Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act

This bill would designate about 126,554 acres of federal land in Olympic National Forest in Washington State as wilderness, creating new wilderness areas and adding land to existing ones. It would also designate about 5,346 acres as potential wilderness that would become wilderness once nonconforming uses end. The bill would add segments of 19 rivers in Olympic National Forest and Olympic National Park to the national Wild and Scenic Rivers System, classified as wild, scenic, or recreational. Federal land along these river segments would be closed to new mining claims, mineral and geothermal leasing, and disposal under public land laws, subject to existing rights. The bill states it does not affect existing private rights, state trust land management, or tribal treaty rights.

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Sponsors

• Patty Murray Democrat sponsor
• 0 cosponsors