[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 58 (Thursday, April 10, 2003)]
[House]
[Page H3056]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         TRIBUTE TO IRA SPRING

  (Mr. INSLEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. INSLEE. Mr. Speaker, every State has citizens who do something 
special, and the State of Washington has a gentleman named Ira Spring. 
Ira Spring is a great outdoor photographer who, along with Harvey 
Manning, published the famous 100 Hikes in Washington, a series of 
guidebooks which ignited the movement to protect the environment of our 
State because it introduced thousands of people to the outdoors and the 
tremendous forests in the State of Washington.
  Ira has also mentored some of our best mountain climbers, including 
Jim and Lou Whittaker of climbing fame.
  Ira's gone on now to establish a foundation to help introduce young 
people to the outdoors and encourage trail maintenance, and he is a 
fellow who we have tremendous respect for in the environmental 
community. And I just want to quote something Ira said the other day. 
He said, ``I feel you need a lot of people to become aware of their 
surroundings,'' and he is certainly right on about that, because he has 
dedicated his life to doing that.
  We are protecting our forests and wildlands and using them to great 
enjoyment in the State of Washington. I say thanks to Ira.

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