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The Washington chapter's Executive Committee members are:

• President Jan Brucker, Seattle
• Vice President Lunell Haught, Spokane
• Secretary Lloyd Flem, Olympia
• Treasurer Ed Bustamante, Vancouver
• Bob Batty, Cheney
• Harvey Brown, Greenacres

State Profile

Washington has some of America's most breathtaking scenery. In a day's drive, from west to east, you can see wild ocean waves, a temperate rain forest, an inland sea speckled with forested islands, an active volcano, cathedral groves of cedar, Douglas fir and ponderosa pine, snow-capped mountains, harsh desert beauty, ancient coulees, and the Columbia River. Washingtonians are proud of our national parks -- Mount Rainier, Olympic, and North Cascades. Nearly 10 percent of our state is designated wilderness. The Hanford Reach National Monument protects the last free-flowing stretch of the Columbia River in the United States.

Washington has a long tradition of Republican conservation leadership. Dan Evans, an outstanding Republican governor who served three terms in Olympia, says his proudest accomplishment was getting legislation passed to protect the Evergreen State's air and water, and winning approval of a bond measure to expand the state's parks system. As a U.S. senator, Evans and fellow Senator Slade Gorton helped win passage of the Washington Wilderness Act of 1984. John Spellman, another great Republican governor, stopped construction of an oil pipeline beneath the waters of Puget Sound and of an oil drilling rig on the sensitive shorelines of north Puget Sound. Congressman John Miller was a strong conservationist. The late Congresswoman Jennifer Dunn won passage of legislation expanding Mount Rainier National Park. Her successor, Congressman Dave Reichert, is compiling a strong record on energy, public lands, and other conservation issues.

At the state level, five-term Secretary of State Ralph Munro (a REP member) fought to protect Puget Sound's native wildlife. His successor, Sam Reed, also a REP member, cares strongly about keeping the environment as a mainstream Republican issue. Current Republican legislators such as state Representative Glenn Anderson and Senator Dan Swecker are showing that protecting Washington's quality of life is a bipartisan concern.

Working together, we can protect Washington's breathtaking natural heritage for the pleasure and benefit of future generations. 

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