A year of making do on tourism promotion
The Obama administration gets the value of tourism for job creation. All the neighboring states do. Washington is trying to build momentum without state support.
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ALL MEMBERS »The Obama administration gets the value of tourism for job creation. All the neighboring states do. Washington is trying to build momentum without state support.
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The foundation builds strong relationships with each community so that gifts will leverage the community's strengths. Working with Native American groups highlights the importance of a sense of reciprocity.
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The highways will likely receive less attention. But that's just the start when layoffs hit Hanford, the Forest Service, national parks, and more.
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Through a series of political machinations, Congress has taken gray wolves in Idaho, Montana, Utah, and parts of Oregon and Washington off the endangered species list. Will a new state plan go far enough to protect the Washington population?
READ MORE | 2 COMMENTSShe tells a Bellingham audience that the coal bound for China will be coming out of the Mountain states, but it's an open question whether the port will be in Washington or Canada.
READ MORE | COMMENT NOWYou can learn a lot of things about the economy and the helpfulness of Uncle Sam by driving the interstates from here to St. Paul.
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As the lawsuits and citizen opposition mount up, the oil companies are looking at other routes and changing their story about the size of the huge modules they hope to haul by truck on a two-lane highway from Lewiston to Alberta's vast oil reserves.
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Fear is unjustified today, but it's a part of Pacific Northwest history. Did you know Brigham Young once considered Vancouver Island for the Mormon homeland?
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Giant modules for petroleum production in Alberta are making their way through the Northwest. And raising questions about the environment.
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Politicians in the Northwest have been trying for some time to free the states of the burden of obeying Endangered Species Act protections for the gray wolf. Now, bills in Olympia would give the legislature a chance to play to the anti-wolf crowd.
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Behind the scenes at Seattle's museum of natural history and culture, you become aware of the incredible knowledge infrastructure we've created in this state museum. Plus, it houses mummies, spiders, fossils, spears, and Bobo's head: everything a budding Indiana Jones could want.
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As the Civil War reaches its 150th anniversary, it's time to reflect on the impact of that era on the Pacific Northwest, and how political battles over slavery, secession, and states' rights were fought not just back East, but in the Rain Belt too.
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U.S. laws limit the burning of coal here, and Washington state has a strong green influence. Passenger rail in Seattle and beyond would suffer consequences from shipments to Bellingham. But the financial firepower lined up in favor of shipping coal from Washington ports to China is gigantic.
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Welcome to our national parks, home to non-native elk and mountain goat, invasive plants, stocked rivers and lakes, spraying programs for plague, and yearly genetic tests for buffalo. It can take a lot of work to keep parks "natural."
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We live in a beautiful place surrounded by gorgeous parks, but our wilderness, including national parks, are mostly accessible only by car. Can we fix this?
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