Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§90e Pasayten Wilderness, Okanogan and Mount Baker National Forests; designation; abolition of North Cascades Primitive Area classification
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER X— - NORTH CASCADES NATIONAL PARK › § 90e
Summary
Designates the Pasayten Wilderness as part of the Okanogan and Mount Baker National Forests. It covers about 500,000 acres east of Ross Lake, as shown on the map in the law, and keeps any valid existing rights. Ends the prior classification called the North Cascades Primitive Area.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §90e
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(a)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.
(b)The previous classification of the North Cascades Primitive Area is hereby abolished.
Legislative History
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References in Text
The Wilderness Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 88–577, Sept. 3, 1964, 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.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 90e
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73