§90c–1 Administration of recreation areas

Summary

The Secretary must manage the recreation areas to give people outdoor recreation and to protect scenic, scientific, historic, and other values people enjoy. In the non‑wilderness part of Lake Chelan, the Secretary may allow use, management, or disposal of renewable resources and continue existing uses or developments if they help or do not seriously harm recreation or those values. The Secretary may use park system and other conservation laws he finds appropriate. In Ross Lake, cutting and removing trees in power‑line rights‑of‑way is allowed to protect transmission lines, towers, and equipment, and should, as much as practicable, protect scenic views. Land in the recreation areas (except valid existing rights) is withdrawn from public land claims, mining location, and mineral leasing laws, except that sand, rock, and gravel in the non‑wilderness part of Lake Chelan may be sold to Stehekin residents for local use if it does not significantly harm area management. Money from leases under the Mineral Leasing Act of February 25, 1920 [30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.] or the Acquired Lands Mineral Leasing Act of August 7, 1947 [30 U.S.C. 351 et seq.] must be handled as those laws require; money from nonleasable minerals is handled like proceeds from public land sales. The Secretary must allow hunting and fishing under U.S. and Washington laws, but may set no‑hunting or no‑fishing zones or times for safety, management, or public use after consulting the Department of Game of the State of Washington except in emergencies. The Secretary must not allow any road giving vehicle access from the North Cross State Highway to the Stehekin Road, nor any permanent road providing vehicle access between May Creek and Hozomeen along the east side of Ross Lake.