Washington Park Wilderness Act of 1988
PL 100-668 (S.2165), enacted 11/16/1988

PUBLIC LAW 100-668—NOV. 16. 1988 
102 STAT. 3961 
Public Law 100-668 
100th Congress 
An Act 
To designate wilderness within Olympic National Park, Mount Rainier National 
Park, and North Cascades National Park Service Complex in the State of Washing-
ton, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That this Act may 
be cited as the "Washington Park Wilderness Act of 1988". 
TITLE I—OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK 
WILDERNESS 
Nov. 16, 1988 
[S. 2165] 
Washington 
Park Wilderness 
Act of 1988. 
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SEC. 101. DESIGNATION. 
(a) WILDERNESS.—In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.; 78 Stat. 890), certain lands in the 
Olympic National Park, Washington, which— 
(1) comprise approximately eight hundred and seventy-six 
thousand six hundred and sixty-nine acres of wilderness, and 
approximately three hundred and seventy-eight acres of poten-
tial wilderness additions, and 
(2) are depicted on a map entitled "Wilderness Boundary, 
Olympic National Park, Washington", numbered 149/60,051A 
and dated August 1988, 
are hereby designated as wilderness and therefore as components of 
the National Wilderness Preservation System. Such lands shall be 
known as the Olympic Wilderness. 
SEC. 102. WOLF CREEK POWERLINE. 
The Secretary is authorized to upgrade, maintain and replace, as 
necessary, the Wolf Creek underground powerline to Hurricane 
Ridge: Provided, That to the extent practicable, such maintenance 
and operation shall be conducted in such a manner as to remain 
consistent with wilderness management. 
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PAYMENT 
TO 
CLALLAM 
COUNTY. 
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated not to exceed 
$155,000 to the Secretary of the Interior to make a payment to the 
Clallam County Historical Society and Museum of Port Angeles, 
Washington, to compensate the Society for its possessory interest in 
the National Park Service Visitor Center, Pioneer Memorial 
Museum, Olympic National Park, Washington. Upon relinquish-
ment by the Clallam County Historical Society of all interests and 
use in the facility, the Secretary of the Interior shall make payment 
to the Clallam County Historical Society and acceptance of payment 
shall be considered full and just compensation for the Society's 
participation in the construction of the Pioneer Memorial Museum. 
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note. 
Appropriation 
authorization. 
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SEC. 104. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 
(a) MISDEMEANOR PENALTIES.—Section 3 of the Act of March 6, 
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1942 (56 Stat. 136; 16 U.S.C. 256(b)) is revised by deleting all after the 
phrase "or situated therein/' and inserting the following: "shall be 
deemed guilty of a class B misdemeanor in accordance with provi-
sions of title 18 of the United States CJode.". 
(b) FORFEITURE OP PROPERTY.—Section 4 of the Act of March 6, 
1942 (56 Stat. 135; 16 U.S.C. 256c) is hereby revised to read as 
follows: 
"SEC. 4. All guns, bows, traps, nets, seines, fishing tackle, clothing, 
teams, horses, machinery, legging equipment, motor vehicles, air-
craft, boats, or means of transportation of every nature or descrip-
tion used by any person or persons or organizations within the 
limits of the park when engaged in or attempting to engage in 
killing, trapping, ensnaring, tsddng or capturing such wild birds, 
fish or animals, or taking, destro3dng or damaging such trees, 
plants, or mineral deposits contrary to the provisions of this Act or 
the rules and regulations promulgated by the Secretary of the 
Interior shall be forfeited to the United States and may be seized by 
the officers in the park and held pending prosecution of any person 
or persons or organization arrested under or charged with violating 
the provisions of this Act, and upon conviction under this Act of 
such persons or organizations using said guns, bows, traps, nets, 
seines, fishing tackle, clothing, teams, horses, machinery, logging 
equipment, motor vehicles, aircraft, boats, or other means of 
transportation of every nature and description used by any person 
or persons or organization, such forfeiture shall be adjudicated as a 
penalty in addition to the other punishment prescribed in this Act. 
Such forfeited property shall be disposed of and accounted for by 
and under the authority of the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, 
That the forfeiture of teams, horses, machinery, Xoggtng equipment, 
motor vehicles, aircraft, boats, or other means of transportation 
shall be in the discretion of the Court.". 
(c) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO BOUNDARIES.—The Act of Novem-
ber 7, 1986 (Public Law 99-635; 100 Stat. 3527) revising the bound-
aries of Olympic National Park is hereby amended as follows: 
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(1) In section l(aX2) after "48 degrees 23 minutes north and 47 
degrees" strike "38" and insert in Ueu thereof "34", 
(2) In section l(aX2) after "all surveyed and unsurveyed is-
lands", insert ", above the point of lowest low tide,"; and at the 
end of the paragraph, strike "north;" and insert "north: Pro-
Fish and fishing. 
vided. That such lands as are identified in this paragraph shall 
continue to be open to fishing and to the taking of shellfish in 
conformity with the laws and regulations of the State of 
Washii^ton;". 
(3) In section 1(b) after "numbered 149/60,030A, sheets 1 
through" strike "10" and insert in lieu thereof "9"; 
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(4) In section 2(a) after "within section 15, township", strike 
note. 
«15" and insert in lieu thereof "24"; 
(5) In section 2(a) after "Provided, however. That the Sec-
retajry of Agriculture shall" strike "not"; and 
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(6) Section 4 is renumbered as section 5 and a new section 4 is 
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insert^ as follows: 
"SEC. 4. Effective upon acceptance thereof by the State of 
Washington, tiie jurisdiction which the United States acquired over 
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102 STAT. 3963 
those lands excluded from the boundaries of Olympic National Park 
by this Act is hereby retroceded to the State.". 
SEC. 105. KALALOCH VISITOR CENTER. 
The Secretary is directed to complete a study for the location of a 
year round visitor center in the Kalaloch area of Olympic Nationad 
Park. Such study shall include the location, size and cost estimates 
for the design, planning and construction of the visitor center and 
support facilities. The study shall be submitted to the Committee on 
Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States House of Rep-
resentatives .and to the Committee on Eneigy and Natural 1 ^ 
sources of the United States Senate by March 1,1989. The Secretary 
is autiiorized to construct such visitor center subject to the appro-
priation of funds. 
TITLE II—NORTH CASCADES NATIONAL 
PARK SERVICE COMPLEX WILDERNESS 
SEC. 201. DESIGNATION. 
(a) WILDERNESS.—^In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness 1
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Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.; 78 Stat. 890), certain lands in the North ^^^e. 
Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National Recreation Area, and 
Lake Chelan National Recreation Area, Washington, which— 
(1) comprise approximately six hundred and thirty-four thou-
sand six hundred and fourteen acres of wilderness, and approxi-
mately five thousand two hundred and twenty-six acres of 
potential wilderness additions, and 
(2) are depicted on a map entitled "Wilderness Boundarv, 
North Cascades National Park Service Complex, Washington , 
numbered 168-60-186 and dated August 1988, 
are hereby designated as wilderness and therefore as components of 
tiie National Wilderness Preservation System. Such lands shall be 
known as the Stephen Mather Wilderness. 
SEC. 202. HYDROELECTRIC PROJECTS. 
Section 505 of the Act of October 2, 1968 (82 Stat. 930; 16 U.S.C. 
90d-4) is amended as follows: strike "in the recreation areas", and 
insert in lieu thereof "in the lands and waters within the Skagit 
River Hydroelectric Project, Federal Energy and R^ulatoiy 
Conmiission Project 553, including the proposed Copper Creek, High 
Ross, and Thunder (Jreek elements of the I%t>ject; and the 
Newhalem Project, Fedeial Energy and R^ulatory Commission 
Project 2705, within the Ross Lake National Recreation Area; the 
lands and waters within the Lake Chelan Project, Federal Enersir 
and R^ulatory Commission Project 637; the (Company Oeek smsdl 
hydroelectric project at Stehekin within the Lake C!helan National 
Recreation Area; and existing hydrologic monitoring stations nec-
essary for the proper operation of the hydroelectric projects listed 
herein". 
SEC. 203. LAND ACQUISITION FOR ADMINISTRATIVE FACILITIES. 
Section 301(a) of the Act of October 2,1968 (82 Stat 927; 16 U.S.C. 
90b) is hereby amended to add a new subsection as follows: 
"(b) The Secretary is hereby authorized to acquire, with the 
consent of the owner, lands outside of the authorized boundaries of 
North Cascades National Park Service Complex for the purpose of 
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construction and operation of a backcountry information center not 
to exceed five acres. The Secretary of the Interior is further au-
thorized to acquire with the consent of the owner, lands for the 
construction of a headquarters and administrative site or sites, for 
the North Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National Recreation 
Area, and Lake Chelan National Recreation Area not to exceed ten 
acres. The lands so acquired shall be managed as part of the park.". 
SEC. 204. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 
of the Interior such sums as may be necessary to complete the land 
acquisitions authorized pursuant to section 203 of this Act. 
SEC. 205. RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCE USE IN RECREATION AREAS. 
Section 402(a) of the Act of October 2,1968 (82 Stat. 928; 16 U.S.C. 
90c-l) is hereby amended to read as follows: 
"The Secretary shall administer the recreation areas in a manner 
which in his judgment will best provide for (1) public outdoor 
recreation benefits and (2) conservation of scenic, scientific, historic, 
and other values contributing to public enjoyment. Within that 
portion of the Lake Chelan National Recreation Area which is not 
designated as wilderness, such management, utilization, and dis-
posal of renewable natural resources and the continuation of exist-
ing uses and developments as will promote, or are compatible with, 
or do not significantly impair public recreation and conservation of 
the scenic, scientific, historic, or other values contributing to public 
enjoyment, are authorized. In administering the recreation areas, 
the Secretary may utilize such statutory authorities pertaining to 
the administration of the national park system, and such statutory 
authorities otherwise available to him for the conservation and 
management of natural resources as he deems appropriate for 
recreation and preservation purposes and for resource development 
compatible therewith. Within the Ross Lake National Recreation 
Area the removal and disposal of trees within power line rights-of-
way are authorized as necessary to protect transmission lines, 
towers, and equipment;": Provided, That to the extent practicable, 
such removed and disposal of trees shall be conducted in such a 
manner as to protect scenic viewsheds.". 
SEC. 206. MINERAL RESOURCE USE IN RECREATION AREAS. 
Section 402(b) of the Act of October 2,1968 (82 Stat. 928; 16 U.S.C. 
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90c-lb) is hereby amended to read as follows: 
"The lands within the recreation areas, subject to valid existing 
rights, are hereby withdrawn from all forms of appropriation or 
disposal under the public land laws, including location, entry, and 
patent under the United States mining laws, and disposition under 
the United States mineral leasing laws: Provided, however, That 
within that portion of the Lake Chelan National Recreation Area 
which is not designated as wilderness, sand, rock and gravel may be 
made available for sale to the residents of Stehekin for local use so 
long as such sale and disposal does not have significant adverse 
effects on the administration of the Lake Chelan National Recre-
ation Area.". 
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102 STAT. 3965 
TITLE III—MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL 
PARK WILDERNESS 
SEC. 301. DESIGNATION. 
(a) WILDERNESS.—In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness 
Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.; 78 Stat. 890), certain lands in the Mount 
Rainier National Park, Washington, which— 
(1) compromise approximately two hundred and sixteen thou-
sand eight hundred and fifty-five acres of wilderness, and 
(2) are depicted on a map entitled "Wilderness Boundary, 
Mount Rainier National Park, Washington", numbered 105-
20,014A and dated July 1988, 
are hereby designated as wilderness and therefore as components of 
the National Wilderness Preservation System. Such lancki shall be 
known as the Mount Rainier Wilderness. 
SEC. 302. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS. 
(a) PARK BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS.—The boundaries of the Mount 
Rainier National Park as established in the Act of March 2, 1899 
(30 Stat. 993), as amended; (16 U.S.C. 91-llOb), are further revised to 
add to the Park approximately two hundred and forty acres, and to 
exclude from the park approximately thirty-one and one-half acres, 
as generally depicted on the map entitled "Mount Rainier National 
Park 
Proposed 
1987 Boundary 
Adjustments", 
numbered 
105-80,0106 and dated January 1987, which shall be on file and 
available for public inspection in the Washington office of the 
National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior and 
at Mount Rainier National Park. 
(b) FOREST BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT.—The boundaries of the 
Snoqualmie National Forest and of the Gifford Pinchot National 
Forest, are hereby revised to include in the Snoqualmie National 
Forest approximately thirty-one and one-half acres, to exclude from 
the Snoqualmie National Forest approximately thirty acres, and to 
exclude from the Gifford Pinchot National Forest approximately 
two hundred and ten acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled 
"Mount Rainier National Park Proposed 1987 Bounda^ Adjust-
ments", numbered 105-80,010B, and dated January 1987, which 
shall be on file and available for public inspection in the Washing-
ton, District of Columbia office of the Forest Service, United States 
Department of Agriculture and at the Snoqualmie and Gifford 
Pinchot National Forests. 
(c) ADMINISTRATION OF PARK LAND.—(1) Federal lands, and in-
terests therein formerly within the boundary of the Snoqualmie 
National Forest and the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, which are 
included within the boundary of the Mount Rainier National Park 
pursuant to this Act are, subject to valid existing rights, hereby 
transferred to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the 
Interior for administration as part of the Park, and shall be subject 
to all the laws and regulations of the P€u*k. 
(2) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept either 
concurrent or exclusive jurisdiction over lands and waters included 
within Mount Rainier National Park by this Act. The Secretary 
shall notify in writing the Governor of the State of Washington of 
the acceptance of any such jurisdiction ceded to the United States by 
the State. The existing exclusive Federal jurisdiction, where it exists 
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Public 
information. 
Public 
information. 
District of 
eolumbia. 
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Gifts and 
property. 
in the Park, shall remain in effect until such time as the Secretary 
and the Governor shall agree upon the terms and conditions of 
concurrent legislative jurisdiction for said Park pursuant to section 
320(i) of the Act of October 21,1976 (90 Stat. 2741). 
(3) AUTHORIZATION OF LAND ACQUISITION.—The Secretary of 
the 
Interior is authorized to acquire from willing sellers by donation, 
purchase with donated or appropriated funds, exchange, bequest, or 
otherwise all non-Federal lands, waters, and interests therein in-
cluded within the boundary of the Mount Rainier National Park 
pursuant to this Act. 
(d) ADMINISTRATION OF FOREST LAND.—(1) Federal lands, and in-
terests therein formerly within the boundary of the Mount Rainier 
National Park, which are excluded therefrom and are included 
within the boundaries of the Snoqualmie National Forest pursuant 
to this Act are, subject to valid existing rights, hereby transferred to 
the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture for 
administration as part of the Forest, and shall be subject to all the 
laws and regulations applicable to the National Forest System. 
(2) For the purposes of section 7 of the Land and Water Conserva-
tion Fund Act of 1965 (78 Stat. 903, as amended; 16 U.S.C. 4601-9), 
the boundaries of the Snoqualmie National Forest and the Gifford 
Pinchot National Forest, as modified pursuant to this Act, shall be 
treated as if they were the boundaries of those national forests on 
January 1,1965. 
(3) Effective upon acceptance thereof by the State of Washington, 
the jurisdiction which the United States acquired over those lands 
excluded from the boundaries of the Mount Rainier National Park 
by this Act is hereby retroceded to the State. 
SEC. 303. PARADISE POWERLINE. 
The Secretary is authorized to upgrade, maintain and replace as 
necessary, the Paradise powerline from Longmire to Paradise: Pro-
vided, That to the extent practicable, such maintenance and oper 
ation shall be conducted in such a manner as to protect scenic 
viewsheds. 
Federal 
Register, 
publication. 
TITLE IV—GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE 
PROVISIONS 
(a) ADMINISTRATION.—(1) Subject to valid existing rights, the 
wilderness areas designated under titles I, II, and III of this Act shall 
be administered by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with 
the provisions of the Wilderness Act governing areas designated as 
wilderness, except that reference to the Secretary of Agriculture 
shall be deemed, where appropriate, to be a reference to the Sec-
retary of the Interior, and any reference to the effective date of the 
Wilderness Act shall be deemed, where appropriate, to be a ref-
erence to the effective date of this Act. 
(2) Lands designated as potential wilderness additions shall be 
administered by the Secretary of the Interior insofar as practicable 
as wilderness until such time as said lands are designated as wilder-
ness. Any lands designated as potential wilderness additions, upon 
publication in the Federal Register of a notice by the Secretary of 
the Interior that all uses thereon that are inconsistent with the 
Wilderness Act have ceased or that non-Federal interests in land 
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have been acquired, shall thereby be designated sis wilderness and 
managed accordingly. 
(3) Congress does not intend that wilderness areas designated 
under this Act lead to the creation of protective perimeters or buffer 
zones around such wilderness areas. The fact that nonwilderness 
activities or uses can be seen or heard from areas within the 
wilderness shall not, of itself, preclude such activities or uses up to 
the boundary of the wilderness area. 
(b) MAP AND DESCRIPTION.—(1) As soon as practicable after the 
effective date of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall file 
maps of the wilderness areas and legal descriptions of its boundaries 
with the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the United 
States Senate, and the Committee on Interior and Insular AfTairs of 
the United States House of Representatives. Such maps and legal 
descriptions shall have the same force and effect as if included in 
this Act, except that correction of clerical and tjrpographical errors 
in the maps and legal descriptions may be made. Such maps and 
legal descriptions of the boundaries shall be on file and available for 
public inspection in the office of the Director of the National Park 
Service, Department of the Interior, and in the office of the appro-
priate Superintendent. 
(2) Boundaries adjacent to paved and unpaved roads shall be 
drawn as narrowly as is practicable to allow for necessary mainte-
nance and repairs to existing roads. Such boundaries should not, in 
general, exceed two hundred feet from the centerline of paved roads 
and one hundred feet from the centerline of unpaved roads: Pro-
vided, however, That larger boundaries may be drawn only as the 
Secretary deems necessary to exclude from the wilderness existing 
developments, improvements, and structures adjacent to existing 
roads, as well as areas needed to maintain and repair existing roads: 
Provided further. That to the extent practicable, undeveloped areas 
adjacent to all roads shall be managed as if designated as 
wilderness. 
Public 
information. 
TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
SEC. 501. WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS. 
Section 3(a), paragraph (60), of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, 
which designates the Klickitat River in the State of Washington as a 
component of 
the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, is amended 
to add the following sentence at the end of the pars^raph: 
"The boundaries of the designated portions of the Klickitat River 
shall be as generally depicted on a map dated November, 1987, and 
entitled 'Klickitat National Recreation River, River Management 
Area: Final Boundary', which is on file in the office of the Chief, 
Forest Service, Washington, District of Columbia.". 
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SEC 502. RESERVATION OF WATER RIGHTS. 
Subject to valid existing rights, within the areas designated as 
¥dldemess by this Act, Congress hereby expressly reserves such 
water rights as necessary, for the purposes for which such areas are 
so designated. The priority date of such rights shall be the date of 
enactment of 
this Act 
Approved November 16, 1988. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 2165 (H.R. 4146): 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 100-961 accompanying H.R. 4146 (Comm. on Interior and 
Insular Affairs). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 100-512 (Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol, 134 (1988): 
Sept. 26, H.R. 4146 considered and passed House. 
Oct. 18, considered and passed Senate, amended. S. 2165 considered and passed 
Senate. 
Oct. 19, S. 2165 considered and passed House. 
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