WWC Speaker Series Schedule 2010
June 9 Seattle’s Wild Backyard: The Middle Fork Valley
Rick McGuire, Wilderness Advocate and Author of “55 Hikes around Stevens Pass: Wild Sky Country
 Rick McGuire has traveled extensively throughout the Middle Fork Valley and has been one of the foremost activists on the campaign to protect much of this valley through wilderness and wild and scenic river designations. Rick will use slides and anecdotes to chronicle the history of conservation in the beloved forested valley northeast of North Bend which has culminated in legislation now moving through the U.S. Congress.
The event will begin at 6:30pm and will be held at the WWC offices at 305 N. 83rd St. Please RSVP to
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August 11 Building Winning Partnerships
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Jon Kennedy, Communications Director, Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance
 Jon Kennedy will speak about how Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance has worked together with WWC and other wilderness organizations to find common ground around new wilderness and wild and scenic river designations. On the Alpine Lakes Wilderness additions legislation moving through Congress, an agreement was reached which resulted in mountain bikers endorsing the proposal even though, as a mechanized use, they are prohibited within wilderness areas.
The event will begin at 6:30pm and will be held at the WWC offices at 305 N. 83rd St. Please RSVP to
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October 13 Protecting Washington’s Free-flowing Wild Rivers
Doug North, WWC Board Member and Founder of Washington Rivers Council
Doug will speak about the renaissance of efforts to designate wild and scenic rivers in Washington State. Doug founded the Washington Rivers Council, which he created to focus on a statewide wild and scenic river bill in the 1980’s. Those efforts culminated in a statewide proposal in 1992 which was never became law. In 1990, Doug wrote the 24-page appendix to Tim McNulty’s book, Washington’s Wild Rivers: The Unfinished Work, detailing the nuts and bolts of state and federal river protection programs and outlining a detailed proposal for future river designations.
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December 8 TBD
**Special thanks to the Mountaineers Foundation for providing support to fund our Speakers Series.
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