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The National Trust for Historical Preservation, the Washington Trust for Historical Preservation, the Everett Mtneers, and the Darrington Historical Society joined the suit last year by filing this amicus brief.. The judge recently acknowledged the amicus brief and agreed it showed cause. The Wilderness Act of 1984 included the summit of Green Mountain, including the lookout. The restoration of the lookout was funded in 1999 in part by Congressionally approved dollars, "Save America's Treasures," and volunteers did much of the work (fully advertised, and a large sign was placed at the trailhead describing the work; it was not done in secret as the Wilderness Watch suit and website say). The concern isn't only the Green Mtn Lookout, but other lookouts (and structures, as tvashtar points out). If the suit is lost we could lose 3 Fingers and Hidden Lakes, to name just 2. As pointed out by tvashtar, Wilderness Watch will not stop at fire lookouts. Their website featured their NEPA position against the Skyline Bridge replacement over the Suiattle. Wilderness Watch does have a representative in Washington; in Maple Falls, near Glacier.