WILD OLYMPICS CAMPAIGN

The Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society is a participating member of the Wild Olympics Campaign, a coalition working to protect watersheds on the Olympic Peninsula. These forests and rivers provide local communities with clean water, unmatched outdoor recreation opportunities and sustain our outstanding Peninsula way of life. These natural treasures are vital to the health of Hood Canal and Puget Sound and are critical habitat for wildlife, steelhead and salmon.

For five years, the Wild Olympics Campaign reached out to local stakeholders to build support, listen to concerns, and get feedback on the draft proposal. Campaign members met with timber interests, local elected officials, Tribes, conservation groups, recreation groups, businesses, shellfish growers, community leaders, fishing interests, and other local residents.

To address stakeholder concerns, several refinements have been made since the original proposal. To read about the issues that were addressed, click on this link.

February 12, 2020: The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (H.R. 2642). The bill, which was introduced by Representative Derek Kilmer (WA-06) passed the House with bipartisan support as part of a package of bills called the Protecting America’s Wilderness Act. U.S. Senator Patty Murray has introduced a companion bill in the Senate. Read more.

December 5, 2019: The Wild Olympics Coalition today cheered the passage of the Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (H.R. 2642) out of the U.S. House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee. Read more.

July 10, 2019: Wild Olympics Bill Rides Wave of New Local Support through House Hearing. Read more.

May 8, 2019: U.S. Senator Patty Murray and U.S. Representative Derek Kilmer reintroduced the Wild Olympics Wilderness & Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. Read more.

June 4, 2015: Senator Patty Murray and Representative Derek Kilmer introduced the Wild Olympics Wilderness & Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. Read more.

You can learn more about the proposal by visiting wildolympics.org. When you visit, be sure to sign the petition to support Wild Olympics.

The Wild Olympics Campaign coalition members: American Rivers, American Whitewater, The Pew Environment Group’s Campaign for America’s Wilderness, North Olympic Group – Sierra Club, Olympic Forest Coalition, Olympic Park Associates, Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society, The Mountaineers, Sierra Club, and Washington Wilderness Coalition.