1 / 9

Protecting our Olympics

Olympic Park Associates and Great Old Broads for Wilderness are working together to protect the wilderness and ecological integrity of Olympic National Park. Help us save the natural sounds of the Olympic Peninsula and prevent the drowning out of these unique temperate rainforest sounds by fighter jets. Take action now!

scottfrank
Download Presentation

Protecting our Olympics

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Protecting our Olympics Olympic Park Associates Great Old Broads for Wilderness

  2. Olympic Park Associates Olympic Park Associates mission is to protect the wilderness and ecological integrity of Olympic National Park.

  3. Great Old Broads for Wilderness is a national grassroots organization, led by women, that engages and inspires activism to preserve and protect wilderness and wild lands.

  4. What is at stake? If Wilderness could speak what would it say? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r40Tmvdsg-4 Save the Wild Natural Sounds of the Olympic Peninsula Hear Our Olympics https://www.npca.org/advocacy/50-save-the-wild-natural-sounds-of-the-olympic-peninsula

  5. Fighter Jets, (Growlers) are drowning out the natural sounds and exceptional quiet of this unique temperate rainforest.

  6. The Navy proposes electronic warfare activities in the marine sanctuary area and is requesting a continuation of “incidental takes of threatened and endangered marine mammals and other marine species”.

  7. The Navy’s Environmental Impact Statement • Proposes increase in fighter jet training for electronic warfare up to 5000 flights annually over the coastal wilderness the marine sanctuary, the Hoh Rain forest, Hurricane ridge, and Lake Crescent. • Growler noise levels range from 80-90 decibels similar to garbage disposals and lawn mowers. • Endangered species land and marine animals are at risk The public can comment until June 12

  8. What can you do? • Send a post card to your congressman

More Related