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1993 FWOC RESOLUTION #10

_PROPOSAL FOR A NORTH CASCADES INTERNATIONAL PARK_

For years the ecological inconsistencies of the policies of Canada and the United States have curtailed opportunities for public agencies in both countries to work together managing border areas. The border between the two countries is defined by an arbitrary line. Despite the existence of the border, the lands are a unified ecosystem.

Among these adjoining lands is the transborder areas of the Greater North Cascades Ecosystem. In the United States most of the 1.2 million acres suitable for a park have already been set aside for protection by the North Cascades National Park Complex. There are 300,200 acres of pristine land on the Canadian side which include the Chilliwack and Skagit River corridors, and the Manning and Cathedral Lakes Provincial Parks.

An international park is necessary to protect the diversity of the lands before the remaining border forests have been clearcut and no longer have a wilderness potential. Native flora and fauna know no boundaries. Wolves, grizzlies, deer, bobcat, marmots, and birds can survive only within a continuing ecosystem, not on isolated islands surrounded by clearcuts.

The Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs endorses the establishment of a North Cascades International Park to include lands contiguous to the United States/Canadian border in the Greater North Cascades ecosystem.

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