[Slugman]

The WTA supports option B! Good job.

[JimK]

Thank you kite, nlunstrum, Elvis, Don, and Mtn Man for sending in your comments.

[Jeff Chapman]

[Quark]

Jeff, you'd cry if you saw the compound now. They're down to 3 bunkhouses, the rest having been sold. The old fashioned weather station is dismantled; it was so neat to sneak in there and look at the gauges and that little piece of wood that determined dryness and Fire Danger Level. It was fenced in, but the gate was never locked. But yeah, the town really is just a punching bag to some outsiders who don't give a sh## about them or their history or ties to the community. Ole Nels Bruseth would roll over in his ever lovin' grave if he knew what was going on. Which reminds me - I know they were old and needed to go, but yet another thing gone - those huge old trees in the cemetery are gone; even the one that shaded Bruseth's headstone. I like to get to know the communities I pass through on my way to a trailhead. Actually, I don't just "pass through;" I build in time to stop and hang out; city park, or cafe - I've even dropped in to visit the library in Darrington to check out a history display they had - the librarian was awfully nice; she gave me directions to a secret local trail chock-full of old growth - Jeff, you probably know about it. Its right there, off Sauk Prairie Road.

[treeswarper]

Funny. If I mention the dying town stuff I get told I need to move to the city. It isn't just Darrington. That stuff happened all up and down in every town that relied on NF timber. Our community has the same company running the mill and we've had a shift laid off also. The only timber towns thriving are the ones near cities, which can be bedroom communities.

[Slugman]

Aren't you the one who said you boycott the stores in your own town if people from somewhere else opened them? Yes, you are. Maybe that's why your town is dying, the people are so unfriendly, and they cut their own throats. When you laugh at other people's misfortunes (as you claim you do), and sneer at their children (which you also claim you do), and call them by insulting nicknames, then why should they care about you?

[DIYSteve]

Let's go. Get out of bed, off your butts, get those comments in supporting Alt B and then get outside on this beautiful day

[Quark]

Darrington is trying to help itself; there's big community spirit. New festivals and new traditions being worked on, monthly dances, as well as a Business Association, and a new organization started for volunteers to help the Forest Service with light road maintenance. The timber industry and mining drove the town, but later embraced recreation as its replacement. But with constant delays in getting the SUiattle road up & running, they're hamstrung.

[Kim Brown]

Suiattle River Road comments are due April 20th. Send support for Alternative B, repair to the end. Just a one-liner if you want. "I support Alternative B, the repair to the end of the Suioattle Road." You don't have to be a literary genius. Please do this! !) Send to: wfl.suiattleriverroad@dot.gov Subject line on the email WA FS ERFO 071-2023 Suiattle RIver Road .

[Snowbrushy]

[deerhunter]

[Pikawhisperer]

Thanks for the reminder! My letter is sent! I'm also adding a reminder to facebook in hopes I can reach others

[JimK]

[Schryder]

Sent. Thanks for the reminder.

[treebugger]

Thanks for the use of the letter in support of Alternative B. I sent it this evening and added a personal note as a PS. "I have hiked and worked with volunteer trail crews on a number of occasions in that area prior to the most recent washout. The last time was through the glorious old growth forest on the Sulfur Creek Trail with my daughter who was just a toddler at the time. She's eleven now and I hope to share future wanderings with her in one of my favorite areas in the North Cascades...the Suiattle River watershed. Thank you."