mount Challen­ ger. 5—Diablo Lake 6—Cascade Pass. 7—Eldorado Peak 8—Colonial Peak. 9—Washington Pass. 10—Lake Chelan.

Seattle Times October 27, 1968 August - September 1968 5 OKd BY 90th CONGRESS North Cascades Park Among Many Projects Wenatchee Daily World October 28, 1968 of 800,000 acres to the nation's acreage includes three state system to preserve, for scenic 9.2-million acre wilderness pres­ parks and timbered private enjoyment and recreation por­ By JOHN KAMP6 ervation system. lands. tions of eight rivers. Twenty- WASHINGTON (AP) - Con- Other new laws will establish | A third unit of the national seven other rivers' wuT be stud­ ress has passed and President a national wild and scenic rivers park system, Biscayne National ied for possible inclusion by Con­ Sohnson has signed legislation system and a national scenic Monument, will include 6,300 gress later. authorizing multimillion - dollar trails system. acres of water, land and man­ The eight rivers in the initial spending to provide sylvan re­ Largest of theutew parks will grove swamps in the Biscayne \ system are the Clearwater Mid­ treats for city dwellers. be North Cascades in Washing­ Bay, Fla., area, and 92,400 acres dle Fork and Salmon Middle of water on the bay side and Fork, both in Idaho, the Eleven The 90th Congress in two ton state, comprising 505,000 Atlantic Ocean side of the Bis­ Point in Missouri, the Feather years passed many bills aimed : acres of land most of which is cayne keys. Middle Fork in Ckilifornla, the at giving urban residents places in federal ownership. The law authorizes $24,575,000 Rio Grande in New Mexico, the to get away from it all. The North Cascades bill also for Biscayne land acquisition Rogue in Oregon, the St. Croix One major bill increases the authorizes the creation of Ross and $2,900,000 for developments. in Minnesota and Wisconsin and authorization for the Land and Lake National Recreation Area The wilderness system addi­ the Wolf in Wisconsin. Water Conservation Fund from ; (107,090 acres), Lake Chelan tions, besides Pasayten, are San Land acquisition costs for the the present $100 million annual­ National Recreation area eight-river system are estimated ly to $200 million for five years. (62,000 acres) and the Pasayten at $17 million. This is for federal recreation Wilderness Area (520,000 acres). Rafael, 143,000 acres, and San 1 Gabriel, 36,000, both in Califor- The Appalachian and Pacific land acquisition and state de­ Land acquisition under the Crest trails will be the first units velopment of outdoor recreation North Cascades bill is limited to ' nia; Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, New Jersey, .in the new system of trails to facilities. $3.5 million. be developed for hiking, horse- Creation of new national 3,700 acres, and Mount Jeffer­ The Redwood National Park son, Oregon, 100,000 acres. i back riding, cycling and other parks comprising more than 1.5 in California, comprising up to | recreation. Other trails may be million acres was authorized. 58,000 acres, will cost an esti­ The wild and Scenic Rivers I brought into the system later. Also approved was the addition mated $92 million. The total Act provides for creation of a

Conservation and Recreation Area Bills I believe this act establishing the Redwood National Park in California will stand for all time as a monument The President's Remarks Upon Signing Four Bills to the wisdom of our generation. It will surely be re­ Into Law. October 2,1968 membered, I think, as one of the great conservation achievements of the 90th Congress. Mr. Chief Justice, Secretary Udall, Senator Mansfield, It is a great victory for every American in every Senator Kuchel, Senator Anderson, Congressman Say- State, because we have rescued a magnificent and a lor, distinguished Members of Congress, ladies and meaningful treasure from the chain saw. For once we gentlemen: have spared what is enduring and enobling from the This is the fourth time this week that we have met here hungry and hasty and selfish act of destruction. in the White House to further the cause of conservation. The redwoods will stand because the men and women I believe that all of us who have served in the Gov­ of vision and courage made their stand—refusing to suffer ernment, and particularly in the Congress, during this any further exploitation of our national wealth, any decade of the sixties will always be proud of this great greater damage to our environment, or any larger de­ treasure that together we have conserved. basement of that quality and beauty without which life There are now 24 million acres in our National Park itself is quite barren. System. Out of that 24 million acres, 2,400,000 acres— Yes, the redwoods will stand. So long as they do, they or at least 10 percent of the total acreage that the Nation will give delight. They will give instruction, of God's has—has been put into that park system since 1961. work as well as nature's miracles. They will declare for That compares with fewer than 30,000 acres that were all to hear, when other great conservation battles are acquired in the entire previous decade. being fought: We stand because a nation found its The 1960's, therefore, have been truly an era of con­ greatest profit in preserving for its heritage its greatest servation in this country. But no achievement of these resource—and that is the beauty and the splendor of past 8 years can surpass what we are about to achieve its land. this afternoon. I speak of saving the great redwoods of The Redwood National Park will contain some 58,000 California. acres. Its boundaries will surround three State parks. Half a century ago, a great conservationist said, "The With the approval of the California State Legislature, forests of America, however slighted by man, must have these may some day become part of this great National been a great delight to God, for they were the best that Park System. He ever planted." In the past 50 years, we have learned—all too slowly, So today we are also approving an act of Congress that I think—to prize and to protect God's precious gifts. sets aside another 1,200,000 acres for parks and recrea­ Because we have, our own children and grandchildren tion in the State of Washington. The North Cascades will come to know and come to love the great forests National Park and its adjoining acres in what have been and wild rivers that we have protected and left to them. called the "American Alps" is next door to the Pacific Northwest's most populous communities. 6 THE WILD CASCADES

We are preserving for the pleasure of these people one played on it as a child. I roamed it as a college student of the most beautiful regions on God's earth. I also have and I visited it frequently as President. But my wife has before me the first Federal legislation providing a national some more specific plans for me to go back and walk it system of both urban and rural trails. with her—both sides, I think. The simplest pleasures and healthful exercise of walk­ I am signing an act today which preserves sections of ing in an outdoor setting have been almost impossible for selected rivers that possess outstanding conservation the millions of Americans who live in the cities. And where values. natural areas exist within the cities, they are usually not An unspoiled river is a very rare thing in this Nation connected by walkways. In many cities, there are simply today. Their flow and vitality have been harnessed by just no footpaths that lead out of the city into the dams and too often they have been turned into open countryside. sewers by communities and by industries. It makes us all Our history of wise management of America's national very fearful that all rivers will go this way unless some­ forests has assisted us in designating the initial elements body acts now to try to balance our river development. of the National Trails System. Two National Scenic So we are establishing a National Wild and Scenic Trails, one in the East and one in the West, are being Rivers System which will complement our river develop­ set aside as the first components of the Trails System: the ment with a policy to preserve sections of selected rivers Appalachian Trail and the Pacific Crest Trail. in their free-flowing conditions and protect water quality The legislation also calls for study of 14 additional and other conservation values. routes for possible inclusion in the Trails System. The National Wild and Scenic Rivers System Act will A few summers ago, after Secretary Udall took his give immediate protection to portions of eight rivers and lovely family on a float trip of high adventure down the a ribbon of land along each river bank. turbulent Colorado River, he returned to Washington Five of the eight wild and scenic rivers are located in and said that every individual and every family should the National Forest System. Our opportunity to designate get to know at least one river. these scenic streams depends in large measure on the bold Today we are initiating a new national policy which efforts of Secretary Freeman and his Forest Service in pre­ will enable more Americans to get to know more rivers. serving their very special qualities. I have been informed as recently as this morning that The act further names 27 rivers as potential additions I am going to have the rather novel experience of getting to the Wild and Scenic Rivers System sometime in the to know the Pedernales a good deal after January. I future.

FOUR CONSERVATION BILLS SIGNED President Johnson signed four conservation bills—Red­ looking over a map of the country spotting the var­ wood National Forest, North Cascades National Parks, ious areas are Interior Secretary Stewart Udall, Mrs. National Trail System and Wild Scenic Rivers System— Johnson, President Johnson, and Sen. Henry Jackson during a White House ceremony Wednesday. Here (D-Wash.). (UPI Telephoto) Vancouver Columbian October 3, 1968 August - September 1968 7

I wish we could find the time—or, if we need to— Now it gives me great pleasure to approve these bills the courage, to tell our American people more about some which I think will add still more to the scenic wealth of these things than what they are having to listen to. of our country' which I think is going to mean so much So, today I want to pay a very special tribute to the to my little grandson and all the others like him who leaders in Congress who have made some of these things will live in a beautiful America during their lives. possible—these men who were all fearless and who were Thank you. skilled and forceful and whose vitality has given us these magnificent options for conservation. I want to thank [At this point, Secretary Udall spoke on Federal conservation and Congressman Aspinall, Congressman Saylor, Congress­ recreation programs using a map of the United Slates showing lands acquired by the Government during the period 1961-68. The Pres­ man Taylor, Senator Jackson, Senator Anderson. This ident then resumed speaking.] must be a proud day for our beloved friend Senator Kuchel and Senator Bible, who is not with us. I just have one thought: You know sometimes we hear "Is there a doctor in the house?" in connection with a Above all, I want to pay my very special thanks to crisis. I am just wondering if there is a member of the our beloved Chief Justice who stands for all that is good Appropriations Committee in the house. I can see that in this country, and to Mr. Grosvenor of the National we have the vision and Senator Jackson and Members of Geographic, who has given me inspiration when I the House, Congressman Saylor and Congressman Taylor needed it most and has given me courage when I thought and Congressman Aspinall and others, are authorizing I needed some more. legislation—now it is going to take some help from the Finally, to Mrs. Johnson, who has been an ardent, Appropriations Committee. enthusiastic, pernicious, tenacious advocate—long before NOTE: The President spoke at 1:15 p.m. in the East Room at the she ever dreamed that she would be in this house, but White House. every minute that she has been in it—for the complete As enacted, the bills signed by the President are as follows: cause of conservation. S. 119, Wild and Scenic Rivers Act—Public Law 90-542. I hope that I may be able to visit some of the locations S. 827, National Trail System Act—Public Law 90-543. that you have helped us to preserve for the American S. 1321, To establish the North Cascades National Park and Ross people. Lake and Lake Chelan National Recreation Areas, to desig­ nate the Pasayten Wilderness and to modify the Glacier Peak To the business people, to the labor people, to all of Wilderness, in the State of Washington—Public Law 90-544. you, we say thank you. We are very grateful. The Ameri­ S. 2515, To establish a Redwood National Park in the State of can people should say to you, "Well done." This is really California—Public Law 90-545. a monument to you, Secretary Udall. Our children will remember your great adventures and pioneering.

Biscayne National Monument counted that there had been sent to the White House for the President's signature more than 300 measures. And that would have staggered the imagination of conserva­ The President's Remarks Upon Signing Bill tionists, even like Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D. To Establish the National Monument. Roosevelt, a generation ago. October 18, 1968 You don't see all of these things in your television or Congressman Fascell, Mr. Mayor, distinguished guests, your daily activities report. You rarely read about them. ladies and gentlemen: They are quiet and they are unspectacular developments. If I had announced that the Government was going to But some of you people who have done so much for con­ steal some land this afternoon from the American people, servation who have come here from Florida and other I imagine it would have stirred some attention and cap­ places today, I think will be interested in them. I visited tured some headlines. part of this area a few years ago as a Member of the Senate. But with the bill that we are signing today, recently I enjoyed its beauty and its serenity, and it is a great passed by the Congress, we are going to do just the delight to me. But it was a private area—the property of reverse—we are giving some land back to the people. And a few men. Now it is going to belong to everybody. that ought to make a headline. We are continuing the I want to give you a few other examples of what has work that we began so proudly 5 years ago. During these happened and what can happen. In 1964, the year after 5 years, we have been setting aside the beauty of Amer­ I came into office, we had 176 national park areas in our ica—more than 15 million acres of it, doing it in every inventory. We had spent 188 years collecting these 176 part of the United States. We have preserved that splendor parks—not quite one a year. Some Presidents didn't add for the enjoyment of all of our citizens, and of all the any. In the last 5 years alone, we have added 44 to those generations that are yet to come. 176—45 today when we sign this one. That is a 20 percent Nothing that has been accomplished in all of these increase. There are now 120 splendid stretches of Amer­ 5 years gives me or Mrs. Johnson a greater sense of reward ica, all across this country, where the birds and the beasts than this work. We met with Secretary Udall last night of the continent can live as they did before man set his for a long time and members of my staff heard him review eyes upon them. And of those 120 wildlife refuges, 39 of his 5 years' stewardship in this administration. He re- them have been born since 1964—39 of 120, 45 of 176. 8 THE WILD CASCADES

We have this year earmarked $1 .billion over the next 5 This is no chain of deserted islands far from civiliza­ years to continue the momentum of the past 5, and to put tion. The Biscayne National Monument—as you may aside land for the people's enjoyment. have observed from the newspapers of late—lies immedi­ That is contrasted, Secretary Udall told us last night, ately south of the city of Miami, and it is within easy to that some $10 million or $12 million that might be reach of millions of the families who live and visit in that spent to acquire land. As a matter of fact, we had a policy area of the world. of not acquiring any land for a long period in our history. As our population expands and as our urban areas Now, of this $1 billion that we are setting aside in this grow, it is not easy to preserve these untouched areas or 5 years, to acquire new areas to go into the public to bring them into the public domain—such as the islands domain—for the first time we are putting more land back in Biscayne Bay. First of all, it takes great courage. It in the public domain than we have been taking out of takes great vision and it takes great effort and it takes a it—half of these revenues for recreation will come from lot of toughness and a great deal of ability and a knowl­ the proceeds of the oil derricks out on the Continental edge of the public interest and a dedication to it. Shelf. One man who possesses these qualities can take much of the credit for this treasure. His name Is Congressman I am pleased to say that is a resource that belongs to Dante Fascell of Florida. And he is with us this afternoon. all the people. We passed through the Congress, while they were fighting over some little beautification bill on Also, Senator Holland, Senator Smathers, and many a highway that Mrs. Johnson was interested in, a $1 others in the Congress, who permitted and helped this billion bill that earmarks this for a 5-year period—$200 come to pass. million a year that can be used to acquire areas for all We recognized the importance of Biscayne Bay, not the people. only to the people of Miami—who are good people—but to the people of America who are entitled to enjoy these AH this month, the great work of the New Conserva­ treasures. tion has been moving along. In the past few days, I have signed, here at the White House, in the presence of very So today, we are setting it aside—setting it aside, along interested citizens, a measure providing for a Redwood with the redwoods and the Cascades of the Pacific, setting National Park in California. Most of you will remember it aside with Assateague which we have here on the At­ that bill is about like the tax bill. Everybody predicted its lantic, with Fire Island near New York, with the Flaming defeat in this Congress that they all said was going to be Gorge and the Delaware Water Gap. These are im­ so unproductive. portant. You know in our early days when Theodore But we have signed the redwood bill and it is behind Roosevelt and some of our other Presidents were so con­ us. We have signed an entire Cascades National Park servation minded and they were trying to have play­ bill and the money is in to start it. I am going to sign that grounds and national parks for our country, they were bill in the next day or two. located in the West. The Grand Canyon and Yellow­ We have passed a system of wild and scenic rivers bill stone—if you could afford a round-trip ticket or if you and a nationwide system of trails where people can refresh had a month to go by jalopy out there with your family, themselves and walk and live with nature. , why you could get to see some of the glories of nature. Today, with great pride, we come here to add an area But the redwoods and Assateague and Fire Island and that is every bit as important as these others—the Biscayne Biscayne are all going to be in short distances from popula­ National Monument. I think this is a unique treasure. I tion centers, where you can take Molly and the babies on am going back to see it. I can't wait until I do. It will give Sunday afternoon and get back to nature. They are not our people almost 200,000 acres of islands and their ad­ off in far off remote locations. joining bay and ocean waters, and they are all brimming So, what we do today is very important work for us, with tropical plant and animal life. so important for our children, and even more important On these islands grow trees that were unknown any­ for theirs, and I think that all of you, particularly Con­ where else—and Presidents ahead of me used to go there gressman Fascell, will long remember and be proud of for their retreat. I have seen their pictures in the club the fact that you had some little part in making this come rooms of the old days. to pass. These are the last remnants of a vast forest which once NOTE: The President spoke at 5:54 p.m. in the Fish Room at the covered much of Florida. White House. As enacted, the bill (H.R. 551) is Public Law 90-606. In these waters are rare tropical animals which now will be assured a haven from destruction. 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HOUSE SENATE The Final Box Score H t£ erf STATUS OF MAJOR LEGISLATION O a o on P. o p- W US r> w to NATURAL RESOURCES a 2 o w erf o 90TH CONGRESS -i w H ai

EB i M !cE Compiled by National Wildlife Federation en O M!\g PUBLIC M o Si V, IB LAW October 15, 196C M p Si HEARIN G

DAT E INTRODUCE D to (J a w o r. J Apostle Island, S.778, H.R.13124 9/26/67 x 1/31/6| 7 X X X 1V Effect of Pesticides on. Wildlife (H.R.15979) 3/T4768^xl x|x X a x£x North Cascades NP, S.1321, 4/20/67 (XI K X X 3/20/67 X XX > ::e 90-544 Redwood NP, S .25.15 1/12/67 (Xl ", xlx 1/18/67 x ixjx > c 90-545 Trail System, S.827, 1/12/67 IXi X XlXI 2/3/67 X x J:90-543 Scenic Rivers, S.119, 3/14/67 iXIX Xlvl 1/11/67 x Ejx EIx >4 90-542 Estuarina Areas, S.695, H.R.25 1/11/67 IXt X X jx| 1/25/67 K (X|X XX 90-454 Land and Water, S.1401, H.R.8578 4/13/67 X X xlxl 4/3/67 |X|xlX 1c 190-401 Endangered Wildlife, S.2934, H.R.11618 7/20/67 (X x|x XI 2/16/68 k| 1 State Authority Wildlife, S.2951, H.R.14849 2/16/68 1 2/8/68 Flaming-Gorge. S.444, H.R.15245 2/8/68 K xiT|x be |x x X Colorado River Basin Protect Act 1/23/67 IX X Xlx 2/16/67 X_|X_1c ::9U-53I Water Pollution, S.2760 Combined with S.3206 1 12/11/67 X K X J; I $5 Duck Stamp, H.R.482 1/10/67 X x xlx M Sawtooth NRA, S.1267 1 3/14/67 |x jx x ; c Gun Control Act of 1968. .., H.l'..17735 t X X X Xi 1/11/67 it¥x;i Firearms, Tvd'inns, S.3634 | 6/12/6.8 H Omnibus Rivers it Harbors, S.3710 X X X| 6/28/68 ux x X %1 90-48 3 San Rafael Wilderness, S.889, 2/8/67 Xd X X X 2/8/67 ^%_X 1C X 90-271 Mt. Jefferson Wilderness, S.2751, 10/16/67 y X X X 12/7/67 ISLJJBX,* c 90-548 San Gabriel Wilderness, S.2531, 10/16/67 X X X X 10/12/67 XtX X ) : x 90-318 Washakie Wilderness, S.2630, H.R.13560 10/18/67 11/7/67 * "Surface Mining Reclamation Act",S.3132 H.R.15923 ' 3/13/68 3/11/68 x Great Swamp Refuge Wilderness S.3379 x X X X X x if xx yo-53Z "Electric Power Reliability Act",S.2889,H.R.14971 1/30/68 1/30/68 i "Alaska Native Claims Act," S.2906, H.R.15049 2/1/68 2/1/68 7_j x "Water Quality Improvement Act",S.3206, 3/12/68 X X X 3/21/68 X X X X '•Oil- & Hazardous Substance Pollution Act",H.R.159C 6 3/12/68 f Firearms, "Safe Streets Act", H.R. 5037 X X X / X XX xk 90-350 APPROPRIATION S. FISCAL 1969 (Eagi nHir g 7/1/68) AGRICULTURE X x xlx! X -XX. X INTERIOR X •XJKJJS. X X X X .\ 90-425 PUBLIC WORKS x_x xlx X X X X J 90-479 PAS SED I 1 90TH CONGRJ s: S.2447, Adding Secretary of Transp. to Migratory Bird Commission (P.L.90-261) S.780, "Air Quality Act of 1967" (P.L.90-148) H.R.480, Extension of Wetlands Acquisition Program (P.L.90-205) H.R.845, Nebraska Mid-State Division (P.L.90-136) S.llll, San Felipe Division, California (P.L.90-72) S.814, Establishing National Park Foundation (P.L.90-209) H.R.12121, Extension of Public Land Law Review Commission (P.L.90-213) S.3418, "Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1968" (P.L.90-495) H.R.13781, Marine Resources and Engineering Development Act Extension (P.L.90-477) H.R.11026, Conservation Programs on Defense Installations (P.L.90-465)

Conservation Report No. 38, October 18, 1968 National Wildlife Federation 10 THE WILD CASCADES

UNITED STATES SENATE WASHINGTON, D. C. HENRY M. JACKSON October 14, 1968

Dear Pat:

You worked long and hard to make the North Cascades National Park a reality, and without your efforts success might never have been achieved.

The President was very thoughtful in giving me several of the pens from the ceremony on October 2, 1968, at which he signed the North Cascades legislation as well as the bills estab­ lishing the Redwood National Park, the Scenic Rivers System, and the National Trails System. I thought you should have one as a memento of the occasion.

Best wishes,

Sincerely yours,

Henry M. Jackson, U.S.S.

Dr. Patrick D. Goldsworthy President North Cascades Conservation Council 3215 Northeast 103rd Seattle, Washington August - September 1968 11

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WASHINGTON, D. C.

LLOYD MEEDS SECOND DISTRICT WASHINGTON

November 1, 1968

Mr. Patrick D. Goldsworthy, President North Cascades Conservation Council 3215 North East 103rd Street Seattle, Washington 98125

Dear Pat:

I want to thank you and all of the members of the North Cascades Conservation Council who helped so much on my campaign. The letters that you sent, the wonderful dinner last Saturday night, the doorbelling work of many of your members and the generous financial support were all important and very deeply appreciated.

I supported the North Cascades National Park because I thought it was right and because I believe that we must preserve and perpetuate areas such as this that provide wide-ranging recreational opportunity. I was pleased to work with you and the North Cascades Conservation Council to that end.

Again, my thanks.

Sincerely,

Lloyd Meeds LM:mhs Member of Congress Postage Paid 12 THE WILD CASCADES

GREEN RIVER COMMUNITY COEEEGE

12401 S.E. 320th ST. AUBURN, WASHINGTON 98002 October 2k, 1968

Dr. Patrick Goldsworthy President, North Cascades Conservation Council 3215 N. E. 103 Seattle, Washington

Dear Dr. Goldsworthy:

We were pleased to hear that you would appear in person to receive our conservation award for 1968. The award is in the form of a plaque which we hope to present to one person and one organization each year for unusual accomplishment in preserving the quality of the environment of the Pacific Northwest. We helieve that the unique nature of our own effort in constructing a community college so that it will harmonize with its environment make it appropriate for us to do so.

This year we have designated Senator Henry M. Jackson as the person and the North Cascades Conservation Council as the organization which should he recognized for their long and devoted efforts which resulted in the establishment of the North Cascades National Park and the recreation and wilderness areas adjacent.

The award ceremony will be held on our campus at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 2k, 1968, in our Performing Arts Auditorium. We will be holding our open house on the campus on that day and expect several thousand visitors during the course of the afternoon.

We are planning a brief television tour of our campus just before the ceremony and would like to have you accompany us on that if it is possible for you to do so.

May I take this opportunity to thank the North Cascades Conservation Council for the very fine presentations made by Mr. Brock Evans at our dedication observance in 196l and would like to extend an invitation to him to be present on November 2k also.

Sincerely yours,

Melvin Lindbloom President

ML:lp August - September 1968 13

GREEN RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE Green River Community College, itself, an example Auburn, Washington of an institution in harmony with its environment and dedicated to the best development of the human resources of the region, will present annually an award recognizing significant achieve­ CONSERVATION AWARD CEREMONY ment in the conservation of natural resources of the Pacific Northwest by an individual and by an organization.

This year's awards will be presented to:

SENATOR HENRY M. JACKSON

and the

NORTH CASCADES CONSERVATION COUNCIL

3:00 P. M. for their devoted and skillful efforts resulting in the establishment Sunday, November 24, 1968 of the North Cascades National Park and the adjacent National Auditorium - Performing Arts Building Recreation and Wilderness Areas. 14 THE WILD CASCADES New Park Former Clean-Up Transfer Begins Man To Head Representatives of the Nation­ al Forest Service and National Park Service yesterday began National Park preliminary discussions on A 38-year-old man who start­ transfer of the new North Cas­ ed with the National Park Serv­ cades Park area to the park ice doing odd jobs such as service. , working as clean-up man in a museum, today was named to The park was created recently head North Cascades National by Congress from land adminis­ Park. tered previously by the Forest The park was created this Service. The discussions yester­ week with the signing of a bill day centered on delineating the by President Johnson. areas to be transferred and a Responsible for initial plan­ timetable for the transfers. ning and development of the Those meeting included Phil­ 505,000-acre-park in the North lip Heaton, recreation head of Cascades west of Okanogan the Forest Service Regional of­ County will be Roger J. Contor. fice in Portland; H. C. Chris- His office will be in Mount well, supervisor of the Mt. Bak­ Vernon. er National Forest which until Contor will come to the park now has administered the area; from Seattle, where he has been Roger Contour, superintendent park planner in the Seattle of the new park; Ben Gale, su­ Field office of the National perintendent of the Olympic Na­ Park Service since 1968. He tional Park; and Neil But- came there through a circuitous route, involving many transfers terfleld, regional park planner* and promotions. Everett Herald November 1, 1968 Contor joined the National ROGER J. CONTOR Park Service as an employe in 1949 at Yellowstone National Park. He handled a variety of as a supervisory park ranger, jobs, from museum clean-up in April, 1960, to Bryce Canyon man to seasonal ranger. He also National Park as a supervisory Park Hunting worked there in 1950, 1951 and ranger, in July 1960, to Oregon 1952. Caves National Monument as a From March, 1953, through management assistant, and in Is Unchanged December, 1954, Contor was a Feb., 1962, to Rocky Mountain private in the Army Counter-In­ National Park as a manage­ OLYMPIA (API—Hunting sea­ ment assistant. sons will continue as scheduled telligence Corps. this year within the area re­ He began full-time employ­ In October, 1964, Contor was cently designated as the North ment with the Department of promoted to the job of superin­ Cascades National Park, State the Interior's park agency in tendent of Craters of the Moon Game Director John A. Biggs March, 1955, as a trail main­ National Monument, and in announced. tenance man at Yellowstone. He Sept. 1966, to assistant superin­ Biggs aaid George Hartzog, became a ranger there in May tendent at Canyon Lands Na­ national parks director, had of­ of that year. tional Parks. ficially advised him that no pro­ From February to August in hibition against hunting would In October, 1956, he moved to be established until after the jRocky Mountain National Park 1968 he was in Australia, on a Washington season. training exchange, observing Most affected by creation of national park methods in that the park will be high mountain country. hunting, including the early duck Contor is a graduate of Idaho season south of Ross Lake, and rails, Idaho, High School. Be- regular season deer hunting ore going to college he worked north of the Skagit River in J or a summer as a truck driver, western Whatcom County. awyer and rough carpenter in 'airbanks, Alaska. He received Spokane Chronicle October 2, 1968 i bachelor of science in zoology rom the University of Idaho in 953. He is married and has hree children. $300,000 okayed for Wenatchee Daily World October 3, 1968 North Cascades Park WASHINGTON (AP>-4A$300,- the money, to be used between 000 appropriation for planning now and July 1, 1969, is ear­ work on the North Cascade Na­ marked for management and tional Park yas approved by protection, maintenance and re­ the Senate Thursday. Sen. habilitation only. Henry Jackson; D-Wash., said Skagit Valley Herald October 12, 1968 August - September 1968 15

'New Management' Seattle Times October 3, 1968

Mount Baker National For­ of the national forest will est's Skagit District proba­ transfer 62,000 acres to the Signs Are Likely bly will be combined with park and the Glacier District another district after Forest will transfer 69,000 acres. Service lands are trans­ The Chelan District of ferred to the new North Cas­ Wenatchee National Forest In Forest District cades National Park. will transfer 62,000 acres to So said Harold Chriswell, the Lake Chelan Recreation supervisor of Mount Baker Area and 73,000 acres teMtuf' National Forest, after Presi­ park. dent Johnson yesterday Chriswell said that Colo­ signed the bill creating the nial Creek Campground, on park. Thunder Arm of Diablo "About 90 per cent of the •Lake, will be the only large Forest Service area going developed campground af- into the park already is ected by the transer in being managed as wilder­ Mount Baker National For­ ness," Chriswell said. "The est. transfer in jurisdiction will Chriswell said he has not not mean much of a been notified when the trans­ change." fer would be effective. He The Skagit District will said the timing probably lose 301,000 acres to the park would be worked out in dis­ and 107,000 acres to a nation­ cussions between the Depart­ al recreation area set up un­ ment of Agriculture, which der the North Cascades Bill. administers the Forest Serv­ The National Park Service ice, and the Department of administers both. Interior, parent body of the The Baker River District Park service.

Skagit Valley Herald October 19, 1968

WITH MAP IN BACKGROUND Sen. Henry Jackson, left, Con­ with interested area citizens at Mount Vernon and Sedro-Woolley gressman Lloyd Meeds, right, and Roger Contor, superintendent Friday. of the new North Cascades National Park, confer after meeting 16 THE WILD CASCADES Five Years Seen to Develop New Park in North Cascades Bellingham Herald October 17, 1968

By JERRY MOSRAL pleted in about five years. boat service to bring visitors Herald Washington Bureau "Our plan is to develop most to areas not accessible by road, while improvements are plan­ WASHTNGTON-Jagged, snow of these facilities within five years," Reid said. "Of course, ned in boat service on Lake capped glacial peaks of the that will depend on congres­ Chelan. North Cascades glisten in pris­ sional appropriations." Bus or similar transportation tine beauty over a rugged land Included are the 505,000-acre is planned for the Stehekin. Val­ blossoming into the public do­ park; 107,000-acre Ross Lake ley to take visitors along exist­ main. National Recreation Area; 62,- ing narrow roads from boa Often inaccessible in the past, OOO-acre Lake Chelan National docks to trailheads and camp­ aerial trams planned for the Recreational Area; 520,000-acre grounds. new national park will bring Psayten Wilderness; and 10,000 OTHER FACILITIES them within reach of the Pacific more acres for the Glacier Peak Besides campgrounds, mari­ Northwest's populace hi the fu­ Wilderness Area. nas and overnight lodges along ture. Ninety-nine per cent of the with visitor information and in Full development of the 1.2- terpretive facilities are planned million-acre park, and national land is already federally owned. Congress authorized a $3.4 mil­ and nature" walks are includec recreation and wilderness area in the planned activities for the is expected within five years. lion expenditure to buy 1,880 acres now privately owned. park. PLANNING BEGUN Hartzog said facilities will be The U.S. Interior Department's However, Reid said that prob­ designed to minimize unneces National Park Service has al­ ably most of this land would sary visitor concentrations neai ready thrown into motion plans remain in private hands as important natural features o) to bring the new grounds into long as the present usage is the North Cascades, now one ol outdoor public use. continued. 35 national parks in existence. "It is an untouched land of "Some of the people want to Helping provide access to the silent glaciers, in unique geo­ sell out and they will be bought North Cascades region will be logic exhibits and important ec- out," he added. "Private own­ the North Cross-State Highway ologic communities, all of which ers who continue the present which is scheduled for comple­ must be preserved," said Direc­ use will be allowed to retain tion in about five years. tor George B. Hartzog Jr. of ownership." It and seven spur roads will the National Park Service. cover 36 miles. The day after President John­ The Cascades Range stretches northward from Washington's "However," Hartzog noted," son Oct. 2 inked into law the the rugged mountain ranges, Congressional bill creating the border with Oregon to the boundary with Canada. ML avalanche hazards and fjord­ North Cascades National Park like lakeshores require special­ Rober J. Contor, 38, was nam­ Rainer National Park, east of Olympia, is within the range. ized transportation facilities in­ ed park superintendent. to certain areas." Contor, who had been assist­ PRESERVE AND OPEN STUDIES NEEDED ant superintendent at Canyon- Hartzog said the park would Because of the complexity of lands National Park in Utah be managed and developed in the North Cascades area, he said since 1966, has set up a tem­ such a manner as to preserve resource studies will be neces­ porary North Cascades Park the scenic and scientific values sary to assure proper man­ headquarters at Sedro Woolley. of the area while at the same agement. tune opening them up to con­ A car ferry to connect Hozo- Some roads and a number of centrated use. trails that had been under the meen and Roland Point will be jurisdiction of the U.S. Forest "Aerial trams are proposed provided when the need de­ Service were immediately taken to transport visitors within walk­ velops, Hartzog added. over by the park service with ing distance of ridge points of­ Trail access points will be pro­ the action of President Johnson. fering superb views of the Cas­ vided for pack trips into the SOME FACILITIES OPEN cades' most magnificent moun­ National Park wilderness areas and the Forest Service wilder­ "The facilities that are al­ tains, forested valleys, cirques ness area east of Ross Lake. ready there are open, but they and glaciers," he added. are rather limited," reported Early construction has been Unique for the North Cascades Courtland Reid, an Interior De­ recommended for such a tram will be the development of ski partment park planner who at Ruby Mountain with two ad­ areas, the first within the na­ worked on the North Cascades ditional trams proposed. They tional park system. project. would bring visitors to easy Contained within the North Cascades are more than 150 ac­ The park will have 33 full- walking distance of ridge points tive glaciers, plus mountain time employes and 22 on a sea­ in the perimeter of the park lakes and hundreds of jagged sonal basis. The annual oper­ wilderness. peaks. ation budget is expected to reach On Ross Lake, the Park Ser­ $560,000 when the park is com­ vice plans to provide special August - September 1968 17 'Look But Don't Touch' Chief Ranger Is Cascade Park Policy Named at New BY LARRY McCARTEN Cascades Park Those who view Washing­ ton's new North Cascades Jerry W. Hammond, 37, National Park area Hardin, Mont., has been ap­ "immediately fall In love pointed chief ranger of the with its beauty," the park's new North Cascades Nation­ superintendent observed al Park, Roger Contor, su­ yesterday. perintendent of the park, Supt. Roger J. Con tor added: said today. "We'll have to prevent Hammond formerly was them from loving It to chief ranger of the Big Horn death." Canyon National Recreation Contor, at a news confer­ Area, a post he held for ence here yesterday, said this means tactfully re­ three years. straining tourists from over­ Hammond already has es­ running and despoiling the tablished his new home in 90 per cent of the park to be Sedro Woolley. He and his preserved as a wilderness. wife, Connie have three It'U be a "look but don't touch" situation for all but daughters, Sharon, 12; about 10 per cent of the Cathy, 10 and Charlene, 8. park. Hammond previous ly Contor commented: served in Yellowstone and "There's one good thing about people—they can only Rocky Mountain National walk so far." Parks. The park's three planned Hammond also will over­ tramways will carry people see rangers in the Ross Lake to magnificent viewpoints and Lake Chelan Recreation and short hiking areas but the wild heartland of the Areas. North Cascades will remain Contor said temporary un viola ted by tourists. park headquarters in the The park, approved by Federal Office Building here Congress and President will move to Sedro Woolley Johnson last month, com­ within a few days. prises 504,500 acres. Adjoin­ -f-\ Phots. ing it will be the Ross Lake FIRST PARK SUPT. ROGER J. CONTOR Seattle Times and Lake Chelan National November 11, 1968 Recreation Areas. "They can only weft so fir" The three tracts total 674,000 acres, with Contor ripheral economy than does the park who arrived at the in charge of the entire area. Mt. Rainier National Park, park headquarters In Sedro The first tramway will be because the latter is princi­ Woolley a week ago. He built on the north side of pally a day park, requiring previously was at Big Horn Ruby Mountain, which is at only a "tank of gas and a Canyon National Recreation the south end of Ross Lake. bag of sandwiches to visit." Area In Wyoming and Mon­ Contor said "our experience The new park is more iso­ tana. with it will decide whether lated and more services Contor yesterday dis­ the other two will be erect­ will be needed, Contor pre­ cussed the park develop­ ed." dicted. ment at a seminar at the Park opens The second and third With Contor at the news University of Washington, tramways are planned for conference was Jerry Ham­ sponsored by the College of the Arctic Creek area, in mond, new chief ranger at Forest Resources. temporary the Pickett Range vicinity, and in the general area of Seattle Post Intelligencer November 19, 1968 offices Mt. Baker. The tramways were cho­ Temporary headquarters for sen over roads to avoid per­ the North Cascades .National manent scarring of the park ParkhaA opened in UwVtiaqibeT" terrain and because they oT tuuimerce building, 714 Met- are cheaper. calf, Sedro-Woolley. The Cascades park should Mrs. Shirley Alger, secre­ tary, will be on hand to answer generate much more pe- questions, and Roger Contor, park superintendent, will be in and out. The office will be open from Skagit Valley Herald 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., Monday October 31, 1968 through Friday. 18 THE WILD CASCADES A Battle Looms: Skiers vs. Conservationists Alps and known now but to the hardiest of mountaineers and wilderness hikers, will become readily available for the A SPECIAL viewing of the average visitor. At the same time, the superb wilderness of the North Cascades will be preserved in per­ FEATURE petuity."

By WALT THOSE ARE hopeful words by a powerful political fig­ WOODWARD ure, but now subordinate federal officials are about to come to grips with the nitty-gritty of how to carry out that con­ . A major battle looms on how much mass penetration gressional mandate. Roger J. Contor, the park's first super­ there will be of the wilderness set aside in the new North intendent, has only been on the job four weeks. He limited Cascades National Park. himself to a general comment. He wrote: Oddly enough, the confrontation will come between con- "At the periphery of the park will be road and tram­ Servationists and skiers, both outdoor enthusiasts, over the way access — hopefully with associated skiing opportuni­ site and number of aerial tramways and permanent ski lifts. ties — bringing all types of visitors to the threshold of the wilderness. The core of the two park units will remain in a THIS BECAME clear last week when The Times re­ wilderness state. It is not likely that we can do anything in ceived replies from questionnaires sent to 26 key persons the way of man-made developments which could 'improve' involved in the controversial park and recreation complex the character of that great wilderness." Which was established when President Johnson signed Public Law 90-544 October 2. Congress was shown Park Service development plans The sharply contrasting views were ably stated by Wil­ calling for three aerial tramways. They are: liam F. Lernhan, Seattle attorney and president-elect of the 1. Ruby Mountain at the southern end of Ross Lake, Pacific Northwest Ski Instructors' Association, and Brock totally within the Ross Lake Recreation Area and close to Evans, Seattle attorney and Northwest conservation repre­ the North Cross-State Highway, main access route to the sentative of the Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs. complex. A Park Service artist's conception depicts this Lenihan wrote: tramway on Page 1 of today's Times. "If the North Cascades are to be the American Alps, then they must be used and enjoyed by many people. 2. Arctic Creek about midway on' the western side of Ross Lake Access would be provided by boat only. The "THE PARK and recreation areas should be made ac­ tramways half in the park and half in the recreation area, cessible and developed for the masses as well as for the would provide an overview of the jagged Picket Range. more rugged outdoorsmen. Trams, narrow-gauge railroads, 3. Price Lake, on the edge of the park in the Mount access through tunnels rather than surface roads, resort Baker Recreation Area, would provide an elevated view of complexes catering to the year-'round uses should be the the north side of Mount Shuksan in the park. norm and not the exception." Lenihan, who asked to be additionally identified as an Evans wrote: "avid conservationist," is scornful of all three tramways as "A great many people in our organizations are ardent far as skiing is concerned. Ruby Mountain, he wrote, has skiers, but we do not feel that a national park is a proper "no residual winter-use potential;" Arctic Creek is "not suit­ place for it, particularly when we have already identified at able for ski use in the winter," and the Price Lake tram least 15 other sites in the North Cascades area which ... "appears to have no value other than transporting summer­ could be developed for skiing. time sightseers to a viewpoint." "Remaining to be decided also will be the ultimate James W. Whittaker, nationally known mountain climber question of the establishment and location of tramways and chairman of the State Parks and Recreation Commis­ within the park and recreation areas. We do feel that there sion, did not agree with Lenihan on at least one of die should be a tramway somewhere, perhaps two of them, to tramways. The Ruby Mountain tram, he wrote, can be used permit people to see some of the outstanding scenery in "in the winter for skiers." the area without having to do any physical work. Evans, favoring the Ruby Mountain tramway, wrote that "However, we think it is possible to locate these tram­ the Arctic Creek tramway "penetrates far too close into the ways on the fringes of the area, and would object to the interior of the wilderness, and we would oppose it." But placement of any of them deep within its heart — a move Whittaker wrote of the Arctic Creek tram that it will provide which would only destroy the wilderness, without offering "a fantastic view of the glaciers and spires of the Pickets." anythinig any better by way of scenic attractions." So the die is cast. The battle begins on what kind of a park there is to be in the North Cascades. WHAT THEY are about to battle over is one sentence in P. L. 90-544 which says that the Park Service and the Forest LEHIHAN said "it is incumbent on skiers and outdoor Service, both of which have lands to administer in the vast users who prefer some developed facilities rather than the complex, within two years shall agree on a plan for con­ more traditional camping grounds to bring their influence to struction of public-use facilities including "ski lifts." It Is not bear on the representatives of the Park and Forest Serv­ just an obscure sentence. Of it, Senator Henry M. Jackson, ices." author of the legislation, said: 'This is the first park legisla­ tion in history to specificity authorize permanent ski lifts But Evans wrote that the recreation area at Ross Lake within the park." is the place for "intense development" because "it is the same kind of scenery as in the park, and location of mass- Jackson also wrote The Times: use facilities here (in the recreation area) will protect the "The North Cascades, sometimes called the American park itself and yet give visitors the experience they desire." Seattle Times October 27, 1968 SPECIAL FEATURE: pages 18-22 August - September 1968 19 Who Gets Credit? Many Helped Obtain Park

; -Who gets the credit for were Edmond S. Meany, for­ hitting, practical-minded or­ Mrs. Abagail Avery, an­ preserving the "American mer University of Washing­ ganization. other Stehekin property own­ Alps" in the North Cascades ton history professor who Under Goldsworthy, the er and resident of a Boston htational Park and two con- was the organization's first council pulled out all the suburb who financed the thjubTH wilderness areas, president, and two former emotional stops to win public Sierra Club's sound-color and for opening the region to Seattle attorneys, Robert support. But it also had the motion picture, "Wilderness phblic enjoyment in two rec­ B. Walkinshaw, and Irving good sense to recognize "the Alps of Stehekin." reation areas? M. Clark, father of the pre-, other side." Thus, its spokes­ Charles Hessey, a Naches, -Few dissenting voices will sent-day Seattle attorney men had specific arguments Yakima County, free-lance be heard if Henry M. Jack- and broadcast personality. to make at public hearings. photographer who treked through the area to take and sjn, Washington's senator Mary Roberts Rinehart, a And, when practical compro­ mise was indicated, it was donate much motion-picture tad chairman of the Senate novelist in the early decades footage for publicity. Interior Committee, i s of this century, confidently willing to make accommoda­ jBaced at the head of the predicted a park in the tions to secure the major David R. Brower, Sierra North Cascades after a goal. Club executive director who •3f the establishment of the visit to the region in 1917. Goldsworthy, of course, brought the full force of the fcsrk by the 90th Congress But although many park had help. Any honor roll of nation's largest conservation comes as a surprise to those bills were filed in Congress, North Cascade preservation club to the effort. who expected a longer leg­ nothing came of them. advocates would have to in­ Richard J. Brooks, presi­ islative battle, that surprise This state's first national clude these persons:. dent of Seattle's Chemithon is£ eloquent testimony to the park, at Mount Rainier, had Harvey Manning of Issa- Corp., active in the Mountai­ Still with which Jackson, a been created in 1899, but it neers and a pioneer in de­ Efemocrat, maneuvered the quah, an editor with the Uni­ claring that park status was was not until the establish­ versity of Washington office park-complex bill through ment of the Olympic Nation­ needed. $»t only the Senate but also al Park in 1939 that conser­ of university relations, editor The late David Simons, an Uje House, where multiple- vationists could turn their of the council's quarterly Oregon college student fSse advocates had a strong publication, The Wild Cas­ voice. full attention to the North cades, and author of many whose hikes resulted in iden­ Cascades. Mountaineer and Sierra Club tification of scenic zones BOTH FRIENDS and foes In 1957, the citizen organi­ publications on the area, needing protection. of the legislation call it the zation which was to spear­ Brock Evans, only paid The late Howard Zahniser "Jackson compromise." head the successful drive for staff employe as Northwest of Virginia who, as executive Bolstering Jackson's hand the park — the North Cas- conservation representative director of the Wilderness was the state's official pos­ casdes Conservation Council of the Federation of Western Society, enrolled that nation­ ition as expressed by a — was formed. Phil Zalesky, Outdoor Clubs, and his two al group in the fight. Republican, Gov. Dan a history teacher at an Ever­ immediate predecessors, The late Una Davies of Evans. Faced by disputants ett high school and now pres­ Mike McCloskey, now Sierra Lake Oswego, Oregon's rep­ within state government, ident of Olympic Park Asso­ Club conservation director, resentative on the council's Evans insisted upon-and fin­ and Rodger W. Pedgues, board. ally got—a compromise pos­ ciates, was the first council president. now legislative assistant ition which made Jackson's with the Park Service. task easier. GOLDSWORTHY, asked to SINCE 1958, the council Polly (Mrs. John A.) Dyer, amplify this list, replied: In the House, a Republi­ president has been Patrick Seattle, past president of the "Robert Schulman, former can, Representative Thomas D. Goldsworthy, a bioche­ Federation of Western Out­ Seattle television director for M. Pelly of Seattle, and a mist at the University of door Clubs and a council the KING documentary, Democrat, Representative board member. Lloyd Meeds of Everett, Washington. He is universal­ 'Wind in the Wilderness'; ed­ were outstanding park ad­ ly accepted by conservation­ Dr. Grant McConnell, itorials in The New York vocates. ists as "Mr. North Cas­ property owner in the Steho- Times, and Ross Cunning­ cades." A tireless and dedi­ kin Valley and a University ham, editorial director of But these are latter-day cated man with an unshaken of Chicago political-science The Seattle Times, for con­ heroes. Half a century ago, conviction that park status professor who early saw the sistent reporting and edito­ the Mountaineers, now an was required, Goldsworthy practical steps necessary to rial support in The Seattle organization of 5,700 mem­ built the council into a hard­ achieve legislation. Times." bers still dedicated to pre­ serving the Northwest's na­ tural beauty, went on rec­ ord urging a national park in the North Cascades. In those early days, key leaders in the Mountaineers 20 THE WILD CASCADES Backers Ha/7 N. Cascades Park Legislation "Nowhere else on th% face eiy in the 48 contiguous Senator Warren G. Magnu- seemed, as recently as five of this earth will greater rec­ states." son said the legislation gives years ago, almost over­ reational opportunity in an The 1,556,000 acres of the "our nation one of its best whelming odds." „ unmatched setting be availa­ views of unspoiled beauty complex includes a two-sec­ Gov. Dan Evans: "All in ble." tion North Cascades Nation­ and grandeur." all I think it represents a In those words, Senator al Park, two mass-recreation Magnuson had bowed to Henry J. Jackson last week areas and two huge perma­ Jackson's leadership in the good compromise of many summed up for The Times nently-set-aside wilderness congressional consideration interests." what was accomplished ear­ areas where only mining of the legislation, but Mag­ Patrick D. Goldsworthy,' lier his month when Con­ may cause manmade devel­ nuson said last week that he president of the North Cas­ gress approved and Presi­ opments. thought he could contribute cades Conservation Council: dent Johnson signed into law his "greatest service" as a "One of this country's very legislation providing a per­ THE REGION includes member of the Senate Ap- finest national-park-caliber manent mix of park, wilder- more than 150 active gla­ propriatlons Committee areas Is at last given the sta­ ness1_aJ*r"recreation protec­ ciers, hundreds of jagged when funds are sought to de­ tus it has always deserved." tion to an area of the North peaks and is dotted by a velop the complex. And The New York Times, -Cascado- Mountains. multitude of mirror-like in an editorial, said: lakes. JACKSON, calling the leg­ "In conserving a great DESPITE the critical Representative Lloyd islation a "landmark" be­ portion of this superb wilder­ statements of frustrated op­ Meeds of Everett, describing cause of its unprecedented ness unspoiled forever, the ponents and dissatisfied pro­ the legislation as "a very directive calling for Park 90th Congress has performed ponents, (see Page 91 for conscious effort to recognize Service and Forest Service a major service for this na­ tails), it is difficult to the validity" of both those joint planning, said the act tion and its posterity." deny Jackson's sweeping who would "use" the area "reasonably resolves the claim for the legislation. and those who would "pre­ conflicts between different The geographical sweep of serve" it, said: kinds of uses." Public Law 90-544 runs south "We shall endow ourselves Other comments: as far as 70 miles from the not with a 'do not touch' mu­ James W. Whit taker, Canadian border and about seum, but rather with a liv­ mountaineer and chairman 75 miles eastward along the ing theater in which all of us of the State Parks and Rec­ border from Mount Shuksan can take part." reation Commission: "It . . . in Whatcom County. It In­ Representative Thomas M. truly does prevent any spoil­ cludes an area which offi­ Pelly of Seattle, pointing out ing of these American Alps." cially Is described in a Sen­ that the region is close to the Jessee Epstein, president ate report as "the most Seattle metropolitan area, of the Mountaineers: "We breathtakingly beautiful and called the park-recreation consider the legislation i spectacular mountain scen- complex "a sound concept." great victory against wha

From the Opposition, Varied Reactions to Defeat

Defeated in their long op­ because of her contention sult in less opportunities for and the legislation, which recreation, jobs, taxes and position to the new North that it was designed for lim­ creates two recreation areas ited public use. She wrote: essential commodities for fu­ Cascades National Park, where hunting and fishing ture Washington citizens." will be permitted under man­ spokesmen for organized "We, as a council, fought John A. Biggs, veteran agement of his department, sportsmen, timbermen and to keep the North Cascades director of the State Depart­ is a "reasonable compro­ miners vary in their reaction from park status . . . We see ment of Game, agreed with no reason to support it now Mrs. Werkema in his conten­ mise." from reluctant acceptance to that it has become a reality. tion that the no-hunting ban Biggs saw ho difficulty in bitter condemnation. in the park is "outmoded, working with the Park Serv­ John L. Neff, Spokane at­ "THE AREA belonged to unnecessary and completely ice "in carrying out planned torney and spokesman for all of the people and was the Northwest Mining Asso­ meant for their use, not the inconsistent with modern and well-managed wildlife ciation, bluntly told The use of a few. We feel our concepts of wildlife manage­ programs" in the areas. Times that the legislation, fears are well-founded and ment and the retention of Neff, conceding that the barring mineral exploration time will prove we are right. natural environment." North Cascades is past histo­ in both the park and its two But the damage has been Establishment of a third ry as far as the mining in­ recreation areas, "simply dustry is concerned, said his hastens the day" when the done, and the die has been national park in this state, association felt "we must nation will face a critical mi­ cast, and we are all forced Biggs wrote, is "a denial of warn the public against the neral shortage. to live with it." a common right of usage head-in-sand attitude which Adah Werkema, Vancou­ And W. D. Hagenstein, which should be inherent in resulted in this type of ver, chairman of the North Portland, executive vice all elements of the public legislation." He said he hoped this type Cascades committee of the president of the Industrial who are common owners of the public land." of "short-sighted" legislation State Sportsmen's Council, Forestry Association, said would not be repeated. Inc., opposed the park be­ that reserving so much land BUT BIGGS said the park cause it bans hunting and from forestry "can only re­ is "not excessively large" August - September 1968 21 Conservationists Cross-State Highway Not Satisfied Is Key to Park Use Service to provide access in Are conservationists satis­ Congress has given federal fied with the vast park, rec­ wilderness areas otherwise Dates given by public offi­ barred to man made devel­ cials very between 1972 and officials two years to agree reational and wilderness on a development plan for complex which has been or­ opments, turned to the 1969 1975, or later, for completion Legislature for assistance. of the North Cross-State the complex. dained by the federal gov­ Prahl told The Times that "I hope that the state Leg­ Highway, the key factor in ernment for 1,656,000 acres his department, the Bureau islature next session will determining when the auto­ in the North Cascade Moun­ of Public Roads and the For­ take strong measures to en­ mobile-oriented public can tains? est Service have had a joint act a tough mining law, re­ begin to use the newly creat­ No. committee planning trail- stricting the abuses which ed North Cascades National In separate statements to heads, active recreation can be made by mining oper­ Park and recreational com­ The Times last week, Pat­ areas, campgrounds and ations on the land," Evans plex. rick D. Goldsworthy, presi­ viewpoints including "vista wrote. Gov. Dan Evans has said dent of the North Cascades clearing to provide views of "If the Kennecott mine that if he is re-elected, he Conservation Council, and distant mountains from the ever comes to pass — and will strive for completion as Brock Evans, Northwest automobile." we will fight it in every early as 1972. conservation representative Now that the Park Service of the Federation of Western place and every court in the Charles G. Prahl, state Outdoor Clubs, listed these land — then at least there highways director, told The has been designated by Con­ unsatisfactory results of the should be strong laws regu­ Times last week the date gress as the park and recre­ might be 1975 "if future legislation: lating how much damage ation-areas manager, Prahl they can do." funding permits its comple­ 1. The threat of an open-pit said he did not foresee any copper mine near Glacier tion by that time." Peak remains. But there may be hope "major changes in basic phi­ 2. Seattle City Light could from another direction. THE EAST-WEST high­ losophies" on these plans. flood the wilderness valley Jesse Epstein, president of way, a joint project of the Prahl estimated that by State Highway Department of Thunder Creek with the the Mountaineers, told The the highway's possible com­ backwaters of a dam it now and the federal Bureau of Times: is free to build because the Public Roads, will provide pletion in 1975, about 1,600 valley was omitted froth the "The Mountaineers are the major public access to vehicles would use the North Cascade National now joining forces with the complex. throughfare daily. By 1985, certain enlightened groups Park. It is this completed high­ he estimated, the daily use within the mining industry to way over which the public 3. The Mount Baker region will be 2,500 vehicles. was omitted from the park. study possible revisions (of will enter the Ross Lake This, however, depends 4. Giant old-growth timber the law) to prevent the kind Recreation Area, buffer zone upon the federal govern­ is not protected from logging of abuse Kennecott is pro­ between the two sections of ment's rate of park develop­ in such park-entrance val­ posing while at the same the park. Congress approved ment, he added. leys as the Cascade, Suiattle, time making all reasonable the park legislation with the provision for exploitation of understanding that one or White Chuck, North fork MEANWHILE, EVANS Sauk. Boulder River, Chiwa- mineral resources in the more aerial tramways in the public lands." narrow recreation corridor said he is "greatly con­ wa, Entiat and Granite. cerned" with providing 5. The fate of the Alpine would give the motoring pub­ EPSTEIN said that the lic high-elevation views of suitable terminals at the Lakes region, between Sno- ends of the North Cross-State qualmie and Stevens Passes Mountaineers join the N. 0. the peaks and glaciers of the C. C. in the hope that the park. Highway to greet "millions and Seattle's closest "wild- of visitors" before they en­ nerness," is both uncertain Glacier Peak Wilderness A spur from the highway someday can be added to the ter the federal complex. and clouded by a mining would enable boat-trailer firm's access application. national park. The governor said he Finally, the man most re­ owners to launch their craft planned to convene a meet­ in Ross Lake at Roland 6. Congress, by removing sponsible for the park-com­ ing "as soon as possible" of plex legislation. Senator Point. the Bureau of Public Roads, the Stehekin Valley from the Russell Van Rooy, execu­ park and placing it in a rec­ Henry M. Jackson, recogniz­ Forest Service, Park Serv­ es that permissive mining in tive vice president of the Au­ ice, officials of Skagit and reation area, made many tomobile Club of Washing­ private inholdings there sub­ an officially declaredlwilder- Okanogan Counties, the ness area is an unresolved ton, last week saw the actual State Planning and Commu­ ject to possible subdivision completion date as hinging development. Conservation­ problem. He wrote The nity Affairs Agency, and Times: upon how fast Congress ap­ state game, parks and high­ ists plan to ask Chelan Coun­ propriates money for devel­ ty officials to give the area "Mining presents a differ­ way officials "to concern ent problem (from timber- opment of public-use facili­ ourselves with the planning zoning protection. ties in the park, especially in But of all the issues which harvesting). While the lands of park and recreation activ­ are public, mining opera­ the Ross Lake Recreation ities, scenic and recreational the new legislation failed to Arc. resolve, the announced tions are carried out under highways and rest areas." threat by the Kennecott Cop­ property rights which are VAN ROOY, using 1973 as per Corp. to develop an not subject to the same con­ his understanding of the open-pit mine near Image trol as timber harvesting. highway completion, said the Lake, one of the most scenic The problem is nation-wide "magnitude" of the state's spots in the state, remains and will have to be resolved projected economic benefits the biggest worry of the con­ — perhaps through the work from the park may make it servationists. of the Public Land Law Re­ view Commission." necessary for state officials "to re-examine the priority EVANS, recognizing that given the highway if park- the company has a valid area development proceeds right to develop its patented ahead of the schedule pre­ claim and that the Wilder­ sently projected." ness Act requires the Forest 22 THE WILD CASCADES Prosaic Law Set Up Park Section-by-section, Public Ross Lake, and on the east recreation areas and include in timber funds from Forest Law 90-544 mostly is a pro­ by the northern extension of important provisions relative Service land which will form that recreation area along to timber-cutting, mining, the park; guarantee the saic establishment of the Ross Lake to the Canadian hunting and fishing. rights of the State Highway two-portion North Cascades border. The secretary of the interi­ Department to build and National Park, itstwo recre­ The southern section of the or may permit timber-cut­ maintain the Cross-State ation areas and its enlarged park, including the spectacu­ ting in recreation areas if it Highway; require the Interi­ pair of wilderness areas. lar scenery of the Eldorado does not "significantly im­ or and Agriculture Depart­ But P. L. 90-544, approved Peaks, is bounded on the pair public recreation and ment secretaries to agree, by the 90th Congress and north by that same Ross conservation ... of values Within two years, on a coor­ signed into law October 2 by Lake Recreation Area, on contributing to public enjoy­ dinated master plan for pub­ President Johnson, has its the west by high country ment." Exploration for es­ lic-use facilities such as poetic moment. In its first east of the Cascade River, tablishment of mining claims lodges, campsites and ski paragraph, Section 101, there on the south by a ridge south is barred, but the secretary lifts; protect the jurisdiction is this language: of Bridge Creek and north of may permit extraction of of the Federal Power Com­ miner'Is on existing claims mission over dams and "In order to preserve for Lake Chelan, and on the east transmission lines in the rec­ by an elevated region paral­ if it does not have "signifi­ the benefit, use and inspira­ cant adverse effects" on rec­ reation area, and authorize tion of present and future leling the Cross-State High­ reation areas. the appropriation of $3.5 mil­ generations certain majestic way route along Granite lion for purchase of private­ mountain scenery, snow creek. ly held lands. fields, glaciers, alpine mea­ Section 201, "in order to THE SECRETARY is in­ dows, and other unique na­ provide for the public out­ structed to permit hunting Sections 601-604 establish tural features in the North door-recreation use and en­ and fishing in the recreation the 520,000-acre Pasayten Cascade Mountains of the joyment," sets aside the J areas but, "except in emer­ Wilderness running east State of Washington, there is shaped 107,000-acre Ross gencies," he must make no from Ross Lake along the hereby established ..." Lake National Recreation regulations without first con­ Canadian border to the Che- Area and the 62,M0-acre sulting the State Department wack River in Okanogan AT THIS POINT, the ver- Lake Chelan Recreation of Game. County, and add 10,000 acres bage settles down to a mun­ Area. at the headwaters of Suiattle dane recital of how these Sections 301-303 spell out Finally, there is a flat-out Creek and White Chuck things shall be accom­ Creek to the existing Glacier how the secretary of the in­ prohibition against the secre­ Peak Wilderness south of the plished. Here is a layman's terior mayyacquire the rela­ tary permitting a road to condensation of the act: park, with both areas to be tively few 'Seres of privately link the North Cross-State managed by the secretary of By reference to an official owned land within the park Highway with a road which agriculture through the For­ map, Section 101 sets out the and recreation-area bounda­ already runs northwesterly est Service. 505,000-acre park. The north­ ries. from Stehekin, at the north­ ern portion, including the He may purchase or ex­ ern end of Lake Chelan, to­ These final sections of the jagged Picket Range, is change for other federal ward Boston Peak. He also act also instruct the secre­ bounded by the Canadian lands or may permit private is forbidden to build a "per­ tary of the interior to speci­ border on the west by moun­ owners to retain their land if manent" road on the east fy, within two years, those tains dominated by 9,137-foot it is being used for a "com­ side of Ross Lake. areas in the park which he Mount Shuksan, on the south patible" purpose. Sections 501-506 are special thinks should be given wil­ by the North Cross-State Section 401 and 402 give provisions which protect the derness status by Congress. Highway recreation-area the Park Service control pro-rata shares which var­ corridor from Newhalem to over the park and the two ious counties are receiving Chiefs Goal: 'One of World's relations with the Forest Contor obviously under­ Service in the areas where I stands the importance of have worked. I have tremen­ congressional appropriations Great Parks' dous respect for its forest in setting the pace for park- The man bearing the brunt and Glacier Peak Wilderness management" complex development. He of an unusual congressional Areas. Of his planning chore, Con­ said: directive in planning the new tor said; North Cascades National IN AN unprecedented "If the national economy Park and recreational com­ move, Congress literally di­ "These plans will be aired permits, we hope to pursue plex is a 13-year veteran of rected the sometimes-com­ and coordinated with as an aggressive development the National Park Service, peting services to get togeth­ many private and public or­ program in the next five Roger J. Contor, 38. ganizations as possible. We er and develop a harmonious may not do a perfect job of years." Written into Public Law scheme of public-use facili­ 90-544 is an order for the sec­ planning the developments, CONTOR'S vision of the ties. but we are certainly going to new park is simple, but elo­ retary of the interior and the Contor, as the new park try." secretary' of agriculture to and recreation-areas super­ quent: agree, within two years, on a intendent, must win the co­ When Contor moves his "The scenery is simply so master plan for construction operation of Forest Service desk next month from an off­ outstanding it cannot possi­ of "interpretive centers, visi­ supervisors in the Mount ice in Seattle's Federal Off­ tor-contact stations, lodges, ice Building to a temporary bly avoid international fame. Baker, Snoqualmie, Wen- The park will certainly be­ campsites and ski lifts" in atchee and Okanogan Na­ park headquarters at Sedro North Cascade domains tional Forests, all of which Woolley, he will be closer to come not just one of Ameri­ managed by the two federal contribute land areas to the his principal Forest Service ca's great parks, but one of departments. newly created complex. counterpart, Harold Chri- the world's great parks." Interior's Park Service swell, supervisor of Mount A former counterintel­ But Contor, who has ligence private with the was given control not only of served with the Park Service Baker National Forest at the park but of two recrea­ Bellingham. The Mount Bak­ Army in the Korean conflict, in Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Contor is a graduate of the tion areas at Ross Lake and Colorado and Utah, smiled er Forest will contribute more acreage to the new University of Idaho and is Lake Chelan. Agriculture's at his heavy responsibility married. He and his wife, Forest Service retained ju­ last week and said: complex than any of the three other national forests. Julie, have three sons, risdiction over the Pasayten "I have always had fine Bryce, 11; Patrick, 10, and August - September 1968 23

BEAT THE DRUMS FOR N3C A VICTORY BANQUET

The North Cascades Conservation Council's VICTORY BANQUET was a jubilant and successful celebration. Centerpiece replicas of drums with the words "Beat the Drums forN3C" symbolized the occasion at each of the tables. The tempo was a lively one as our dynamic and entertaining Director Irving Clark figuratively beat these drums in his performance as Master of Ceremonies.

The richly paneled banquet hall of the University Towers was filled with a capacity number of 250 people. The Council was honored to have as its guests Superintendent and Mrs. Roger J. Contor of the new North Cascades National Park, Superintendent and Mrs. Ben Gale of Olympic National Park, Superintendent and Mrs. John Townsley of Mt. Rainier National Park, as well as Congressman and Mrs. Lloyd Meeds, National Park Service planner Neal Butterfield and his wife, and the Executive Director of the Sierra Club, David R. Brower and his wife.

Mr. Brower went back in time and told how the vision of a North Cascades National Park had originated, about those who had had this vision and how the latest effort to bring this about had started almost a decade ago. The Northwest Conservation Representative, Brock Evans, then completed the story and made predictions as to what the future might hold in store for Washington's North Cascades.

Superintendent Contor described how he intends to administer the North Cascades National Park, with which he had just been entrusted. It was a general philosophical discussion because details have not yet been worked out. Mr. Butterfield who, as a member of the North Cascades Study Team, had visited all corners of the Park and Recreation Areas, showed slides that told their own story of a region of scenic grandeur.

Finally, questions were answered by a panel consisting of Philip Zalesky, Brock Evans, Polly Dyer, David Brower, Patrick Goldsworthy, and Roger Contor. There were many questions from those present, showing concern for the protection of the new park's scenic qualities and awareness of the problems that are likely to confront its administrators in preserving these values.

Thanks to all those who helped with arrangements for the banquet and to the spirit and enthusiasm of our N3C members, the evening was truly an occasion for celebration of past victories and an inspiration for future efforts to retain and enhance what we have won. ASENATOR ALSO BEATS THE DRUMS

120SA PDT OCT 26 68 PRA015 PR SECU6U NL PDF SEATTLE WASH 25 PATRICK GOLDSWORTHY PRESIDENT NORTH CASCADES CONSERVATION COUNCIL 3215 NORTHEAST 103 SEATTLE WASH I AM SORRY THAT ANOTHER ENGAGEMENT MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO BE WITH YOU AT YOUR BANQUET TONIGHT I WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO BE THERE TO HELP YOU CELEBRATE THE VICTORIOUS CONCLUSION CF THE LONG STRUGGLE FOR THE NORTH CASCADES NATIONAL PARK. PLEASE CONVEY MY GREETINGS AND MY APPRECIATION FOR ALL THE HELP AND SUPPORT YOUR GROUP HAS GIVEN IN THIS LONG FIGHT TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE NORTH CASCADESWM WARREN G MAGNUSON USS BULK RATE THE WILD CASCADES US. POSTAGE August - September 1968 PAID SEATTLE, WASH. (printed December 1968) PERMIT # 8602 North Cascades Conservation Council 3215 North East 103rd Street Seattle, Washington - 98125

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