Wenatchee National Forest
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Wenatchee National Forest
IUCN Category VI - Protected Area with Sustainable use of Natural Resources |
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 Bumping River , Wenatchee National Forest |
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| location | Washington , USA | |
| surface | 7022.89 km² | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 23 ' N , 121 ° 0' W | |
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| Setup date | July 1, 1908 | |
| administration | US Forest Service | |
The Wenatchee National Forest is a national forest in Washington in the northwestern United States. Covering an area of 7022.89 km², it extends for about 220 km along the eastern slope of the Cascade Mountains between the Okanogan National Forest and the Gifford Pinchot National Forest . The forest area is in Chelan , Kittitas, and Yakima Counties . The closest city is Wenatchee, WA .
Wilderness areas
There are six officially designated wilderness areas in the Wenatchee National Forest that are part of the United States' National Wilderness Preservation System . Some of them are also located in neighboring National Forests:
- Alpine Lakes Wilderness (partly in the Snoqualmie National Forest )
- Glacier Peak Wilderness (partially in Mount Baker National Forest )
- Goat Rocks Wilderness (mainly in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest )
- Henry M. Jackson Wilderness (partly in the Snoqualmie National Forest (46.2%) and in the Mount Baker National Forest (27.2%))
- Lake Chelan-Sawtooth Wilderness (mainly in the Okanogan National Forest )
- William O. Douglas Wilderness (partly in Gifford Pinchot NF)
Waptus Lake
Nearly two miles (3.2 km) long and only accessible via hiking trails or riding trails, Waptus Lake is the largest alpine lake in the National Forest. It is drained by the Waptus River. The views of the summit of the Summit Chief and the Bears Breast are remarkable.
administration
The Okanogan and Wenatchee National Forest are jointly managed as the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest at headquarters in Wenatchee, Washington. There are local ranger districts in Chelan , Cle Elum , Entiat , Methow Valley, Naches , Tonasket, and Wenatchee River. The first head of the Wenatchee National Forest was Albert H. Sylvester , who named more than a thousand locations in the area.
ecology
A 1993 study by the US Forest Service estimated the total of primeval forest in the forest to be approximately 1,290 km² (318,800 acres). Forest fires are not uncommon in the National Forest. In September 2012, a severe thunderstorm caused hundreds of forest fires , the worst of them southwest of Wenatchee and east of Blewett Pass . In July 2014, violent forest fires were also triggered in the Chiwaukum and Entiat Mountains .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Land Areas of the National Forest System . US Forest Service. January 2012. Retrieved June 30, 2012.
- ^ The National Forests of the United States . ForestHistory.org. Archived from the original on February 12, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 30, 2012.
- ^ Charles L. Bolsinger, Karen L. Waddell: Area of old-growth forests in California, Oregon, and Washington . In: United States Forest Service , Pacific Northwest Research Station (Ed.): Resource Bulletin PNW-RB-197 . 1993.
- ↑ Lynda V. Mapes: Collateral Damage: Rushing to stop a fire that never came, Forest Service logged miles of big trees, critical habitat . In: Seattle Times , July 23, 2015. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
Web links
- Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest - Official website of the US Forest Service