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 PUBLIC LAW 94-357—JULY 12, 1976

90 STAT. 905

Public Law 94-357 94th Congress An Act To designate the Alpine Lakes Wilderness, Mount Baker-Snoqualmie and Wenatchee National Forests, in the State of Washington.

July 12, 1976 [H.R. 7792]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled.^ That this Act may Alpine Area be cited as the "Alpine Lakes Area Management Act of 1976". FINDINGS AND PURPOSES

SEC. 2. (a) The Congress finds that: (1) The Cascade Mountains of the State of Washington between Stevens Pass and Snoqualmie Pass, commonly known as the Alpine Lakes region, comprise an environment of timbered valleys rising to rugged, snowcovered mountains, dotted with over seven hundred lakes, displaying unusual diversity of natural vegetation, and providing habitat for a variety of wildlife. (2) This region is abundant in its multiple resources, including an abundant source of pure water, commercial forests, an outdoor laboratory for scientific research and educational activities, and opportunities for great diversity of recreational use and enjoyment during all seasons of the year, in particular for quality hunting, fishing, motorized recreation, skiing, picnicking, camping, rock collecting, nature study, backpacking, horseback riding, swimming, boating, mountain climbing, and many others, together with the opportunity for millions of persons traveling through the periphery of the area to enjoy its unique values. (b) Purposes of this Act: In order to provide for public outdoor recreation and use and for economic utilization of commercial forest lands, geological features, lakes, streams and other resources in the Central Cascade Mountains of Washington State by present and future generations, there is hereby established, subject to valid existing rights an Alpine Lakes Area, including an Alpine Lakes Wilderness, an "Intended Wilderness" and a management unit, comprising approximately nine hundred and twenty thousand acres. SEC. 3. (a) The Alpine Lakes Wilderness (hereinafter referred to as "the wilderness"), the "Intended Wilderness", and the peripheral area (hereinafter referred to as the "management unit"), shall comprise the areas so depicted on the map entitled "Alpine Lakes Area" and dated June 1976, which shall be on file and available for public inspection in the Office of the Chief, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, The Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter referred to as the "Secretary") shall, as soon as practicable after the enactment of this Act, publish in the Federal Register a detailed description and map showing the boundaries of the wilderness, "Intended Wilderness", and the management unit. (b) The Secretary shall administer the Federal lands in the management unit in accordance with the laws, rules, and regulations applicable to the national forests in such a manner as to provide for the management of all of the resources of the management unit.

Lakes

Management Act of 1976. 16 USC 1132 note. 16 USC 1132 note.

16 USC 1132 note.

Description and: map; publication in Federal Register. Administration.

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