§90b Land Acquisition; Authority of Secretary; Manner and Place; Donation of State Lands; Transfer to Administrative Jurisdiction of Secretary; Elimination of Lands From National Forests

Summary

The Interior Secretary can add land and water to the park and recreation areas by donation, by buying it with donated or government money, or by swapping land. The Secretary cannot take property inside the recreation areas without the owner’s permission while the owner is using the land in ways that match the park’s purpose. Land owned by the State of Washington or its local governments can only be accepted as a gift. Any federal property already inside the park boundaries becomes managed by the Secretary as part of the park. Land that used to be national forest inside those boundaries is removed from the national forests. With an owner’s agreement, the Secretary may also buy up to five acres outside the North Cascades National Park Service Complex for a backcountry information center, and up to ten acres for headquarters or admin sites for North Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National Recreation Area, and Lake Chelan National Recreation Area; those lands will be managed as park land.