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Transplanting grizzly bears into the North Cascades would threaten the “local economy, customs and culture” of Okanogan County, county commissioners said in a letter to federal officials who are preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on a grizzly bear restoration plan.
The letter was written in …
The U.S. Forest Service truck shuddered over the dirt road as Sara Billings, fuels assistant fire management officer at the Methow Valley Ranger District, drove up into the Okanogan/Wenatchee National Forest outside of Winthrop last week. She was visiting a prescribed burn that was underway in …
A logging and a timber sale proposed by the state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) on hillsides above Big Valley and below Sun Mountain Lodge would create “a 600-acre clear-cut in the middle of the valley,” according to one critic.
That assessment by Peter Goldman, an attorney with the Washington Forest Law Center, …
Advocating for protection of the upper Methow Valley from future mining, a three-person delegation from the valley traveled to Washington, D. C., last week to meet with Congressional representatives and federal agency officials.
The goal of the trip was to push for progress on a …
The public is invited to submit comments during the next month on a proposal that would protect more than 340,000 acres of federal land in the upper Methow Valley from mining.
The Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest is beginning an environmental analysis of a proposed mineral withdrawal …
Flood repair work is expected to begin this month on several U.S. Forest Service roads on the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, including four in the Methow Valley. The roads suffered significant damage from fall 2015 and spring 2016 heavy snow melt-off and rain that caused debris flows, road washouts and other damage, the Forest Service said […]
Campfires and charcoal grills are prohibited everywhere in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, including in developed campgrounds, dispersed campsites and wilderness areas, as of Friday (Aug. 4). Worsening fire conditions and continued hot and dry weather prompted fire officers to impose the complete ban.
From the U.S. Forest Service, current for July 26, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. Yesterday: Diamond Creek Fire is about 18 air miles north of Mazama, Washington and is estimated at 350 acres. Fire growth is toward the east, and the fire is moving up the Diamond Creek Drainage. Fire behavior included single and group tree […]
Grizzly bears would be captured and released into the North Cascades in order to restore the bears to their historic habitat, based on proposals detailed in an environmental study released last week.
The grizzly bear restoration proposals are …
Do you want to work in the great outdoors in the summer of 2017? The Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest has more than 100 jobs available in positions ranging from archaeology to trails to fire. Applications for the summer jobs must be submitted online at www.usajobs.gov from Nov. 15-21. “The most important steps are applying online and following […]
