Comments closed August 31
Protect wildlife crossings at Snoqualmie Pass East
U.S. Forest Service · Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, WA
- What
- A 4,888-acre closure would keep people away from active wildlife crossing structures along I-90.
- Where
- Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, WA
- How much
- Without the closure, human access to the crossing area could deter wildlife from using the new underpasses and overpasses.
- Decided
- Comments closed August 31, 2026. No decision document is on file yet.Date from Forest Service comment page (CARA) ↗, read August 3, 2026.
Where these four lines come from
- WhatOur plain-English read of the Forest Service project page ↗. Check it against the agency’s own words under Case.
- WhereThe places and states the project page names, as PLAN read them.
- How muchThe first sentence of our What’s at risk read of the notice; the whole read is under Case.
- DecidedAugust 31, 2026, from Forest Service comment page (CARA), its “comments are requested through” date ↗. Read August 3, 2026. The decision document is the one on file in PLAN’s record.
- Read from PLAN’s record November 9, 2026.
What the proposal said, and what the decision did
No figure from the proposal has been checked against the decision on this fight yet. What the record does hold is the issues ledger below.
No decision document is on PLAN’s record for this fight yet. When the agency’s decision lands, what it answered goes here.
Protective action worth supporting
A 4,888-acre closure would keep people away from active wildlife crossing structures along I-90.
What’s at risk
If we stay silent
Our plain-English read of the official notice ↗. Check it against the agency’s own words below.
In the agency’s own words
The Forest Service proposes to implement a public safety and wildlife closure on National Forest land within and adjacent to the I-90 SPE crossing structures. The wildlife closure area encompasses 4,888 acres and affects 3.2 miles of Bonneville Power Administration access roads.
The groups on this fight
4 groups predicted likely to care in Washington
Predicted likely to care is a guess from the group's sourced work in Washington, with no link to this decision. Give straight to them; nothing routes through us.
- Cascade Forest Conservancy
Predicted likely to care · a guess
Works Washington: They work only in Washington.
- Conservation Northwest
Predicted likely to care · a guess
Hanford Reach National Monument, Washington: Submitted formal comments defending Hanford Reach National Monument during the 2017 federal monument review and publicly opposed any boundary adjustment or rescindment.
- Friends of the San Juans
Predicted likely to care · a guess
Works Washington: They work only in Washington.
- Olympic Park Advocates
Predicted likely to care · a guess
Works Washington: They work only in Washington.
Every group above is on STAND for Public Lands, with its court record, its filings and who backs it.
Who signs it
The notice names no signer PLAN could read. PLAN names a decision-maker only when the document names one.
The ground
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The photograph on this page: Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, Washington. More Than Just Parks.
In court on this ground
No court case we track is over Okanogan National Forest and Wenatchee National Forest.
Who holds the vote
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