FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Rep. Norm Dicks to Keynote at Watershed and Forest Roads Conference
Over 500,000 miles of under-funded and deteriorating roads crisscross our national forests, compromising water quality and harming endangered salmon and steelhead. Changing patterns of precipitation and large storm events are causing increasingly frequent road blowouts. Rep. Dicks will discuss congressional funding designed to restore roads in these critical ecosystems.
Over 500,000 miles of under-funded and deteriorating roads crisscross our national forests, compromising water quality and harming endangered salmon and steelhead. Changing patterns of precipitation and large storm events are causing increasingly frequent road blowouts. Rep. Dicks will discuss congressional funding designed to restore roads in these critical ecosystems.
What: Watershed Restoration and Forest Roads Symposium
Designed for policymakers, scientists, practitioners and advocates this regional conference will address road-related watershed restoration on national forests and other public lands as well as both current legislative and community efforts to remedy the problem.
When: Friday, April 4, 9:00 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Where: Greater Tacoma Convention and Trade Center, 1500 Broadway, Tacoma, WA
Who: U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks (WA)
Pat Williams, former congressman (MT)
Jay Manning, Washington Department of Ecology
Robin Stoddard, Olympic National Forest
Joel Merkel, Office of Sen. Maria Cantwell
Terry Williams, Tulalip Tribes
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