In the 1970s, two Washington women bought lots on an island planned for vacation homes; their campaign helped protect all 364 acres for seabirds

In the late 1960s, Protection Island in Washington's Strait of Juan de Fuca was on the path to becoming a vacation-home community. The development plans brought roads, surveyed lots and the prospect of greater human activity to an island that was already an important refuge for nesting seabirds.

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