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High hopes for bill to expand Alpine Lakes WildernessHigh hopes for bill to expand Alpine Lakes Wilderness
Washington, DC,
July 24, 2013
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Environment
Less than an hour’s hop by car from Seattle lies a glacier-cut terrain dotted with 700 lakes, Sitka spruce forests and bull-trout runs. It’s taken much longer — six years and counting — for Congress to approve an expansion of Alpine Lakes Wilderness, the closest federally designated wild lands to the Puget Sound metropolis. It appears the legislation may finally pass on its fourth try. The Alpine Lakes Wilderness bill was among a slew of proposals considered by a subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee on Tuesday during a marathon hearing that displayed legislative focus on public-lands issues unseen in three previous Congresses. To read the full story, click HERE. |