Are We Giving up on Backpacking?

Rod,

I need to set the record straight here. You and I emailed for a period about the Dosewallips Road, and we concluded that conversation with a commitment from me to you that I will read the upcoming DEIS when it is released with a thoughtful, critical eye and that I will reach out to our members for their thoughts as I did when we modified our position based on new information from the National Marine Fisheries Service. Frankly, I became weary with your implication that I was lying to you about the level of engagement with our members on the Peninsula and chose to end our engagement at that. So your contention that WTA is unresponsive to members is just that—your contention, and a false one. I am not going to engage in a tit-for-tat with you about the details of the Dosewallips Road on WTA’s blog. We encourage thoughtful conversation on the Signpost Blog, but we will not allow it to become a forum for mischaracterizing WTA policy or putting words in the mouths of our members and volunteers.

My direct line at WTA is 206.965.8558. My email address is jonathan@wta.org. All WTA members are encouraged to call me if they would like to engage in a substantive discussion on the issues that we address.