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Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest

New supervisor for Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest

July 3, 2019 by Methow Valley News

The Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest will have a new supervisor starting in September.  Kristin Bail, currently the acting director for the U.S. Forest Service’s Watershed, Fish, Wildlife, Air and Rare Plant programs in Washington, D.C., will oversee the more than 4 million acres of the forest, which includes the Methow Valley Ranger District. Bail has more […]

Filed Under: BUSINESS Tagged With: Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, U.S. Forest Service

Commissioners object to North Cascades grizzly proposal

June 8, 2018 by Methow Valley News

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 …

Filed Under: NEWS Tagged With: grizzly bear, National Park Service, Okanogan County Commissioners, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest

A forest health prescription

May 25, 2018 by Methow Valley News

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 …

Filed Under: NEWS Tagged With: Methow Valley Ranger District, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, Prescribed burning, U.S. Forest Service

Critics question potential impact of 735-acre DNR logging plan

April 19, 2018 by Methow Valley News

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, …

Filed Under: NEWS Tagged With: Department of Natural Resources, George Wooten, Logging, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, Salmon, Sun Mountain Lodge, Timber

Methow delegation in D.C. to promote Headwaters protection

December 20, 2017 by Methow Valley News

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 …

Filed Under: NEWS Tagged With: Bureau of Land Management, Coon, copper, Flagg Mountain, Gottula, Mazama Copper Project, Methow Headwaters campaign, Mining, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, Soo Ing-Moody, U.S. Forest Service

Public comments sought on headwaters protection proposal

October 13, 2017 by Methow Valley News

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 …

Filed Under: NEWS Tagged With: Methow Headwaters campaign, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest

Forest Service receives $1 million for repair work on flood-damaged roads

October 13, 2017 by Methow Valley News

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 […]

Filed Under: NEWS Tagged With: Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, road construction, Roads, U.S. Forest Service

Federal, state and county lands ban all campfires

August 10, 2017 by Methow Valley News

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.

Filed Under: NEWS Tagged With: Bureau of Land Management, Burn ban, Campfire ban, Okanogan County, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, Pearrygin Lake State Park, U.S. Forest Service

Diamond Creek Fire Update for Wednesday, July 26

July 26, 2017 by Methow Valley News

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 […]

Filed Under: LATEST NEWS Tagged With: 2017 wildfires, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, U.S. Forest Service

Proposal would restore grizzly bears to North Cascades ecosystem

January 18, 2017 by Methow Valley News

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 …

Filed Under: NEWS Tagged With: Bear, grizzly bear, Methow Valley Ranger District, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, Wildlife

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