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Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Introduced May 13, 2025 by Emily Randall · Last progress May 13, 2025
Designates about 126,554 acres of federal land in Olympic National Forest as new wilderness and additions, and adds multiple river segments in Washington to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers system. It directs the Departments (Agriculture and Interior) to manage those lands and river segments under the Wilderness Act and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, file maps and legal descriptions, and update Forest Service management plans. The law withdraws newly designated federal lands within those river corridors from public land entry, mining claims, and mineral/geothermal leasing (subject to valid existing rights), preserves private contracts and state management of state lands, and explicitly preserves tribal treaty rights for hunting, fishing, gathering, and cultural or religious uses.
Management exceptions allow certain actions for fire, insect, and disease control and authorize projects aimed at river restoration or species recovery; the Act does not extinguish existing private rights or alter tribal treaty rights.