Regarding the Sunday letter, “Good news is the other side of story“: There are always going to be questions regarding what is worthy front page news. The delay of rebuilding the Suiattle River Road is one of them, and ran where it should have, on the front page.
It is a crying shame that special interest groups had to interfere. We had a chance to open up campgrounds that have been closed for years and take some of the pressure and crowds off the very few campgrounds we now have. Gone or delayed is the opportunity for the not so fortunate or struggling families to take a leisurely drive to a new area and enjoy a beautiful river. All thanks to the special interest groups.
Sure, access to the Glacier Peak Wilderness is possible if you want to drive to the east side, but that does little good if someone wants to hike or enjoy the area on this side without undue hardship or taking an extra day or two. It is like saying you can use I-5 to get to Seattle but you have to go to Bellingham first to get onto I-5. That would not go over very well, would it?
Rebuilding a road is going to destroy a wilderness area? Give me a break. If you truly want a wildness area protected, a true wilderness area, then close the whole thing off completely to people. Only then it would be a true wilderness area.
We might just as well disband the U.S. Forest Service and save our government some money, as now the special interest groups are running the forest.
Roger Hansen
Lake Stevens
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