Okanogan National Forest
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Okanogan National Forest
IUCN Category VI - Protected Area with Sustainable use of Natural Resources |
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 Okanogan Valley from Maple Pass |
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| location | Washington , USA | |
| surface | 6066.29 km² | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 33 ′ N , 120 ° 23 ′ W | |
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| Setup date | July 1, 1911 | |
| administration | US Forest Service | |
The Okanogan National Forest is a national forest in Okanogan County in north-central Washington in the northwestern United States.
The 6,066.29 km² National Forest is bordered by British Columbia in the north, the Colville National Forest in the east, the Methow and Stehekin - Lake Chelan valleys in the south and the North Cascades in the west. National park limited. The closest towns worth mentioning are Omak and Okanogan . The forest is jointly managed with the Wenatchee National Forest by the United States Forest Service ; the headquarters are in Wenatchee . There are local Ranger district offices in Tonasket and Winthrop . After the Nez Perce National Forest in Idaho , it is the second largest national forest in the United States that is entirely within a county and the largest in Washington state. In 2005 the forest was visited by around 397,000 tourists.
The majority of the Pasayten Wilderness (except its westernmost part, which is in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest ), and the northeast part (approx. 63%) of the Lake Chelan-Sawtooth Wilderness are part of the forest with the focus in Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.
The western part of the forest is more humid than the eastern part, the average temperatures of which are also lower. As a result, the vegetation varies from boreal coniferous forests in the west to the higher steppes in the east. A 1993 study by the Forest Service estimated the proportion of primeval forest in the forest to be 128,000 hectares. The majority of it was formed from stands of coastal pines . Forest fires are not uncommon in the Okanogan National Forest. The Tripod Complex from 2006 and the fire series from 2012 and 2014 were significant events .
The Okanogan National Forest was formed on July 1, 1911 from part of the Chelan National Forest . On July 1, 1921, the entire forest was re-incorporated into the Chelan National Forest, but this was also revised on May 23, 1955.
administration
The Okanogan National Forest was administratively united with the Wenatchee National Forest in 2000 , although the boundaries of the individual forests were not changed. In 2007 the entire park was made known as the Okanogan – Wenatchee National Forest . The administration headquarters are in Wenatchee . There are local ranger district offices in Chelan , Cle Elum , Entiat , Leavenworth and Naches .
history
The Forest Reserve Act of 1891 gave the President the power to establish forest reserves within the remit of the Home Office . After the Transfer Act of 1905 was passed, the forest reserves were transferred to the duties of the Department of Agriculture and assigned to the newly established United States Forest Service. The Chelan National Forest was established on July 1, 1908 by the Forest Service. A 1,008,700 hectare stretch of Washington National Forest was named after the city of Chelan , where the administration's headquarters were located. The initial area of the forest (701,250 ha) was from the northern Okanogan River near the border between Canada and the United States and so the watershed of Lake Chelan and Lake Entiat to incorporate into the southern Cascades ecoregion . On July 1, 1911, the forest was partially converted into the Okanogan National Forest. The Chelan National Forest continued to exist, but only covered the catchment areas of Lake Chelan and Lake Entiat.
The ranger districts of Conconully, Loomis, Squaw Creek, Sweat Creek, Twisp, and Winthrop were created between 1911 and 1915. On July 1, 1921, ger entire Okanogan National Forest was incorporated back into the Chelan National Forest and the name Okanogan was discontinued . The Chelan Ranger District was then set up as a further district. Parts of the Loomis Ranger District were transferred together with the Sweat Creek Ranger District in the Loomis State Forest, but later dissolved. The area under the Forest Rangers underwent a number of minor changes in the 1940s. The Squaw Creek Ranger District was incorporated into the Twisp Ranger District in the early 1930s, while the Forest Service Monument 83 lookout was unfortunately established in the vicinity of British Columbia . The Pasayten Ranger District was later formed from part of the Winthrop Ranger District and the Conconully Ranger District was renamed the Okanogan Ranger District. The western part of the Colville National Forest was incorporated into the Chelan National Forest in 1943. On March 23, 1955, the Chelan National Forest became the Okanogan National Forest again. The headquarters was relocated to Okanogan . In the course of this change, the renaming of the Conconully Ranger District was also revised.
In 1968 the Pasayten Wilderness was established, which brought the forest over 81,000 hectares. The Congress secured about 1984 almost 65% of the area as Lake Chelan-Sawtooth Wilderness within the National Wilderness Preservation System on land which was previously used by the former Chelan Devision of Washington Forest Reserve.
The first head of the Wenatchee National Forest was Albert H. Sylvester , who named more than a thousand locations in the area.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Land Areas of the National Forest System (PDF) United States Forest Service. January 2012. Retrieved June 30, 2012.
- ↑ a b Davis, Richard C .: Appendix I. National Forests of the United States . In: MacMillan Publishing Company for the Forest History Society (Ed.): Encyclopedia of American Forest and Conservation History, Volume 2 . 1983, p. 743-788 ( foresthistory.org [PDF]). Appendix I. National Forests of the United States ( Memento of the original from February 21, 2013 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Lake Chelan-Sawtooth Wilderness acreage breakdown, Wilderness.net
- ^ Charles L. Bolsinger, Karen L. Waddell: Area of old-growth forests in California, Oregon, and Washington . (PDF) In: United States Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station (Ed.): Resource Bulletin PNW-RB-197 . 1993.
- ↑ a b c d e Okanogan – Wenatchee National Forest - A Brief History . United States Forest Service. 2008. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
- ↑ Harold K. Steen: Reserve Act and Congress: Passage of the 1981 Act . In: The Beginning of the National Forest System . United States Forest Service, Washington, DC May 1, 1991, pp. 18-23. Archived from the original on February 12, 2013 (Retrieved July 16, 2013).
- ↑ The US Forest Service - An Overview (PDF) United States Forest Service. Archived from the original on July 16, 2013. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
- ^ The National Forests of the United States (PDF) Forest History Society . Archived from the original on February 12, 2013.
- ↑ a b c United States Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region (Region 6) . University of Oregon . Retrieved July 16, 2013.
- ↑ Wilderness Evaluation - Sawtooth, 608027 (PDF) United States Forest Service. 2009. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
Web links
- Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest - Official Website (in English)