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Washington Wilderness Coalition. The Wilderness Gradient By Melody Rosecrans. The WWC Mission:.
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Washington Wilderness Coalition The Wilderness Gradient By Melody Rosecrans
The WWC Mission: “For over 30 years the WWC has been dedicated to preserving and restoring forest throughout Washington state through citizen empowerment, support for grassroots community groups, advocacy and public education. ” (wwc)
What does the WWC do? • The WWC is a nonprofit organization that strives to bring people together to defend our remaining wild forests, waters and wildlife. • By bringing people together in a group effort the coalition has successfully aided in passing legislation.
The Wild Sky Wilderness Act Signed into law in 2008 as part of a consolidated Natural Resources Act. This became the first new Washington State area of National Forest in 20years.
The rejection of Mt. St. Helens mining The WWC worked for more then a year to get a proposed copper mine from General Moly rejected.
Exposure of the federal plan to extinguish wolves in wilderness areas In 2006 the WWC lead a National effort that extended the comment period, which is forcing the Forest Service to reconsider their proposal.
Working at the WWC • Researched the major employers for the counties encompassing the Olympic National Forest. • Enabling the WWC to target and draw support from the industries that drive the economy in these small counties. • Building an alliance for important forest and river decisions on the peninsula. • Data entry. • Updating their data base , of all the supporters who have written letters to Congressman Norm Dicks in support of the Olympics. • Mining research. • Working to create a plan, and search for a loop hole in the law, to stop the expansion of Unimin Corp.’s olivine ore mine.