Tag Archives: Ted Rosen

The Rebirth of the Elwha

The removal of the Elwha and Glines Canyon dams on the Elwha River sparked a remarkable environmental success story. With so much doom and gloom about environmental disasters all around the globe, it behooves us to acknowledge the successes we’ve had in protecting the natural world. After nearly a century of destruction, the restoration of the Elwha has become an …

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The Cull of the Barred Owl

Most public policy conflicts have well-defined opposing camps. Left vs Right, Rich vs Poor, Permissive vs Puritanical, the Yankees vs the Red Sox, etc. Yet sometimes a policy decision is so knotted that even similar minds find themselves at odds. This is where the finer points of ethics and morality become deeply explored. Such is the case with the barred …

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Chuckanut Drive: 21 Miles of Cascadian Splendor

Washington State Route 11, also known as Chuckanut Drive, is a beautiful scenic byway that never makes the cut in lists of America’s great scenic drives. Perhaps, at 21 miles long, it isn’t epic enough to rate. But as an experiential journey, it is easily one of the finest ribbons of road in the United States. It is a gorgeous …

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