In a rare Sunday session this week, the U.S. Senate advanced legislation that would set aside more than 2 million acres in nine states as wilderness.
The bill calls for the largest expansion of wilderness protection in 25 years. The protected land includes 11,739acres in Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore along Lake Superior in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The bill must still pass the U.S. House of Representatives and be supported by the President before it becomes law.
