Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores
§ 90e. Pasayten Wilderness, Okanogan and Mount Baker National Forests; designation; abolition of North Cascades Primitive Area classification
Statutory text
In order to further the purposes of the Wilderness Act [16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.], there is hereby designated, subject to valid existing rights, the Pasayten Wilderness within and as a part of the Okanogan National 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 as “Pasayten Wilderness” on the map referred to in section 90 of this title.
The previous classification of the North Cascades Primitive Area is hereby abolished.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 90–544 title VI § 601 · 82 Stat. 926
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 90e
(Pub. L. 90–544, title VI, § 601, Oct. 2, 1968, 82 Stat. 930.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 90–544, title VI, § 601, Oct. 2, 1968, 82 Stat. 930.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 601. (a) In order to further the purposes of the Wilderness Act, there is hereby designated, subject to valid existing rights, the Pasayten Wilderness within and as a part of the Okanogan National 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 as “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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Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Wilderness Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 88–577, , 78 Stat. 890, which is classified generally to chapter 23 (§ 1131 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1131 of this title and Tables.