Olympic Peninsula: Wilderness and River Protections
The Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act is currently in the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. This bill has not moved since December 2025. The committee must decide whether to hold a vote before the bill can move forward.
This bill has strong support from Washington's senior senator and local groups, but public lands bills often face a slow path through a divided Congress.
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Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 119-237.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.
Introduced in Senate
The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.
Rep. Emily Randall testified in a Congressional committee defending the Wild Olympics Act against efforts to strip protections from public lands. The bill faces opposition from the Olympic Public Access Coalition, which argues the wilderness designation would restrict public access and logging.
The Wild Olympics Wilderness & Wild and Scenic Rivers Act advanced through a US Senate subcommittee hearing. The legislation would designate 125,000 acres of Olympic National Forest as wilderness and 464 stream miles on 19 river systems as wild and scenic, drawing support from sportsmen groups.
Senator Patty Murray and Rep. Emily Randall reintroduced the Wild Olympics Act to add permanent protections to 126,500 acres of Olympic National Forest. The bill aims to preserve ancient forests and salmon habitat while prohibiting future commercial development and new road construction.
No votes recorded for this bill yet.
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
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