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Commissioner Franz Calls On Trump Administration To Withdraw Its Offshore Drilling Proposal

Washington Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz has joined other Pacific Northwest officials voicing concern about a Trump administration proposal to sell oil leases off the Washington coast. In a letter sent Thursday to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Acting Director Walter Cruickshank, Franz said offshore drilling in Washington could…

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Hawkins, Franz Hosting Forest Health Summit Tonight

Washington’s Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz will be in Wenatchee tonight for an event with Senator Brad Hawkins to kick off his forest health bill that passed unanimously this session (SB 5546). The event, starting at 6:30 p.m. at the Wenatchee Valley Museum, will have a panel discussion with Commissioner Franz, Senator Hawkins, The Nature Conservancy, the NCW Forest Health…

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