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Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act

Committee hearing: it can still change before the session ends.

US S 1737 · Senate Bill · 119th Congress

Stage
Committee hearing
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Senate
Sponsor
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Latest action
Dec 2, 2025

What it does

The Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act would designate approximately 126,554 acres of federal land in the Olympic National Forest in Washington as wilderness areas, including new designations and additions to existing wilderness areas such as Buckhorn, The Brothers, Mount Skokomish, Wonder Mountain, Colonel Bob, Sams River, and Canoe Creek. It would also designate specific segments of several rivers—including the Elwha, Dungeness, Big Quilcene, Dosewallips, Duckabush, Hamma Hamma, South Fork Skokomish, Middle Fork Satsop, West Fork Satsop, and Wynoochee Rivers—as wild, scenic, or recreational rivers under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, with administration split between…

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Where it stands

  1. Introduced (Done)

    May 13, 2025

  2. Committee (Current step)

    Committee hearing · Dec 2, 2025

  3. Floor (Not started)

  4. Law (Not started)

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