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Olympic Peninsula

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noun

  1. a large peninsula of W Washington

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Two firefighters were detained by U.S. immigration authorities while responding to a wildfire on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, raising questions about federal enforcement in emergency situations.

From Salon

In dozens of interviews across this lush slice of the Olympic Peninsula, support for the two was just about evenly split.

From Los Angeles Times

The other one is on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington and the county is Clallam, where I focused on a small town called Sequim.

From Salon

Other projects across the state include more than $20 million for Yakama Nation’s efforts to restore floodplains and fish passages and $8.4 million for Trout Unlimited’s Olympic Peninsula Coldwater Connection Campaign, a fish passage project in the Hoh, Queets-Quinault and Quillayute watersheds.

From Seattle Times

Another four projects, including an effort to reconnect 125 river miles on the western Olympic Peninsula, received nearly $36 million.

From Seattle Times