The plan would also protect 19 rivers. It has been exhaustively vetted on the Peninsula, with support ranging from Indian tribes to small and large businesses, as well as the mayors of timber communities.
The Canadian government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will buy, take over and build a controversial 600 mile pipeline that will carry Alberta tar sands oil to be shipped out through the sensitive marine waters shared by Washington and British Columbia.
Two Republican House members from this state, Reps. Reichert and Herrera-Beutler, tell U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke: No new oil drilling off the Washington Coast.