IB 

Union Calendar No. 163 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2806 

[Report No. 111–293] 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to adjust the boundary of the 

Stephen Mather Wilderness and the North Cascades National Park in 

order to allow the rebuilding of a road outside of the floodplain while 

ensuring that there is no net loss of acreage to the Park or the Wilderness, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 10, 2009 

Mr. HASTINGS of Washington introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Natural Resources 

OCTOBER 8, 2009 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


hsrobinson on DSK69SOYB1PROD with BILLS
2 

•HR 2806 RH

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to adjust the 

boundary of the Stephen Mather Wilderness and the 

North Cascades National Park in order to allow the 

rebuilding of a road outside of the floodplain while ensuring that there is no net loss of acreage to the Park 

or the Wilderness, and for other purposes. 


hsrobinson on DSK69SOYB1PROD with BILLS
3 

•HR 2806 RH

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 

4 Congress finds as follows: 

5 (1) In 1988, 93 percent of the North Cascades 

6 National Park Complex was designated the Stephen 

7 Mather Wilderness. 

8 (2) A road corridor was deliberately excluded 

9 from the wilderness designation to provide for the 

10 continued use and maintenance of the upper 

11 Stehekin Valley Road. 

12 (3) The upper Stehekin Valley Road provides 

13 access to Stephen Mather Wilderness trailheads and 

14 North Cascades National Park from the Lake Che15 lan National Recreation Area. 

16 (4) Record flooding in 1995 and again in 2003 

17 caused severe damage to the upper Stehekin Valley 

18 Road and led to the closure of a 9.9-mile section of 

19 the road between Car Wash Falls and Cottonwood 

20 Camp. 

21 (5) The National Park Service currently does 

22 not have the flexibility to rebuild the upper Stehekin 

23 Valley Road away from the Stehekin River due to 

24 the current location of the non-wilderness road cor25 ridor provided by Congress in 1988. 


hsrobinson on DSK69SOYB1PROD with BILLS
4 

•HR 2806 RH

1 (6) It is a high priority that the people of the 

2 United States, including families, the disabled, and 

3 the elderly, have reasonable access to the National 

4 Parks system and their public lands. 

5 (7) The 1995 Lake Chelan National Recreation 

6 Area General Management Plan calls for retaining 

7 vehicle access to Cottonwood Camp. 

8 (8) Tourism associated with the North Cas9 cades National Park Complex is an important part 

10 of the economy for rural communities in the area. 

11 (9) Additional management flexibility would 

12 allow the National Park Service to consider reten13 tion of the upper Stehekin Valley Road in a manner 

14 that provides for no net loss of wilderness. 

15 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS. 

16 The Washington Park Wilderness Act of 1988 (Pub17 lic Law 100–668) is amended by inserting after section 

18 206 the following: 

19 ‘‘SEC. 207. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS FOR ROAD. 

20 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may adjust the 

21 boundaries of the North Cascades National Park and the 

22 Stephen Mather Wilderness in order to provide a 100-foot 

23 wide corridor along which the Stehekin Valley Road may 

24 be rebuilt— 


hsrobinson on DSK69SOYB1PROD with BILLS
5 

•HR 2806 RH

1 ‘‘(1) outside of the floodplain between milepost 

2 12.9 and milepost 22.8; 

3 ‘‘(2) within the boundaries of the North Cas4 cades National Park; and 

5 ‘‘(3) outside of the boundaries of the Stephen 

6 Mather Wilderness. 

7 ‘‘(b) NO NET LOSS OF LANDS.—The boundary ad8 justments made under this section shall be such that equal 

9 acreage amounts are exchanged between the Stephen 

10 Mather Wilderness and the North Cascades National 

11 Park, resulting in no net loss of acreage to either the Ste12 phen Mather Wilderness or the North Cascades National 

13 Park.’’. 


hsrobinson on DSK69SOYB1PROD with BILLS
Union Calendar No. 163 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2806 

[Report No. 111–293] 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to adjust 

other purposes. of acreage to the Park or the Wilderness, and for floodplain while ensuring that there is no net loss to allow the rebuilding of a road outside of the and the North Cascades National Park in order the boundary of the Stephen Mather Wilderness 

OCTOBER 8, 2009 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


hsrobinson on DSK69SOYB1PROD with BILLS