The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is working on a new management plan for the Sinlahekin and Scotch Creek wildlife areas in northeastern Okanogan County. The two areas cover nearly 48,000 acres, with shrub steppe, forested areas, rivers and lakes. They are home to bighorn sheep, mule deer, trout and more than 500 […]
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Sinlahekin celebrating 75 years of protecting wildlife
The lakes, wetlands, meadows and shrub-steppe around Loomis, in northern Okanogan County, were deemed of such importance to mule deer that Washington state created its first wildlife area there 75 years ago. Today the Sinlahekin Wildlife Area contains 14,314 acres in a deep glaciated valley, plus another 8,500 acres in two other units. To celebrate […]
