Wenatchee National Forest

Parks Directory of the United States / National Forests

Address:215 Melody Ln
Wenatchee, WA 98801
Phone:509-664-9200
Fax:509-664-9280
Web: www.fs.fed.us/r6/wenatchee
Size: 2,200,000 acres.
Location:Central Washington. Accessible by I-90; US 2, 97, and 12. Nearby cities/towns include Chelan, Tonasket, Entiat, Naches, Ellensburg, Leavenworth, and Wenatchee.
Facilities:100+ campgrounds, group camps, dispersed camping, cabins, picnic areas, trails (2,500 miles), boat ramps, scenic overlooks, scenic drives, 7 wilderness areas.
Activities:Camping, fishing, boating, canoeing, rafting, hiking, mushroom gathering, berry picking, horseback riding, mountain biking, skiing, snowmobiling, rock hounding, rock climbing, mountain climbing.
Special Features:Some of the Northwest's best rock-climbing sites at Liberty Bell Mountain, Icicle Canyon, and Tumwater Canyon; unique Boulder Cave, a natural stone tunnel formed by erosion and weather, reached by a wheelchair-accessible trail.

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References in periodicals archive

Characteristics of Spotted Owl nest trees in the Wenatchee National Forest. Journal of Raptor Research 27:1-7.

Nest reuse by Northern Spotted Owls on the east slope of the Cascade Range, Washington

One eighth of the Wenatchee National Forest, for example, is reportedly ripe for wildfire, and the requisite treatments will keep federal foresters and logging companies busy for decades.

The federal chain-saw massacre: Clinton's Forest Service and clear-cut corruption

Last year, Hoodoo beat out two competitors to manage 18 campgrounds in the Wenatchee National Forest.

Feeling burned

Deborah Gangloff: While fighting a forest fire that is still burning on the Wenatchee National Forest, four firefighters have lost their lives.

Letters

The fires are in the Okanogan and Wenatchee National Forest, with the northeast corner spread in the Loomis State Forest.

Herman Complex nears containment

* Wenatchee National Forest, Washington: Assistant fire-management officer Michelle Ellis reports that previous prescribed burns helped to protect a number of homes from last summer's devastating Tyee Creek incident, a lightning-caused blaze that burned 140,000 acres east of the Cascades.

Fighting fire with fire

Kipple's car was cited in the Wenatchee National Forest in 2002, and like Kruse, he's on his second appeal.

Recreation fee REBELLION

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