Bad Ash Outdoors

Hey fishing friends- what kind of electric fillet knives do we like these days?
I need a new one!

Hi friends! I've been away for a bit working hard on my PhD dissertation. A piece of my scholarship just published with American Historical Association !

Check it out here: https://www.historians.org/module/indigenous-challenges-to-little-dictators/

This is designed to assist high school and college classrooms, but if you're curious about history then it's for you! Feel free to share your thoughts with me once you read it.

Indigenous Challenges to “Little Dictators” – AHA Members of the Quinaults tribe on horses at the beach. Courtesy of the University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections.

🚨BREAKING: Vote Shows Why We Need To Pass Wild Olympics NOW: “Last week’s shocking Senate Vote against the Boundary Waters shows why only the full Wilderness & Wild & Scenic River safeguards in U.S. Senator Patty Murray & Rep. Emily Randall’s Act will protect salmon streams against travesties like this in the future” said Sportsmen For Wild Olympics spokesperson Ashley Nichole Lewis of Bad Ash Outdoors, a Fishing Guide and Member of the Quinault Indian Nation.

“If a simple majority in the Senate can now cynically overturn science, public input, legal precedent & opposition from sportsmen nationwide to strip administrative protection from the Boundary Waters, they can do it anywhere, including here on the Olympic Peninsula. We continue to stand with all those continuing the fight to protect the Boundary Waters & our , even as we redouble our efforts to pass Wild Olympics this congress before it’s too late. The future of on the Peninsula depends on it.”

FIGHT BACK:

SIGN the WildOlympics.org/wild-olympics-petition telling Congress the Wild Olympics aren’t for sale & to permanently protect public lands & salmon streams for our future.

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Read List of over 40 SportsmenForWildOlympics.org/endorsements by leading organizations
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List of Threats including links to Outdoor Life articles shown at SportsmenForWildOlympics.org/threats
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Sportsmen For Wild Olympics Map of Public Lands & Salmon Streams at Risk on : tinyurl.com/SportsmenForWildOlympicsMap

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Update on Sen. Murray’s Wild Olympics Bill Advances Through Senate Hearing Senator Murray’s Wild Olympics Bill Advances Through Senate Hearing on Wave of New Sportsmen Endorsements Calling for Permanent Protection of Wild Olympics. from the Wild Olympics Coalition: Dear W…

🚨PRESS RELEASE: Sportsmen for Wild Olympics Release Map in Defense of Olympic Peninsula Public Lands, Call for Permanent Protection Instead Of Stripping Safeguards From Key Trophy Fishing Headwaters in Washington State. The group is opposing repeal of the Roadless Rule & is calling on Congress to pass U.S. Senator Patty Murray & Emily Randall’s Act as a proactive solution to permanently protect these lands.

“This map tells Congress and the Administration: protect the Olympic Peninsula’s public lands—don’t privatize or develop them,” said Ashley-Nichole Lewis of Bad Ash Outdoors, a Quinault Indian Nation fishing guide and spokesperson for Sportsmen for Wild Olympics. “It gives our fellow sportsmen and women something to fight for, not just against—a lasting solution to threats we are confronting right now.”

The urgency comes as the Trump Administration announced a short three-week comment period until Sept 19th to rescind the Roadless Rule, a key federal safeguard for undeveloped backcountry areas across national forests, including Olympic National Forest.

“Rescinding the Roadless Rule is yet another attempt to hand over our essential public resources to special interests—at the expense of salmon, clean water, hunting and fishing and future generations,” Lewis said.

Full Press Release & Map: WildOlympics.org/2025/06/27/sportsmen-for-wild-olympics-release-map-of-threats-to-olympic-peninsula-public-lands-call-for-permanent-protection/

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FIGHT BACK. Sign the WildOlympics.org/wild-olympics-petition/ telling Congress the aren’t for sale & to permanently protect Olympic Peninsula public lands & rivers against travesties like this in the future. And those who can afford it PLEASE WildOlympics.org/DONATE to fuel our fight. We helped defeat this four years ago. Help us defeat it again & pass the Wild Olympics Wilderness & Wild & Scenic Rivers Act to permanently protect ancient forests & salmon streams once & for all. Public comment portal link ⬇️.

More Info: SportsmenForWildOlympics.org/threats