Frankly, I would like to know why NCNP feels/felt compelled to enter into an agreement with a fringe group like NCCC. Keep in mind, this is the same group that has closure of Middle Fork Cascade River Road as their oft-stated long-term goal. They certainly don't represent the majority of resource users - or me. Maybe I'm wrong, but I believe any existing consent decree can be summarily nullified by the NPS. Here is NCCC's current statement regarding this issue (note that there are several factual inaccuracies in their statement):
The Upper Stehekin Valley Road
In late 2006, the National Park Service issued a decision to permanently close the upper ten miles of Stehekin Valley Road above Car Wash Falls. The lower 12.8 miles are not affected and will continue to serve all of the sites and amenities that the vast majority of visitors to Stehekin have enjoyed for many years. The upper Stehekin Valley Road, however, is extremely isolated and could only be reached from Stehekin, which itself requires a 50-mile boat ride up Lake Chelan to reach. There is no car ferry. Severe flood damage in 2003 (and many times previously) had made this one of the nation's most expensive roads to repair and maintain for the benefit of just a few dozen vehicles. The NCCC has always favored closing the road due to its impacts on wildlife, the Stehekin River, and other wilderness values. We were delighted that the issue was finally put to rest by the Park Service--that is, until Congressman Doc Hastings introduced, in August 2007, a bill (HR 3408) that would allow the road to be rebuilt by changing the boundary of the Stephen Mather Wilderness. This short-sighted legislation is not only damaging to the recovery of this spectacular wilderness valley, it is a threat to wilderness everywhere and should be vigorously opposed.
source:
http://www.northcascades.org/