Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§90a Ross Lake National Recreation Area; establishment; statement of purposes; description of area
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER X— - NORTH CASCADES NATIONAL PARK › § 90a
Summary
Creates Ross Lake National Recreation Area to provide outdoor recreation and to protect scenic, scientific, historic, and other values. The area includes the lands and waters shown on the map in section 90 and respects valid existing rights.
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Title 16, §90a
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In order to provide for the public outdoor recreation use and enjoyment of portions of the Skagit River and Ross, Diablo, and Gorge Lakes, 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 established, subject to valid existing rights, the Ross Lake National Recreation Area (hereinafter referred to in this subchapter 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 90 of this title.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 90a
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73