Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§90e–1 Glacier Peak Wilderness, Wenatchee and Mount Baker National Forests; extension of boundaries
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER X— - NORTH CASCADES NATIONAL PARK › § 90e–1
Summary
Adds about 10,000 acres to Glacier Peak Wilderness on its west side, including parts of the Suiattle and White Chuck corridors. These lands lie in Wenatchee and Mount Baker forests, were wilderness more than 30 days before the Wilderness Act, and are subject to valid existing rights.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §90e–1
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The boundaries of the Glacier Peak Wilderness, an area classified as such more than thirty days before the effective date of the Wilderness Act [16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.] 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 90 of this title.
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References in Text
The Wilderness Act, referred to in text, 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.
Effective Date
of the Wilderness Act, referred to in text, means the date of enactment, Sept. 3, 1964, of such act.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 90e–1
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73