In addition: this site endorsed the proposed Alpine Lakes Wilderness Expansion Project. And endorses the Stehekin Road Bill as a recreational access to the North Cascades National Park, as well as reopening the Suiattle River Road, Illabot Creek Road, and White Chuck River Roads. This site also supports the WDFW fish stocking program herein Washinton state's alpine lakes, as well as having hatchery support for our salmon & steelhead resources, simply because it's a shared resource for all, not for a select few elitist. And too, without the aid of our hatcheries, there will be little to fish for in the future, especially with climate changes.

It is intended to remind man of his commitment to the preservation of wild lands thereby protecting them for future generations to enjoy, as well as the creatures they nourish.  In so doing,"we must remember not to exclude ourselves from what we wish to preserve, to include maintaining access roads for recreational purposes such as hiking, climbing, fishing and hunting." And in our wandering, let us respect the wild for what it is and tread lightly thereupon it recognizing its fragility. 

The concept of this site actually began in manuscript form during the 1960s when I first became incensed with the multiude of destructive practices affecting our natural resources such as: clear-cutting in National Forests and causing siltation of salmon streams. Thus, it is my sincere hope that you enjoy the text and photos of this site, and perhaps rediscover your own inner feelings about how we view what wild lands remain and how we should treat them. Ceratinly, the aesthetic value these wild lands have upon mankind, is far more important to him and the earth now, than the amount of monetary gains that can be derived from them. In essence, the true meaning of our public lands and wild lands lies in the aesthetic value it brings to mankind, not the dollars it can generate through industrial revenue, and or commercial greed.

"Without trees (to include the huge lowland-river second growth) and land set aside, there is no forest."

"If our children never experience the grandeur of these environs, surely mankind will suffer for it in the end."

note: this site contains only a small fraction of the many photo adventures in the wild, that my friends and I have shared together for a great many years. We hope you enjoy them as I've tried to capture the essence of it all through photography and my writings, as part of the spirited relay team of conservationists who have gone before me - carrying the torch of conservation and trying to keep that theme/dream alive . . .