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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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Calendar No. 142
115TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session SENATE 115-106
METHOW HEADWATERS PROTECTION ACT
JUNE 13, 2017.-Ordered to be printed
Ms. MURKOWSKI, from the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 566]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to which was
referred the bill (S. 566) to withdraw certain land in Okanogan
County, Washington, to protect the land, and for other purposes,
having considered the same, reports favorably thereon without
amendment and recommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE
The purpose of S. 566 is to withdraw certain land in Okanogan
County, Washington, to protect the land from potential mineral de-
velopment.
BACKGROUND AND NEED
The Methow River watershed in Okanogan County, Washington,
supports outdoor recreation, farming, and salmon and other wild-
life habitat. Seven federally protected fish and wildlife species are
found in the area, including the Northern spotted owl, grizzly bear,
Canada lynx, spring Chinook salmon, steelhead, and bull trout.
The watershed is also home to bald and golden eagles, martens,
mountain goats, mule and white-tailed deer, and wolves. More than
$100 million has been invested in restoration and conservation ef-
forts in the Methow Valley through Federal, state, local, and pri-
vate investment.
In 2013, Blue River Resources Ltd., a Canadian mining company,
filed an application with the U.S. Forest Service to conduct explo-
ration activity on land located within the Okanogan-Wenatchee Na-
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