 The Green Mountain Lookout stands on the crest of a volcanic ridge line 5,000 feet higher than the nearest trailhead in the Cascades of Washington State. Built in 1933 by the Civilian Conservation Corps, the historic lookout remains a marvel of human ingenuity and backcountry engineering. Its fate, however, was in flux for two years after a court ruling ordered the U.S. Forest Service to remove the lookout from Glacier Peak Wilderness. Wilderness advocates had argued that the rehabilitation efforts at the site violated the Wilderness Act, the ruling Frustrated Preservation Advocates, and outraged the rural town of Darrington, Washington, where the Darrington Historical Society and other volunteers had logged thousands of hours to help preserve the building. The Historic Society petitioned Congress, where their cause was championed by Senators Murray and Cantwell and Representatives Delbeen and Larson of Washington. In April 2014, President Obama signed the Green Mountain Lookout Heritage Protection Act into law, which saved Green Mountain Lookout from being dismantled and relocated, and clarified a Forest Service policy that will give greater protection for heritage resources in existing wilderness areas. Now this emblem of the region's heritage can continue to stand tall, protected once more.