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Redesignation of Lower Thunder Creek Potential Wilderness to Wilderness (2012)
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In April 2008, Seattle City Light formally abandoned hydroelectric development plans within the Lower Thunder Creek Potential Wilderness Area - determining the proposal was not economically or environmentally feasible. This decision removed the potential for development of incompatible uses within the Lower Thunder Creek Valley, thereby providing the opportunity for the National Park Service to officially convert the potential wilderness area to designated wilderness for inclusion within the Stephen Mather Wilderness.
On September 14, 2012, a notice was published in the Federal Register, formally announcing Seattle City Light's decision to remove all threat of incompatible uses within the Lower Thunder Creek Potential Wilderness and converting all 3,559 acres of this potential wilderness area to designated wilderness within the Stephen Mather Wilderness.
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Jack Oelfke, Chief of Resources Management810 State Route 20
Sedro Woolley, WA 98283
360-854-7205