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New version of Wild Olympics 3rd try at wilderness law BY PAUL GOTTLIEB PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
A new version of Wild Olympics legislation will be introduced today by U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer and U.S. Sen. Patty Murray. The Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 2014, also known as Wild Olympics legislation, contains wilderness protective measures that were jointly introduced in 2012 by Murray, D-Bothell, and former U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks, Kilmer’s 6th
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■ Rep. Derek Kilmer’s own words on wilderness Congressional District predecessor. legislation/A8 In 2013, it was introduced by timber harvest. Murray alone. “After conversations with the Kilmer said then that he Forest Service and timber induswanted to consult more with timtry, I’m convinced that nearly all ber industry and environmental groups before making a decision. Forest Service land proposed for The new legislation, like the wilderness would never be comoriginal bill, would ban logging on mercially harvested and that these 126,554 acres of 633,000-acre designations won’t harm the timber industry,” said Kilmer, a Port Olympic National Forest. Kilmer said in a statement Angeles native and Gig Harbor released Thursday that he is con- Democrat whose district includes vinced the proposal will not have Clallam and Jefferson counties. “That said, I also understand an impact on the national forest’s
the views of those concerned that more needs to be done to responsibly increase harvest in our federal forests. I agree.”
Changes in legislation In a telephone interview Thursday, Kilmer cited the following changes compared with earlier proposed legislation: ■ Language in the bill makes it clear that the wilderness designation will not result in additional road closures. All forest system roads are excluded from the designation. ■ Wilderness and wild-andscenic-rivers designations will not affect private landowners’ rights
In the aftermath of a year of protests
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BY JOE SMILLIE PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
FORKS –– When a regular customer teased Forks Coffee Shop waitress Michelle Steward over lunch recently, it was a welcome return to a familiar scene in a town once spotlighted during animal rights protests. “I was going to say it’s nice to be back to normal, but then he walked in,” Steward joked in response to her heckler. For more than a year and especially throughout December, Forks was besieged by criticism as animal rights activists staged protests urging city officials to order the closure of Olympic Animal Sanctuary, a home for dangerous dogs founded and run by Steve JOE SMILLIE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Markwell in a pink warehouse at 1021 Laurie Johnson, right, points out Forks’ famous Twilight stops to sisters Russell Road.
Angie and Jessy Cheever of Payette, Ida., at the Chamber of Commerce
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to manage their property “in any way.” ■ Wilderness and wild-andscenic-rivers designations cannot be expanded administratively by the Forest Service.
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FORKS –– Where is Steve Markwell? Markwell reportedly was last seen at the end of December in Golden Valley, Ariz., where he took 124 dogs from his Forks shelter and handed them over to New York-based Guardians of Rescue. Markwell has not returned Peninsula Daily News calls requesting comment since Dec. 21, the day he left Forks with the dogs from the Olympic Animal Sanctuary inside a 53-foot semitrailer. Robert Misseri, president of Guardians of Rescue, Markwell said he didn’t know where Markwell was headed when he left Arizona. Residents of Forks say they haven’t seen him. Markwell could be arrested on a bench warrant, issued for Jan. 2, after he failed to appear in court on a charge of malicious mischief for allegedly kicking the car of a protester outside his sanctuary Dec. 10. The website for Olympic Animal Sanctuary, which was founded in 2004, has been replaced with a notice saying the sanctuary “has dissolved and we are no longer raising funds or accepting donations in Washington state. Thanks for your past support.”
New life for tradition Pot businesses can be banned
Farm to hold Wassail event
AG’s view: Local authority prevails
BY CHARLIE BERMANT PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
Saturday’s Wassail celebration at Finnriver Farms in
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local governments to adopt rules that are more strict than those SEATTLE — Cities set out in the law — up and counties can block to and including outlicensed marijuana right bans. businesses from operat“Although [the law] ing within their borders, establishes a licensing the state’s top lawyer and regulatory system said Thursday. for marijuana producers, The much-antici- Ferguson processors and retailers pated legal opinion comin Washington state, it plicates the state’s efforts to includes no clear indication that it undercut the black market for pot. was intended to pre-empt local Attorney General Bob Fergu- authority to regulate such busison determined that the state’s nesses,” the opinion stated. voter-approved measure legalizTURN TO POT/A6 ing recreational marijuana allows BY GENE JOHNSON
CHIMACUM — Finnriver Farm & Cidery has revived a centuries-old tradition to celebrate the connection of agriculture to the community. The farm will hold its eighth annual Wassail Celebration from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Saturday at 62 Barn Swallow Road, offering a “family-friendly” version of the traditionally bawdy events. Admission is free, with a dinCHARLIE BERMANT/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS ner of soup and bread costing Crystie Kisler ties bread to a fruit tree in preparation for $10. WASSAIL/A6 Chimacum.
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