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Salmo-Priest Air Quality Report Wilderness ID: 239 Wilderness Name: Salmo-Priest Wilderness

Salmo-Priest Wilderness Air Quality Report National Forest: , State: WA Counties: Not reported in the database. General Location: North Eastern Acres: 43,348

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Wilderness Categories Information Specific to this Wilderness Year Established 1984 Establishment Notes Washington State Wilderness Act of 1984 Designation Clean Air Act Class 2 Administrative Colville National Forest Unique Landscape Features Tucked among the in the extreme northeastern corner of Washington, the U-shaped Salmo-Priest Wilderness extends its along those of and British . Its most prominent features are two very long ridges, generally running southwest to northeast, connected near their northern ends by a ridge crowned by 6,828-foot Salmo Mountain. The eastern ridge stands lower, more wooded, more rounded off and more accessible than the steep-sided, rocky-crested western ridge. Streams have cut deep drainages into both ridges. Water from the eastern side of the eastern ridge ends up in Idaho's Priest River. The remaining wilderness drains generally westerly via Sullivan Creek and the Salmo River into the . Below the ridge tops of this well-watered Wilderness (at 50+ inches of annually) you'll find the largest growth of virgin forest left in : western red cedar, western hemlock, , grand fir, larch. The forest houses mule and white-tailed deer, , black bears, , , badgers, pine martens, lynx, bighorn sheep, and . Though rarely sighted, threatened and endangered species including woodland caribou, grizzly bears and gray also roam through this region. Winter snows may blanket the ground until early July at higher elevations. Lakebed Geology Sensitivity Low Lakebed Geology Composition gneiss quartzite schist granite (40%), andesite dacite diorite phylite (22%), gabbro wacke undifferentiated volcanic rocks (1%), amphibolite hornfels paragneiss undifferentiated metamorphic roc (37%), GC 1+2 (62%), GC 1+2+3 (63%), GC 4+5+6 (37%) Visitor Use Not reported in the database. Mean Annual Precipitation Not reported in the database. Elevation Range 1000 - 2222 (meters) Mean Max Aug Temp Not reported in the database. Mean Min Dec Temp Not reported in the database. Lake Acres Not reported in the database. Pond Acres 11 Lake Count Not reported in the database. Pond Count 9 TES Flora Eriophorum viridicarinatum, , Nephroma bellum, Polystichum braunii, streptopoides TES Wildlife , Lynx, Gray TES Fish Not reported in the database. Ozone Sensitive Plants Ninebark, Ponderosa pine, Red elderberry, Snowberry, Thinleaf

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Wilderness Categories Information Specific to this Wilderness Air Quality Sensitive Lichens Not reported in the database. Cultural Resources Not reported in the database. Status/Trends: Acid Deposition: Not reported in the database. Status/Trends: Nutrient Not reported in the database. Enrichment: Status/Trends: Ozone Impacts: Not reported in the database.

AQRV's Fauna Fauna Priority: Low Fauna Receptor: Fish Fauna Indicator: Concentration of methyl Fauna Trends: Not reported in the database. Fauna Actions: Sample resident fish for mercury. Collect concurrent water quality samples. Flora Flora Priority: High Flora Receptor: Lichens Flora Indicator: Changes in community composition Flora Trends: Not reported in the database. Flora Priority 2: High Flora Receptor 2: Lichens Flora Indicator 2: Concentrations of N, S, P, Cd, Cr, Pb, Hg, Ni, Ti, V and Zn Flora Trends 2: Not reported in the database. Flora Priority 3: Low Flora Receptor 3: Ozone Flora Indicator 3: Visible injury on ozone-sensitive plants Flora Trends 3: Not reported in the database. Flora Actions: Repeat visits to lichen plots once every 10 years. Visibility Visibility Priority: Medium Visibility Receptor: Scenic Views Visibility Indicator: Regional haze Visibility Trends: Not reported in the database.

Visibility Actions None. Water Water Priority: Medium

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Water Receptor: Water Chemistry Water Indicator: ANC Water Trends: Not reported in the database. Water Priority 2: Medium Water Receptor 2: Water Chemistry Water Indicator 2: DIN: TP Water Trends 2: Not reported in the database. Water Priority 3: Low Water Receptor 3: Diatoms Water Indicator 3: Community Composition Water Trends 3: Not reported in the database. Water Actions: Sample headwater streams and/or lakes for anions, cations, and nutrients. Challenge Points

Fauna Challenge Points: Not reported in the database. Flora Challenge Points: 5 Total Plots: 3 Desired Plots: 2 Additional Plots Needed: -1 Data Type: Baseline Round 1 Visits: 0 Round 2 Visits: 3 Baseline %: 138 Trends %: 0 Visibility Challenge Points: Not reported in the database. Water Challenge Points: Not reported in the database.

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