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 PUBLIC LAW 9 8 - 3 3 9 - J U L Y 3, 1984

98 STAT. 305

(c) The Secretary of Agriculture shall, as soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, file a map and a legal description of the recreation area with the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, and the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Representatives, and each such map and legal description shall have the same force and effect as if included in this Act: Provided, That correction of clerical and typographical errors in such legal description and map may be made. The map and Public legal description shall be on file and available for public inspection availability. in the office of the Chief of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture. (d) The Secretary shall administer the recreation area in accordance with the laws, rules and regulations applicable to the national forests in such manner as will best provide for (1) public outdoor recreation (including but not limited to snowmobile use); (2) conservation of scenic, natural, historic, and other values contributing to public enjoyment; and (3) such management, utilization, and disposal of natural resources on federally owned lands within the recreation area which are compatible with and which do not sigi^atiS nificantly impair the purposes for which the recreation area is established. SEC. 8. (a) The Congress finds that certain lands within the Mount Conservation Baker-Snoqualmie and Okanogan National Forests along the North Cascades Highway have remarkable scenic values, representing a unique aesthetic travelway through the Cascade Mountains in the northern portion of the State of Washington, The value of preserving this scenic area and assuring that it is managed in such manner that its scenic beauty and recreation qualities are maintained for future generations is recognized by the Congress. (b) In order to preserve and protect these values, certain National Forest System lands comprising approximately eighty-seven thousand seven hundred and fifty-seven acres, as generally depicted on a map entitled "North Cascades Scenic Highway—Proposed" and dated March 1984, shall be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture to preserve the scenic value of this highway corridor. Management activities, including resource use and development, within the area may be permitted by the Secretary of Agriculture if the existing scenic values of the area are maintained. (c) Management direction for the area that recognizes these scenic values shall be included in the forest plans developed for the Okanogan and Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forests in accordance with section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable 16 USC 1604. Resources Planning Act of 1974, as amended. SEC. 9. Congress does not intend that designation of wilderness areas in the State of Washington lead to the creation of protective perimeters or buffer zones around each wilderness area. The fact that nonwilderness activities or uses can be seen or heard from areas within the wilderness shall not, of itself, preclude such activities or uses up to the boundary of the wilderness area. SEC. 10. The Secretary of Agriculture shall exchange lands and Weyerhaeuser interests in lands with Weyerhaeuser Company in accordance with Company. the following provisions: (a) If the Weyerhaeuser Company offers to the United States the following described lands and interests in lands the Secretary shall accept such lands and interests therein:

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