Welcome to The Wild Olympics Campaign!
Salmon Streams for Our Future: New Wilderness & Wild & Scenic Rivers for The Olympic Peninsula
In spring 2025, Senator Patty Murray and Representative Emily Randall re-introduced legislation to establish new Wilderness and Wild and Scenic River protections on the Olympic Peninsula. If passed, the bill would protect the first new Wilderness designations (more than 126,000 acres) on Olympic National Forest in nearly 40 years and the first ever Wild and Scenic River designations (for 19 rivers and their tributaries constituting 464 miles of river) on the Olympic Peninsula.
The Wild Olympics Campaign enthusiastically supports the Wild Olympics Wilderness & Wild and Scenic Rivers Act and will continue to work to advocate for permanent protection of these wild places for future generations.
The legislation would provide durable, permanent safeguards for the Peninsula’s most priceless natural treasures; our towering ancient forests, free-flowing rivers, critical fish and wildlife habitat and our clean water. We are incredibly grateful for Senator Murray’s and Representative Randall’s steadfast leadership and tireless efforts in advancing this landmark legislation. It is truly a historic giant step in the long history of Olympic Peninsula conservation.
Peninsula residents support protecting our last remaining wild forest and rivers. A bipartisan poll found overwhelming support for the Wild Olympics proposal among likely voters in Washington’s 6th Congressional District. Nearly two out of three (64 percent) likely voters support the Wild Olympics plan. Twenty percent of the district voters polled said they were undecided. Only 15 percent are opposed.
Over the last decade, Wild Olympics has been working with neighbors in every single community on the Peninsula to build support from diverse local voices, listen to concerns and get feedback to shape the proposal. More than 12,000 Peninsula residents have written letters or signed our petition, and more than 800 Peninsula & Hood Canal area-businesses, farms, faith leaders, sportsmen groups, elected officials, conservation, outdoor recreation and civic groups have endorsed Wild Olympics. We will continue this outreach as this legislation makes its way through congress.
We invite you to DONATE to the Campaign at the link below & sign our online petition.
Thank you for your interest and we hope to hear from you!
Connie Gallant Quilcene, WA
Wild Olympics Campaign Chair
Take Action Now for the Wild Olympics!
Supporter Testimonials
“As a businessman I believe that protecting our natural environment is a key to providing steady and sustainable income to our rural economies. Here in Grays Harbor, salmon sport fishing, clamming, bird watching and other forms of outdoor recreation all contribute to our local economic health and are critical to attracting and retaining the highly skilled employees that growing, technology-based companies like ours will require.” Roy Nott (Aberdeen, WA): Aberdeen Businessman
Contact: info@wildolympics.org
Wild Olympics News
Wilderness bill is a big accomplishment
To the editor: I was happy to read recently that legislation was recently introduced to protect some of our best wild places on the Olympic Peninsula for future generations. As owner of B.I.Cycle here on Bainbridge, I was one of more than 250 local businesses who have...
read moreWild Olympics for Our Future
The Olympic Peninsula is a beautiful and amazing place, one that draws people here to work and raise their families while providing unparalleled opportunities to experience the outdoors. With the recent introduction of legislation to protect the precious ancient...
read moreWILDERNESS: We can save the Wild Olympics
I urge support for the bill in Congress to protect the Wild Olympics. Congressman Derek Kilmer and Sen. Patty Murray have introduced the bill. This would protect more than 126,000 acres of wilderness and 19 rivers in the Olympic National Forest and Olympic National...
read moreVIDEO: Sportsmen for Wild Olympics
More than 300 Olympic Peninsula hunters, anglers and guides are endorsing the newly-revived Wild Olympics bill. Their petition urges Congress to back the bill’s goal of designating more than 126,500 acres of Olympic National Forest as wilderness and label portions of...
read moreIn Our View: Olympics Bill Finds Balance
Any legislative proposal that can be filed under the category of "conservation" is likely to generate some knee-jerk opposition. The standard reaction in some quarters is to label such legislation as "job-killing" or "anti-business" or "bad for the economy." But when...
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