Wild Sky Wilderness clears a big hurdle
The proposed Wild Sky Wilderness passed a significant
legislative hurdle yesterday, passing out of the House Natural
Resources Committee. For several years, the bill creating the
106,577-acre wilderness in the Skykomish River drainage was stalled in
this committee and never offered to the full House for a vote. Sponsor
Rick Larsen (D-Lake Stevens) hailed the unanimous committee approval,
which would send the proposal to a vote. From
the Seattle Times:"We've
reached the pinnacle of a long hike," Larsen said after the unanimous
vote
by the House Natural Resources panel. Getting Wild Sky legislation
through the
committee "is like arriving at the summit of Mount
Fernow (in the Entiat
Mountains southwest of Washington's Lake Chelan).
I'm looking forward to the celebration at the end of the trail."
The bill has passed the Senate three times before, and the Bush
administration has indicated the president will sign the bill into law
if it passes. Wild Sky would
be the first new designated wilderness in Washington state since 1984.Photo from proposed Wild Sky Wilderness courtesy of Washington Wilderness Coalition.
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