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Article: Man of the Middle Fork saw beauty amid trash; A dumping ground reclaimed.(News)
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- The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA)
- Article date:
- September 5, 2009
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Byline: Lynda V. Mapes; Seattle Times staff reporter
As the river swirls around the rock where he is perched, Mark Boyar looks perfectly at home.
After more than two decades working to polish this recreational jewel, for Boyar the valley along the Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie River has become his second home, even a member of his family.
"It really is my oldest child, " he said.
Some 22,000 acres of this lowland river valley, with the Pratt and the Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie rivers running through, are proposed for permanent protection by Congress. The forest would be added to the existing Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area, created in ...