March was a historic month for wilderness with the passage of the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act. Continuing in our great tradition of protecting wild places, I wanted to share some exciting news in the North Cascades of Washington State.

Sen. Patty Murray and Rep. Dave Reichert have introduced legislation that would add 22,000 acres of low elevation forest to the Alpine Lakes Wilderness near Seattle and provide Wild and Scenic Rivers protection on two rivers, the Pratt and the Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie.