North Cascades National Park Ross Lake National Recreation Area Lake Chelan National Recreation Area

Author : United States National Park Service
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780483291331
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (913 download)

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Download or read book General Management Plan written by United States National Park Service and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-20 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from General Management Plan: North Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National Recreation Area, Lake Chelan National Recreation Area North Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National Recreation Area (which divides the park into north and south units) and Lake Chelan National Recreation Area (which adjoins the park on the south) are located deep in the wild, almost-impenetrable northernmost reaches of the Cascade Range in northwestern Washington. The park and recreation areas are surrounded on the west, south, and east by 6 million acres of national forest lands, of which million acres are designated wilderness. Across the international boundary to the north are a park, a recreation area, and forestlands administered by the province of British Columbia. Together these public lands create an outstanding wilderness and recreation complex. When Congress created the national park and recreation areas, it established for all generations to come a matchless complex in an untouched Iand'l (senate report accompanying S. 1321, 9oth Congress). The Picket Range and Eldorado Peaks, encompassed by the park, are extraordinarily rich in spectacular pinnacles, massifs, spires, and cols flanked by myriad glaciers and snowfields. North Cascades has more glaciers than any other national park in the lower 48 states. The deep-set forested valleys between these mountains contain a variety of complex and delicate environments. Lake Chelan is a natural lake that developed within a broad glacial trough. In the 19205 it was dammed to increase its capacity and to provide power for the development of northwestern industries. Ross Lake is a reservoir that was created in the 19405 for power generation. Today both lakes serve as spectacular passageways into the remote and wild Picket, Eldorado, and Stehekin regions. The deep waters provide excellent habitats for fish, and the forests extending from the water's edge to timberline provide abundant wildlife habitats. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.