<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-07-29/magazine/summer-2000/monumental-victory.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>A Monumental Victory</title><excerpt>When last interviewed, Dave Willis ’74 was heading up Sierra Treks and taking politicians, government officials, and media on “Littlefoot Expeditions” to see for themselves the remarkable biological diversity of Oregon’s Siskiyou Mountains. Since 1983, he’s sought wilderness status for 38,000 acres of the Soda Mountain area where the Siskiyous join the Cascade Range. He’s also braved the Washington, D.C. wilderness to testify at hearings and “commune with public servants.”</excerpt><author/><image>
            
            
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