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Archive Home > 2009 > June > 13 > Rarely visited wilderness might get protected

Rarely visited wilderness might get protected

By Winston Ross / The Bulletin
June 13, 2009

DEVIL’S STAIRCASE — Josh Laughlin emerged at Wassen Creek after an hours-long jaunt through a sprawling thicket of sword ferns, huckleberry bushes and rhododendron trees.

He had scrambled across makeshift bridges made from downed Douglas fir. He slid down moss-concealed rock....

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