BUSH SIGNS WILD SKY WILDERNESS INTO LAW SUPPORTERS WORKED NINE YEARS AND ENDED WITH 106,577 ACRES PROTECTED.(News)

From: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) | Date: May 9, 2008| Author: Dlouhy, Jennifer A. | Copyright information

Byline: JENNIFER A. DLOUHY P-I Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON -- For the first time in more than two decades, Washington state is getting a new wilderness area because President Bush signed legislation Thursday to protect more than 106,000 acres of forests and streams in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.

Environmental advocates and lawmakers who had pushed for the Wild Sky Wilderness Area applauded Bush's signature and said they looked forward to ot...

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