The Conservation Alliance

The Pratt and Middle Fork River Valleys are a step closer towards permanent protection. After a Senate committee hearing last week, The Alpine Lakes Wilderness Additions and Pratt and Middle Fork Snoqualmie Rivers Protection Act (S. 721/ H.R.1769) recently received a hearing in the House Committee on Natural Resources. The legislation would expand the existing Alpine Lakes Wilderness by over 22,000 acres to include important lower-elevation lands and designate two rivers of great importance to the surrounding ecosystem as Wild and Scenic. The proposal is a celebration of nearly two decades of community-driven effort to protect and enhance the ecological and recreation values of the valley. Designating key low elevation forest in the valley as wilderness and the river corridors as wild and scenic would recognize this community driven effort.WWC has played a leadership role over the last two years in a local coalition that has worked with many local... Read More