An Act to establish the North Cascades National Park and Ross Lake and Lake Chelan National Recreation Areas, to designate the Pasayten Wilderness and to modify the Glacier Peak Wilderness, in the State of Washington, and for other purposes
PL 90-544 (S.1321), enacted 10/02/1968

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Fede°r°ara^ln°c"ie°s 
^^^ "^^^^ Department of Defense, the Department of Transportation, 
gencies. 
^j^^ Interstate Connnerce Connnission, the Federal Communications 
Commission, the Federal Power Commission, and other Federal agen-
cies having jurisdiction or control over or information concerning the 
use, abandonment, or disposition of roadways, utility rights-of-w^ay, or 
other properties which may be suitable for the purpose of improving 
or expanding the national trails system shall cooperate with the Sec-
retary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture in order to 
assure, to the extent practicable, that any such properties having 
values suitable for trail purposes may be made available for such use. 
AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 10. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated for the 
acquisition of lands or interests in lands not more than $5,000,000 for 
the Appalachian National Scenic Trail and not more than $500,000 for 
the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail. 
Approved October 2, 1968. 
Public Law 90-544 
October 2, 1968 
AN ACT 
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q\i establish the North Cascades National Park and Ross Lake and Lake Chelan 
National Recreation Areas, to designate the Pasayten AVilderness and to modify 
the Glacier Peak Wilderness, in the State of Washington, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatices 
of the 
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United States of America in Congress 
assembled. 
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TITLE I—NOKTH CASCADES NATIONAL PARK 
Establishment. 
SEC. 101. In order to preserve for the benefit, use, and inspiration 
of present and future generations certain majestic mountain scenery, 
snow fields, glaciers, alpine meadows, and other unique natural features 
in the North Cascade Mountains of the State of Washington, there is 
hereby established, subject to valid existing rights, the North Cascades 
National Park (hereinafter referred to in this Act as the "park"). 
The park shall consist of the lands, waters, and interests therein 
within the area designated "national park'' on the map entitled "Pro-
posed Management Units, North Cascades, Washington," numbered 
NP-CAS-7002, and dated October 1967. The map shall be on file and 
available for public inspection in the office of the Director, National 
Park Service, Department of the Interior, and in the office of the Chief, 
Forest Service, Department of Agriculture. 
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TITLE II—ROSS LAKE AND LAKE CHELAN NATIONAL 
RECREATION AREAS 
SEC. '201. In order to provide for the public outdoor recreation use 
Establishment. 
sind enjoyment of j)ortions of the Skaffit River and Ross, DiaWo, and 
Gorge Lakes, together with the surrounding hinds, and for the conser-
vation of the scenic, scientific, historic, and other values contrilmthig 
to public enjoyment of such lands and waters, there is hereby estab-
lished, subject to valid existing rights, the Ross Lake National Recrea-
tion Area (hereinafter referred to in this Act as the "recreation area"). 
The recreation area shall consist of the lands and waters within the 
area designated "Ross Lake National Recreation Area" on the map 
referred to in section 101 of this Act. 
SEC. 202. In order to provide for the public outdoor recreation use 
and enjoyment of portions of the Stehekin River and Lake Chelan, 
together with the surrounding lands, and for the conservation of the 
scenic, scientific, historic, and other values contributing to public 
enjoyment of such lands and waters, there is hereby establ ished, subject 
to valid existing rights, the Lake Chelan National Recreation Area 
(hereinafter referred to in this Act as the "recreation area"). The 
recreation area shall consist of the lands and waters within the area 
designated "Lake (^helan National Recreation Area" on the map 
referred to in section 101 of this Act, 
TITLE III—LAND ACQUISITION 
SEC. 801. Within the boundaries of the park and recreation areas, 
the Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to in this Act as 
the "Secretary") may acquire lands, waters, and interests therein by 
donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange, 
except that he may not acquire any such interests within the recrea-
tion areas without the consent of the owmer, so long as the lands are 
devoted to uses compatible with the purposes of this Act. Lands 
owned by the State of Washington or any political subdivision thereof 
may be acquired only by donation. Federal property within the bound-
aries of the park and recreation areas is hereby transferred to the 
administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary for administration by 
him as part of the park and recreation areas. The national forest land 
within such boundaries is hereby eliminated from the national forests 
within which it was heretofore located. 
SEC. 302. In exercising his authority to acquire property by ex-
change, the Secretary may accept title to any non-Federal property 
Avithin the boundaries of the park and recreation areas and in ex-
change therefor he may convey to the grantor of such property any 
federally owned property under his jurisdiction in the State of Wash-
ington which he classifies as suitable for exchange or other disposal. 
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The values of the properties so exchanged either shall be approxi-
mately equal, or if they are not approximately equal the values shall 
be equalized by the payment of cash to the grantor or to the Secre-
tary as the circumstances require. 
SEC. 303. Any owner of property acquired by the Secretary which 
on the date of acquisition is used for agricultural or single-family 
residential purposes, or for commercial purposes which he finds are 
compatible with the use and development of the park or the recreation 
areas, may, as a condition of such acquisition, retain the right of use 
and occupancy of the property for the same purposes for which it was 
used on such date, for a period ending at the death of the owner or the 
death of his spouse, whichever occurs later, or for a fixed term of not 
to exceed twenty-five years, whichever the owner may elect. Any right 
so retained may during its existence be transferred or assigned. Any 
right so retained may be terminated by the Secretary at any time after 
the date upon which any use of the property occurs which he finds is 
a use other than one which existed on the date of acquisition. In the 
event the Secretary terminates a right of use and occupancy under this 
section, he shall pay to the owner of the right the fair market value of 
the portion of said right which remains unexpired on the date of 
termination. 
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TITLE IV—ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. The Secretary shall administer the park in accordance with 
the Act of August 25,1916 (39 Stat. 535; 16 U.S.C. 1-4), as amended 
and supplemented. 
SEC. 402. (a) The Secretary shall administer the recreation areas in 
a manner which in his judgment will best provide for (1) public 
outdoor recreation benefits; (2) conservation of scenic, scientific, 
historic, and other values contributing to public enjoyment; and (3) 
such management, utilization, and disposal of renewable natural 
resources and the continuation of such existing 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. 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 conserva-
tion and management of natural resources as he deems appropriate 
for recreation and preservation purposes and for resource development 
compatible therewith. 
(b) The lands within the recreation areas, subject to valid existing 
rights, are hereby withdrawn from location, entry, and patent under 
the United States mining laws. The Secretary, under such reasonable 
regulations as he deems appropriate, may permit the removal of the 
ijonleasable minerals from lands or interest in lands within the rec-
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reation areas in the manner prescribed by section 10 of the Act of 
August 4, 1989, as amended (53 Stat. 1196; 43 U.S.C. 387), and he 
may permit the removal of leasable minerals from lands or interests 
in lands within the recreation areas in accordance with the Mineral 
Leasing Act of February 25,1920, as amended (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), ^o^^t^J^^g/o^'' 
or the Acquired Lands Mineral Leasing Act of August 7, 1947 (30 
U.S.C. 351 et seq.), if he finds that such disposition would not have 
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significant adverse effects on the administration of the recreation 
areas. 
(c) All receipts derived from permits and leases issued on lands 
or interests in lands within the recreation areas under the Mineral 
Leasing Act of February 25,1920, as amended, or the Acquired Lands 
Mineral Leasing Act of August 7, 1947, shall be disposed of as pro-
vided in the applicable Act; and receipts from the disposition of 
nonleasable minerals within the recreation areas shall be disposed 
of in the same manner as moneys received from the sale of public 
lands. 
(d) The Secretary shall permit hunting and fishing on lands and 
waters under his jurisdiction within the boundaries of the recreation 
areas in accordance with applicable laws of the United States and 
of the State of Washington, except that the Secretary may designate 
zones where, and establish periods when, no hunting or fishing shall 
be permitted for reasons of public safety, administration, fish and 
wildlife management, or public use and enjoyment. Except in emer-
gencies, any regulations of the Secretary pursuant to this section shall 
be put into effect only after consultation with the Department of 
Game of the State of Washington. 
(e) The Secretary shall not permit the construction or use of any 
road within the park which would provide vehicular access from the 
North Cross State Highway to the Stehekin Eoad. Neither shall he 
permit the construction or use of any permanent road which would 
provide vehicular access between May Creek and Hozomeen along the 
east side of Ross Lake. 
TITLE V—SPECIAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 501. The distributive shares of the respective counties of 
receipts from the national forests from which the national park and 
recreation areas are created, as paid under the provisions of the Act 
of May 23,1908 (35 Stat. 260), as amended (16 U.S.C. 500), shall not ^/l.fj^'^/^y; 
be affected by the elimination of lands from such national forests by 
the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 502. Where any Federal lands included in the park or recrea-
tion areas are legally occupied or utilized on the effective date of this 
Act for any purpose, pursuant to a contract, lease, permit, or license 
issued or authorized by any department, establishment, or agency of 
the United StateSj the Secretary shall permit the persons holding such 
privileges to continue in the exercise thereof, subject to the terms and 
conditions thereof, for the remainder of the term of the contract, lease, 
S
ermit, or license or for such longer period of time as the Secretary 
eems appropriate. 
SEC. 503. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect adversely 
or to authorize any Federal agency to take any action that would 
affect adversely any rights or privileges of the State of Washington 
in property within the Ross Lake National Recreation Area which is 
being utilized for the North Cross State Highway. 
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SEC. 504. Within two years from the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
agree on the designation of areas within the park or recreation areas 
or within national forests adjacent to the park and recreation areas 
needed for public use facilities and for administrative purposes by 
the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior, respec-
tively. The areas so designated shall be administered in a manner that 
is mutually agreeable to the two Secretaries, and such public use facili-
ties, including interpretive centers, visitor contact stations, lodges, 
campsites, and ski lifts, shall be constructed according to a plan agreed 
upon by the two Secretaries. 
SEC. 505. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to supersede, repeal, 
modify, or impair the jurisdiction of the Federal Power Commission 
under the Federal Power Act (41 Stat. 1063), as amended (16 U.S.C. 
49 Stat. 863. 
79^^ et scq.), iu the recreation areas. 
Appropriation. 
gj,^, ^QQ There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act, but not more 
than $3,500,000 shall be appropriated for the acquisition of lands or 
interest in lands. 
TITLE VI—WILDERNESS 
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^^^' ^^^- (^) ^^ Order to further the purposes of the Wilderness 
Designation. 
Act, there is hereby designated, subject to valid existing rights, the 
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Pasayten Wilderness within and as a part of the Okanogan National 
note. 
Forest and the Mount Baker National Forest, comprising an area of 
about five hundred thousand acres lying east of Ross Lake, as generally 
depicted in the area designated a.s "Pasayten Wilderness" on the map 
referred to in section 101 of this Act. 
(b) The previous classification of the North Cascades Primitive 
Area is hereby abolished. 
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^^^* ^^* '^^^^ bouudaries of the Glacier Peak Wilderness, an area 
boundTry^exten- 
classified as sucli more than thirty days before the effective date of the 
sion- 
Wilderness Act and being within and a part of the Wenatchee National 
Forest and the Mount Baker National Forest, subject to valid existing 
rights, are hereby extended to include portions of the Suiattle River 
corridor and the White Chuck River corridor on the western side 
thereof, comprising areas totaling about ten thousand acres, as depicted 
in the area designated as "Additions to Glacier Peak Wilderness" on 
the map referred to in section 101 of this Act. 
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SEC. 603. (a) As soon as practicable after this Act takes effect, the 
wirh"ongre's-' '"^ Secretary of Agriculture shall file a map and legal description of the 
sionai committees. Pasayteu Wildcmess and of the Glacier Peak Wilderness, as hereby 
modified, with the Interior and Insular Affairs Committees of the 
United States Senate and House of Representatives, and such descrip-
tions shall have the same force and effect as if included in this Act: 
Provided, hoioever, That correction of clerical or typographical errors 
in such legal descriptions and maps may be made. 
(b) Upon the filing of the legal descriptions and maps as provided 
for in subsection (a) of this section the Pasavten Wilderness and the 
additions to the Glacier Peak Wilderness shaft be administered by the 
Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with the provisions of the 
Wilderness Act and thereafter shall be subject to the provisions of the 
Wilderness Act governing areas designated by that Act as wilderness 
areas, except that any reference in such provisions to the effective date 
of the Wilderness Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the effective 
date of this Act. 
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SEC. 604. Within two years from the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of the Interior shall review the area within the North 
Cascades National Park, including the Picket Range area and tlie 
Eldorado Peaks area, and shall report to the President, in accordance 
with subsections 3(c) and 3(d) of the Wilderness Act (78 Stat. 890; 
16 U.S.C. 1132 (c) and (d)), his recommendation as to the suitability 
or nonsuitability of any area within the park for preservation as 
wilderness, and any designation of any such area as a wilderness area 
shall be accomplished in accordance with said subsections of the 
Wilderness Act. 
Approved October 2, 1968. 
Area review; 
report to the 
President. 
Public Law 90-545 
AN ACT 
October::, 1968 
To establish a Redwood National Park in the State of California, and for 
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other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That, in order to 
preserve significant examples of the primeval coastal redwood 
(Sequoia sempervirens) forests and the streams and seashores with 
which they are associated for purposes of public inspiration, enjoy-
ment, and scientific study, there is hereby established a Redwood 
National Park in Del Norte and Humboldt Counties, California. 
SEC. 2. (a) The area to be included within the Redwood National 
Park is that generally depicted on the maps entitled "Redwood 
National Park," numbered NPS-RED-7114-A and NPS-RED-7114-
B, and dated September 1968, copies of which maps shall be kept 
a.vailable for public inspection in the offices of the National Park 
Service, Department of the Interior, and shall be filed wdth appropriate 
officers of Del Norte and Humboldt Counties. The Secretary of the 
Interior (hereinafter referred to as the "Secretary") may from time 
to time, with a view to carrying out the purpose of this Act and with 
particular attention to minimizing siltation of the streams, damage 
to the timber, and assuring the preservation of the scenery within 
the boundaries of the national park as depicted on said maps, modify 
said boundaries, giving notice of any changes involved therein by pub-
lication of a revised drawing or boundary description in the Federal 
Register and by filing said revision with the officers with whom the 
original maps were filed, but the acreage within said park shall at no 
time exceed fifty-eight thousand acres, exclusive of submerged lands. 
(b) The Secretary is authorized to acquire by donation only all or 
jiart of existing publicly owned highways and roads with'n the bound-
aries of the park as he may deem necessary for park purposes. Until 
such highways and roads have been acquired, the Secretary may coop-
erate with appropriate State and local officials in patroling and main-
taining such roads and highways. 
SEC. 3. (a) The Secretary is authorized to acquire lands and inter-
ests in land within the boundaries of the Redwood National Park and, 
in addition thereto, not more than ten acres outside of those boiuidaries 
for an administrative site or sites. Such acquisition may be by donation, 
purchase with appropriated or donated funds, exchange, or otherwise, 
but lands and interests in land owned by the State of California may 
be acquired only by donation. 
(b) (1) Effective on the date of enactment of this Act, there is hereby 
vested in the LTnited States all right, title, and interest in, and the right 
Redwood Nation-
al Park, Calif. 
Establishment. 
Boundaries. 
Publication in 
Federal Register.