---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 90"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "90"
heading: "Establishment; statement of purposes; description of area"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/90"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — National Parks, Military Parks, Monuments, and Seashores"
  - "Subchapter X — North Cascades National Park"
---

# §90. Establishment; statement of purposes; description of area


In order to [preserve](/usc/16/698u–1.md?p=2) for the benefit, use, and inspiration of present and future generations certain majestic mountain scenery, snow fields, glaciers, alpine meadows, and other unique natural features in the North Cascade Mountains of the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) of Washington, there is hereby established, subject to valid existing rights, the North Cascades National [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) (hereinafter referred to in this subchapter as the “[park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3)”). The [park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) shall consist of the lands, waters, and interests therein within the [area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) designated “national [park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3)” on the [map](/usc/16/430f–7.md?p=1) entitled “Proposed Management [Units](/usc/16/430f–7.md?p=4), North Cascades, Washington,” numbered NP–CAS–7002, and dated October 1967. The [map](/usc/16/430f–7.md?p=1) shall be on file and available for public inspection in the office of the Director, National [Park](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-3) Service, Department of the Interior, and in the office of the Chief, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 90–544, title I, § 101, Oct. 2, 1968, 82 Stat. 926.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Short Title of 1988 Amendment

Pub. L. 100–668, § 1, Nov. 16, 1988, 102 Stat. 3961, provided: “That this Act [enacting section 110c of this title, amending sections 90b, 90c–1, 90d–4, 251n, 256b, 256c, and 1274 of this title, and enacting provisions listed in a table of Wilderness Areas set out under section 1132 of this title and provisions set out as a note under section 251n of this title] may be cited as the ‘Washington Park Wilderness Act of 1988’.”

### Dedication of Park to Senator Henry M. Jackson

Pub. L. 100–85, Aug. 10, 1987, 101 Stat. 551, provided: “That the North Cascades National Park, Washington, is hereby dedicated to Senator Henry M. Jackson in recognition of his leadership in establishing the North Cascades National Park, his outstanding contributions to the National Park System, the National Wilderness Preservation System, and to the protection and preservation of our great natural resources for the benefit of the people of the United States for all time. In order to carry out the provisions of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to provide such identification by signs, including, but not limited to changes in existing signs, materials, maps, markers, interpretive programs, or other means as will adequately inform the public of the contributions of Henry M. Jackson. The Secretary of the Interior is further authorized and directed to cause to be erected and maintained, within the boundaries of the North Cascades National Park, an appropriate memorial to Henry M. Jackson. Such memorial shall include but not be limited to an appropriate permanent marker describing the contributions of Henry M. Jackson to the Nation. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.”