Senator Patty Murray and Congressman Dave Reichert, joined by Senator Maria Cantwell and Washington State Congressmen Jay Inslee, Brian Baird, Adam Smith, and Jim McDermott, introduced legislation today in the Senate and House that would expand the Alpine Lakes Wilderness Area and designate both the Pratt and Middle Fork Snoqualmie Rivers as Wild and Scenic. The Alpine Lakes Wilderness Additions and Pratt and Middle Fork Snoqualmie Rivers Protection Act will expand the existing wilderness by over 22,000 acres to include important lower-elevation lands and complete watersheds.
Write a letter asking King County to reopen the traditional access point on the Middle Fork
Snoqualmie River. This site was used by recreational river users for many years until road
reconstruction blocked access with a berm and ditch. Restoring access to the river requires only
that the ditch be filled in and that an old roadbed is converted into a short trail to the river.
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