By Linda V. Mapes, Seattle Times Aug. 3--Come and get it: Washington's newest wilderness area, Wild Sky, is as pretty as it gets -- and has something to offer just about everybody.

By Warren Cornwall, Seattle Times May 31--INDEX, Snohomish County -- After years cajoling fellow lawmakers, strategizing with environmentalists and attending countless community meetings, U.S. Sen.

The U.S. House approved a bill creating the Wild Sky Wilderness in Washington state, officials said Wednesday. The legislation, which will preserve more than 106,000 acres of wilderness in Snohomish County in the front range of the Cascade Mountains, was approved by the House Tuesday 291-117.

By Warren Cornwall, The Seattle Times Apr. 30--Washington is on the verge of getting its first new wilderness area in more than two decades, 106,000 acres of forest in the Cascade Mountains, just a short drive from Seattle.

By Lynda V. Mapes, Seattle Times Apr. 11--After nearly nine years of work and four tries, the proposed Wild Sky Wilderness Area seems finally headed for approval, designating the first major new wilderness in Washington in a generation.