Shoulder Season

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Notes on travel, especially backpacking and hiking. shoulderseason.net

The #Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources recently released the text of a spending bill that would mandate the sale of up to 3.2 million acres of national #publiclands. If this bill becomes law, national public lands would be sold in 11 western states, including #Washington.

Use your voice: Our national public lands are not for sale

This year, leaders across the federal government have proposed selling our national public lands — to give them away for development, open them to resource extraction or use them to generate revenue. ...

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WTA's policy and planning manager Michael DeCramer has traded out his hiking boots for a suit and traveled to Washington, D.C. on behalf of the thousands of hikers who've called for last week's mass firings of #ForestService and #NationalParkService firings to be reversed. Learn how you can help 🌲

WTA visits D.C. to urge rehiring of Forest and Park service staff

This week, WTA’s policy and planning manager Michael DeCramer is in Washington, D.C. Along with partners, one of the key issues Michael will be discussing is the recent firing of thousands of U.S. For...

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Trump's attacks on the National Park Service—including firing 1000 National Park Service workers—will only bring chaos and confusion to our parks and their millions of visitors. National parks preserve our country’s nature, heritage, and history. We must save them, not sabotage them.