Connie Gallant of Quilcene,
Receives Washington Wilderness Coalition Award

Thursday, November 12, 2009 in Seattle Connie Gallant received the Karen M. Fant Founder's Award from the Washington Wilderness Coalition for her accomplishments as a conservation activist. She says "it will be a great honor to receive this award on behalf of all the organizations and folks who work so hard to save and protect our corner of the world."

Karen Fant was one of the founders in 1979 of the Washington Wilderness Coalition. She was credited with a major part of the grass-roots work in which Congress enacted the 1 million-acre 1984 Washington State Wilderness Act. Those who knew Karen praise her dedication, determination, and passion to protect many wilderness areas, including helping to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

See some of Connie's work: Save Mount Walker | She is Vice President on the Board of Olympic Forest Coalition