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US S112Alpine Lakes Wilderness Additions and Pratt and Middle Fork Snoqualmie Rivers Protection Act
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113th Congress
Bill Summary
Alpine Lakes Wilderness Additions and Pratt and Middle Fork Snoqualmie Rivers Protection Act - Designates certain land in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest in the state of Washington, which shall be considered to become a part of the Alpine Lakes Wilderness, as wilderness and as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Makes any land or interests within the proposed boundary acquired by the United States part of the Wilderness. Amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate the Middle Fork Snoqualmie and Pratt Rivers in Washington as scenic and/or wild rivers.
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This bill, titled the Alpine Lakes Wilderness Additions and Pratt and Middle Fork Snoqualmie Rivers Protection Act, designates approximately 22,173 acres of federal land within the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest in Washington as wilderness, making it part of the National Wilderness Preservation System and the Alpine Lakes Wilderness, and any land or interests acquired by the United States within the proposed boundary will also become part of this wilderness area. Additionally, the bill amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a 27.4-mile segment of the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River as both a wild river (6.4 miles) and a scenic river (21 miles), and the entire Pratt River as a wild river, with both rivers to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture.
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Agriculture and Natural Resources
Sponsors (2)
Last Action
Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation. (on 06/21/2013)
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