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FEDERATION OF WESTERN OUTDOOR CLUBS










WASHINGTON STATE MILLER PENINSULA REDUCTION

In the Olympic Peninsula in the State of Washington, 1444 acres of natural resources land was identified for development as a State Park on the Miller Peninsula in 1985.  In 1987-8 the State Legislature authorized the purchase of this land by State Parks and Recreation Commission.  The Mitsubishi Corporation under the name of Peninsula Partners, is currently working on a deal with Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission to buy 645 acres of the proposed State Park to convert it for its own development, thereby reducing the public park land by 45%.

The land to be removed from park status is rare and unique waterfront property in that it forms an ecosystem supporting birds on the adjacent U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and State Refuges on Protection Island.  No evidence has been presented of wildlife inventories on the affected parkland.

The Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs believes that park quality lands are in notably short supply and it is foolhardy to remove from public ownership lands which citizens already own, and consequently are opposed to this purchase by a private enterprise.

c: Governor Booth Gardner, State of Washington










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