Annual Report - Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics

2010 Program Report
WILDERNESS DESIGNATION
In 2010, FSEEE brought our first ever wilderness
campaign to the brink of congressional wilderness
designation for the 30,500-acre proposed Devil’s
Staircase wilderness in the Siuslaw National
Forest. Leveraging our momentum from
the previous year, in which FSEEE obtained
Congressman Peter DeFazio’s enthusiastic
support for the Devil’s Staircase Wilderness Act
of 2009, our staff and dedicated supporters
marshaled the bill through passage in both the
House and Senate environment committees.
FSEEE staff remained actively engaged in
maintaining extensive grassroot support for
the wilderness bill that included several public
FSEEE led hikes in the spring and fall. In
September, Andy Stahl attended Wilderness
Week in Washington, D.C., where he met with
members of the Oregon congressional delegation.
On October 14, FSEEE and our conservation
partners showcased a multimedia event
created and presented by professional photographer
and conservation advocate, Tim Giraudier,
entitled “From Source to Confluence: Exploring
Wasson Creek in the Proposed Devil’s Staircase
Wilderness.” An overflow audience of more than
200 interested community members attended the
event. In November, with time running out, we
asked FSEEE members in key legislative districts
to contact their U.S. senators and encourage
Congress to approve wilderness designation for
the Devil’s Staircase area. As usual, our membership
responded in force, and their voices were
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