High Ross Treaty
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Text of the High Ross Treaty that pertains to SEEC
- The purposes of the Skagit Environmental Endowment Commission (SEEC), as stated in Appendix D of the 1984 High Ross Treaty, are as follows:
- To conserve and protect wilderness and wildlife habitat.
- To enhance recreational opportunities in the Skagit Valley.
- To acquire mineral or timber rights consistent with conservation and recreational purposes.
- To conduct studies of need and feasibility of projects.
- To plan for and construct hiking trails, footbridges, interpretive displays and the like.
- To cause the removal of stumps and snags in Ross Lake and on the shoreline as deemed appropriate, and the grooming and contouring of the shoreline, consistent with wildlife habitat protection; and
- To connect, if feasible, Manning Provincial park and the North Cascades National Park by a trail system.