- In 2023, the government intensified its efforts to deter migration through obstruction of nongovernmental rescue groups, migration cooperation with rights-abusing countries, and regressive asylum practices.
- Snoqualmie Bog Natural Area Preserve (dnr.wa.gov)
This preserve protects a sphagnum moss bog and freshwater wetland system, now extremely rare in the Puget Sound basin. The site includes two state-listed sensitive plant species, mountain bladderwort and few- flowered sedge, as well as the state-candidate Beller’s ground beetle. A small strip of natural old growth forest with western hemlock and western redcedar remains along one edge of the bog.