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Vol.118, No. 19, May 6, 2008
The Voice of The Sky Valley Since 1899
Wild Sky a Done Deal -- Wilderness bill headed for President's desk
by POLLY KEARY, STAFF WRITER
For the first time, legislation creating a new wilderness area near Index has passed in both the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Last Tuesday a wide-ranging package of bills addressing land use issues such as National Heritage areas went before the House of Representatives after passing through the senate.
Included in the package was the legislation creating Wild Sky Wilderness, a piece of forest land of about 106,000 acres, much of it at a lower elevation than most other wilderness areas.
The bill creating Wild Sky had already passed in the House of Representatives as an individual bill, and passed in the sentate as part of the larger land use bill.
When the House of Representatives passed the larger land use bill, the bill for the first time headed for the president’s desk.
He has said that he will sign it, creating the first new wilderness area in 20 years.
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TOM THUMB, Jumpoff Ridge, Gunn Peak and Merchant Peak, here forming a backdrop to an Index bridge across the North Fork of the Skykomish River, are four of the mountains included in the Wild Sky Wilderness Area, the first new wilderness area to be created in 20 years, following legislation that passed the U.S. House of Representatives last week. The only remaining step to the bill’s passage is the signature of President Bush. Photo by Steve Higgins
