Enchanted Valley Chalet’s future, on the upper Quinault River, continues to be threatened by the river and Olympic National Park, who wants it removed. Volunteers saved it by moving it away from falling into the river and erosion is threatening it again.

The Park’s Environmental Assessment process drags on, now behind in the13th of a long 15 step process. Will the Chalet still be there, when the process is done? (2020 Photo)

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From David Galyean…

Here’s the picture of the chalet when it was built brand new in hewn logs.

Proof that it wasn’t originally a canopy, window gutters before the park rangers added it on afterward.

Third picture: My family’s scrapbook given to us from Freda

The last picture was given to me in January ‘84 while my parents and I decided to visit my grandpa Glenn’s sister, Freda Schwab in Buckley, Washington.

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The 2021 Wild Olympics Bill did not pass! 🙂
It was stripped out of the National Defense Act again , where they continue to try and sneak it thru.

For 10 years now we have stopped this attempt, to restrict access to 250,000 acres of our Working Wild Olympics.

I will be on KXRO Radio “Live @ 9” with Pat on Thursday to talk about this and new changes to the Olympic Forest Service and Park.

Streamed live at kxro.com

https://www.workingwildolympics.org

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Big changes on the Olympic Forest Service. The newest Olympic Supervisor Kelly Lawerence has eliminated the 2 District Ranger positions for the west and east sides. Resulting in less possible local interactions and control from just one person. Allies are appealing this to the top levels in DC.

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Olympic Nat. Park ~ the Supervisor Sarah Creechbaum has recently left for the same position in AK.

The Deputy Supervisor will now be acting. She has made controversial statements to the public about not representing their concerns at the Sol Duc road washout meetings. No resolution to access is pending. No one is currently in the pipeline for a replacement Supervisor.

The Western Region Supervisor, overseeing 10 states and 65 Parks was just filled 10 days ago by a Texas military base officer.

Not being from with in the Park system, could be interesting.

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