United States Senator Patty Murray

Throughout Washington state, there are small parcels of land that are not protected, even though they may be surrounded by protected lands. This “checkerboard” pattern causes a host of timber and ecosystem management problems. In addition, there are areas of critical habitat for recovering threatened and endangered salmon that depend on healthy uninterrupted streams and ecosystems.

As a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Senator Murray will continue to support programs and policies that enhance land conservation and reduce fragmentation of our country’s natural resources.

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Each year, Senator Murray works to secure funding to help communities throughout Washington state upgrade their drinking water and wastewater systems. She also works to secure funding for the Army Corps of Engineers to complete environmental restoration and additional water supply projects, such as Duwamish River restoration and Mud Mountain Dam fish passage upgrades.

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Senator Murray opposes drilling and exploration for oil and natural gas in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). She has consistently voted against attempts to allow drilling in ANWR, and since she joined the Senate in 1992, Murray has cosponsored legislation to declare ANWR a protected wilderness area that is off-limits to drilling.