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Welcome to the Pacific Northwest Region...... 1 / Location Map...... 4

The Forests and Regional Office Regional Office...... 7 ...... 8 River Gorge National Scenic Area...... 9 Deschutes National Forest ...... 10 Fremont-Winema National Forests ...... 11 Gifford Pinchot National Forest...... 12 ...... 13 Mt . Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest...... 14 Mt . Hood National Forest...... 15 ...... 16 Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest...... 17 ...... 18 -Siskiyou National Forest ...... 19 ...... 20 ...... 21 ...... 22 Wallowa- ...... 23 Willamette National Forest...... 24 Welcome to the Pacific Northwest Region

The Pacific Northwest Region’s wide range of dramatic landscapes, its vast array of special places, and its people distinguish it from other areas of the United States.

Introduction Diverse Landscapes Cascade Mountains The Pacific Northwest, The Pacific Northwest The dramatic snow-capped The drier east-slope perhaps more than any Region includes the runs north vegetation includes other region in the United rugged-mystical Pacific and south .The northern ponderosa , red , States, is defined by its Coast, temperate Coastal portion of the range white fir, and lodgepole public lands . More than 30 Mountain , is increasingly rugged pine . Forest health has been percent of Washington and emerald green river and more influenced by adversely affected by the 53 percent of Oregon, are valleys, imposing volcanic glaciation . The upper lack of fire disturbance . managed by the Federal snow-capped mountains, mountain elevations receive The Northwest Forest Plan government . These lands and an expansive, arid, the highest amount of snow applies to this area . provide the people and andsunbathed high . in the continental United communities of the Pacific The Pacific Northwest States . Northwest their livelihood, is also characterized by an recreation, visual backdrop, abundance of mountain and identity . ranges, including the The Pacific Northwest , the Region consists of 16 Range, and the National Forests, 59 Blue Mountains . Most of District Offices, a National the National Forests in Scenic Area, and a National the Region blanket these Grassland; comprising mountains, providing a an area 24 .7 million stunning backdrop for acres in size .There are nearby communities . Fifty- approximately 3,500 Forest seven mountains rise above Service employees living 8,000 feet in elevation . in the local communities, and working tirelessly to manage these lands .

1 — Almanac - Pacific Northwest Region Coastal Range The Coastal Range a factor . Here the forests consists of relatively low, are characterized by steep mountains running Sitka . Extensive parallel to the coastline . logging influenced this The mountains receive landscape too . Management high rainfall, which of TE&S species, e .g .; supports moist forests of , and western hemlock . Along marbled murelet remaina the coast, fog drip is also high priority for today’s managers .

Blue Mountains This area is marked by fir/Douglas-fir forests, wide, uplifted plateau, followed by ponderosa dissected by landslide and pine, lodgepole pine, and fluvial processes . Mesas western juniper . Fire, and buttes are common . and insect outbreaks are Vegetation patterns are major concerns for land complex with grand management .

Columbia River Gorge

Dramatic headwalls, metropolitan area . The a vast river, cascading is dry to the east waterfalls, roaring winds, with sagebrush and spectacular vistas part vegetation and moist to the Cascade Mountains the west with at the doorstep of the forests . Portland/

High Desert

The extends steppe as the characteristic from the Cascades to vegetation, but also the Rockies .The climate includes fescues . Dry-land is dry, with sagebrush and agriculture dominate .

2 — Almanac - Pacific Northwest Region Water Resources Almost every river, stream, nearby communities, and and tributary in the Pacific world-class recreation Northwest drains into for visitors . Rivers in the the , save Pacific Northwest contain for the few that empty several species of : into the , Chinook, coho, sockeye, , or Fraser chum, and pink, along River in .These with two species of sea-run waters provide habitat trout (steelhead and coastal for native fish, water for cutthroat) .

Special Places There are 111 rivers in the National Wild congressionally designated and Scenic Rivers System), areas in the National and 13 other areas (such Forest System in as National Recreation Oregon and Washington . Areas, National Volcanic 64 Monuments, and National (approximately 5 million Scenic Areas) add to the acres), 51 Wild and Scenic character of the Pacific Rivers (about 25% of the Northwest .

People The Pacific Northwest, the Pacific Northwest wish with its stunning beauty to recreate, they often look and vibrant diversity, is the to the National Forests perfect setting for those surrounding them . Pacific who call Washington and Northwesterners are Oregon home . defined by their outdoor The total population pursuits: from kayaking and of the two states is over windsurfing, to skiing and 11 million people, and snowshoeing . continues to grow . Much There are currently of that population lies 42 Federally recognized in the heavily forested Tribes with their traditional valleys west of the Cascade homelands in the two-state Mountains, primarily in the Pacific Northwest Region . /Tacoma corridor Most of the Tribes in the in Washington, and the Pacific Northwest Region Portland-Metro area in are actively involved with Oregon .When the citizens the National Forests . of these and other cities in

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5 — Almanac - Pacific Northwest Region 6 — Almanac - Pacific Northwest Region Pacific Northwest Region Regional Office

A great region to live and work Did You Know? has transitioned from “custodial” in the early 20th According to the U .S . century, to focus on robust Forest Service in the Pacific Northwest, Edward T . timber production med- Allen was the first “District century, to management Forester” for what was then under the Northwest known as “District 6” . In Forest Plan, and increasing 1898, Gifford Pinchot met concern over fire, climate Allen—who was working •as a reporter for a Tacoma, change, water quantity and Washington newspaper— quality, and the role of the and convinced him to join Federal workforce . the Division of . In The Forests in Oregon 1908, Allen became District and Washington have Forester . During his one- always been important to tenure, he upgraded the status of field personnel and Located in downtown Monuments, which total 13 the people who live in the worked with lumbermen and Portland, the Regional percent of the nation’s total Pacific Northwest . Nearly state officials to fight fire . Office oversees the National Forest System 10 million individuals rely National Forests in Oregon acreage . on the collective wisdom and Washington, including This Region has a and management of the some land in and rich, controversial, and Region’s employees . It is a . Employees in the progressive history, often a humbling privilege to live, Regional Office support microcosm of the nation’s work, and serve in this 16 National Forests, a changing environmental stunning part of the world . National Scenic Area, a tastes and growing , and pains . Management of two National Volcanic the forests in this region Region Facts

Partnerships: A Critical Part Of The Region’s Success 11 director areas Partnerships are to the the Region’s forests and appreciation and awareness ~3,550 full-time Pacific Northwest Region offices, contributing of the Forest Service’s regional employees as is to a more than 664,000 hours mission—are invaluable ~183 employees in the : critical for and $15 .3 million in to Region 6 and we will regional office survival, and a source of service . Eighteen percent continue to connect with 16 forest supervisors fertility, creativity, and of the volunteers were communities and conserve productivity . In 2015 the youth and young adults our national treasures . 1 area manager region invested in more under the age of 25 .The than 1,150 partnerships, intangible benefits of these 24.7+ million acres of worth over $72 million . partnerships—educating national forest system lands More than 14,500 youth, supporting local people volunteered in economies, and raising

7 — Almanac - Pacific Northwest Region Pacific Northwest Region Colville

A forest on the cutting edge Did You Know? in natural resources, the Colville serves as an The Civilian Conservation excellent proving ground Corps (CCCs) changed the face of the Colville National for many national and Forest during the 1930’s . region initiatives such as CCC workers built roads, travel management and , camps, and buildings, recreation facility analysis . many of which are still in use The Colville also hosts today . Camp Growden was •known as “Little America” the Region’s healthiest because it housed CCC populations of , enrollers from around the caribou, and , while country, was built west of also sustaining healthy . It was one of the and productive fuels and largest CCC camps in the vegetation management area .An octagonal concrete fountain and a restored programs . changing house still stand at Today’s 1 1. million Kettle River, and Selkirk – The Forest has the site .The Sullivan Lake and acre Forest, is located in once considered foothills of a number of units in Newport Ranger Stations are northeastern Washington, the . northeast Washington: also CCC buildings, as are a Job Corps facility in many of the fire lookouts in and was first carved out The Forest has a great the National Forest . over 10,000 ago by variety of ecotypes, from Curlew, Three Rivers Ice Age . open ponderosa pine with Ranger Station in Kettle Three waves of moist sites containing Falls, Republic Ranger mountains run from north western red-cedar and Station in Republic, to south, separated by the hemlock, to sub-alpine fir Newport-Sullivan Lake troughs of valleys .These just below the open peaks . Ranger Station in Newport, ranges – the Okanogan, With a great variety and the Forest Supervisor’s office in Colville . Forest Facts

The Talking Forest: Collaborate Early & Often 1.1 million acres The Colville is not only concept behind the model upon an existing positive 30,613 acres of unique in its climate and suggests that through close collaboration network topography, but is also on and early collaboration among numerous interest 918,000 acres for the cutting edge of Forest with the public combined groups and moved the new sustainable timber Service policy . with a predictable budget, business model forward production In 2007, the Colville the Forest can increase into a practice . 45 developed was selected as one of three managed outcomes, The business model recreation sites National Forests in the improve relationships with has enabled agreements on 764 miles of fish- nation to practice a new our communities while timber related projects . bearing streams business model that focused decreasing overall costs . provides water for 2 on collaboration and a Through this effort, municipalities predicable budget . The the Colville has built

8 — Almanac - Pacific Northwest Region Pacific Northwest Region National Scenic Area

Gorge-ous partnership opportunities Did You Know? designation directs the Forest Service to protect The Columbia River is and enhance scenic, natural, the main artery that flows cultural and recreational through the heart of the Pacific Northwest . According resources across all lands to the Center for Columbia within the Scenic Area River History, the watershed through a regional planning includes territory in seven partnership with the states, one Canadian Columbia River Gorge province, and occupies a •259,000 square-mile basin . Commission, the states of Oregon and Washington, The Columbia River begins in six counties, and four treaty , and flows tribes .The partnership also for approximately 1,200 encourages compatible local miles to the Pacific Ocean . economic development within 13 designated For the last 10,000 years, the The Columbia River breath-taking overlooks urban areas .A number Columbia River has served as Gorge National Scenic up to 4,000 feet above the of nationally significant a transportation corridor for Area protects a spectacular river .The National Scenic a diverse assortment of life, attractions lie within the including fish, fowl, plants, where the Columbia Area maintains National Scenic Area, including River carves the only sea- Forest System lands and and humans .The Gorge the Pacific Crest National would not be the same level route through the recreational facilities within , the Lewis and Clark without this “River of Life ”. Cascade . its boundaries and manages National Historic Trail, Shaped by volcanic flows the nearby Klickitat and the Ice Age Geologic Trail, and prehistoric floods, Lower White Salmon Wild and the Mark O . Hatfield this eighty-mile stretch & Scenic Rivers . Created by Wilderness . of the Columbia River is the 1986 National Scenic surrounded by cliffs and Area Act, the Area’s special CRGNSA Facts

Waterfalls: The Pounding Heart of the Gorge 319,000 acres total In addition to jaw- visitors a year, making it highway, the Historic 100,000 acres is fs dropping cliffs, beautiful one of the most visited Columbia River Highway . managed rivers, and unparalleled natural attractions in This historic route once 220 miles of trail , the Columbia River the Pacific Northwest . brought early car campers Gorge is characterized also offers to nearby Eagle Creek, 26 trailheads by a series of beautiful a magnificent glimpse at the Forest Service’s oldest waterfalls, many of the area’s geology, with developed campground, 13 urban areas which can be seen from four distinct flows of which was created in 1916 13-person management the highway .The highest Columbia River basalt with a cliff-side trail that is commission of these is 620-foot visible in the fall’s cliff face . still popular today . Multnomah Falls, which The waterfalls are located receives over two million along America’s first scenic

9 — Almanac - Pacific Northwest Region Pacific Northwest Region Deschutes

“Fun in the sun” for everyone Did You Know? and local communities is focused on restoring healthy A historical write-up of the forests through vegetation Deschutes area would not be management such as fuel complete unless it recorded the activities of Cy J . reduction work, including Bingham, who was probably thinning and prescribed the first local forest ranger, burning . and a well-known poet . One The Deschutes old timer produced part of •National Forest is home a poem which he claims was to three scenic byways . composed by Bingham and These byways—the Cascade reads as follows: Lakes Scenic Byway, the “In the inlet there is a splashing Scenic Byway, and it’s the dollys in a fight the McKenzie Pass- Scenic Byway—provide Over who will use that riffle for accessible means for visitors to spawn their eggs tonight Nestled along the as participate in a wide to experience the natural Cascade Mountains, the variety of other outdoor and cultural landscapes that Up the glade I hear a horse bell Deschutes National Forest activities . The Forest are full of dramatic beauty . indicating all is well is one of the most popular provides a variety of natural Because of the rich cultural Theres no other life about me recreation forests in the resource commodities . history of , in this camp at Lake Odell.” Pacific Northwest .Truly a Besides recreation, the campsites of ancient hunters four season vacationland, other primary focus of and gatherers can be found the Forest attracts more the Deschutes is active next to upland streams and than 3 million people stewardship of the landscape lakes, and lowland and high every year to mountain through partnerships and . Casual forest visitors bike, camp, fish, hike, collabor-ation . Much of can stumble across ancient kayak, and ski as well the work of both the Forest stone tools or rock art . Forest Facts

Newberry National Volcanic Monument 1.6 million acres In 1988, a 30-member settle proposed boundaries . for 17 miles to the summit 181,300 acres of committee formed by The final bill was of the .The summit wilderness local citizens wrote the approved by the U .S . also holds up two alpine 840,000 acres for bill creating Newberry Congress in 1990, and lakes full of trout and timber production National volcanic designated over 50,000 salmon . 19,289 acres of lakes Monument . Composed of acres of lakes, lava flows, environmentalists, forest and unique geological is both seismically and 62 trailheads industry leaders, recreation features with special geothermally active, and its club representatives, protections . The highest sits over a shallow 316 recreation sites geothermal interests, local point in the monument is magma body that is only government, and others, Paulina Peak, at 7,985 ft . two to five kilometers the group met regularly Visitors can drive through deep . with Forest advisors to Newberry Volcano’s caldera

10 — Almanac - Pacific Northwest Region Pacific Northwest Region Fremont-Winema

Oregon’s expansive outback Did You Know? area known for year-round sunshine . Near the floor of The Winema National Forest the Basin, the Forests open was established in 1961 and named for a heroine of the to the vast marshes and Modoc War of 1872: Woman associated with of the Brave heart . More than and 50 percent of the Forest is Williamson River .To the comprised of former Klamath north and east, extensive land . •Members of the Klamath stands of ponderosa pine Tribe reserve specific grow on deep pumice and rights to hunting, , ash that blanketed the area trapping, and gathering of during the eruption of forest materials on former Mt . Mazama (now Crater reservation land . Lake) nearly 7,000 years ago .The eastern portion of the forests offer expansive Framed by major combined in 2002, the views, dramatic cliffs, migratory bird flyways, Forest offers 2 .3 million and solitude .The area the Fremont-Winema acres to explore .The is known as “Oregon’s National Forest provides heavily timbered western Outback”, and provides the solitude and serene beauty portion of the Forests are self-reliant recreationist in a spacious landscape, bordered by the Cascade the opportunity to including majestic snow- Mountain Range and discover nature in a rustic capped peaks to park-like Crater Lake National Park, environment . stands of large ponderosa and stretch east into the . Administratively Basin, an Forest Facts

Mountain Lakes Wilderness: One Caldera, Many Lakes 2.3 million acres

Mountain Lakes was Mountain lakes is The wilderness is a 112,052 acres of one of the three original unique, but its geologic blend of easily traversed wilderness “primitive areas” designated history is similar to that broad valleys and lake 1,425,736 acres for in Oregon and Washington of Crater Lake National basins with rugged timber production National Forests in 1930, Park . Like Crater Lake, remnants of the old and has been managed the landscape contains a volcano . Most of the area 6,095 acres of lakes as a primitive recreation large caldera formed by the is above 6,000 feet in 434 miles of summer area since that time .When collapse of a volcanic cone . elevation . trails the 1964 Wilderness Act Unlike Crater Lake, this 350+ species of passed, 23,071 acres of caldera is filled with many terrestrial wildlife Mountain lakes became smaller lakes rather than one of the nation’s original one big one . Wildernesses .

11 — Almanac - Pacific Northwest Region Pacific Northwest Region Gifford Pinchot

A special place and enduring grace Did You Know? Forest staff engage with hundreds of thousands of The history of people using visitors at Forest recreation the land of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest sites, including climbers traces back at least 6,000 scaling the 12,276 foot years to when Native tall Mt .Adams, hikers Americans hunted and enjoying the incredible gathered in the meadows scenery in the Groat Rocks below the Cascades’ peaks . •European trappers followed Wilderness, and people Lewis and Clark, then Ft . from around the world Vancouver became the first taking in the landscape permanent settlement near transformation around the Forest in 1824 . Mount St . Helens . The principles of In 1897, the area became Spanning from Mount Working with partners part of the Mt . Rainier Forest Rainier to the north, the such as the South Gifford conservation established Reserve . In 1908, it became Columbia River to the Pinchot Collaborative by Gifford Pinchot and the Columbia National south, to the and the Pinchot Partners, his family remain at the Forest . foundation of the Forest’s east, and Mount St . Helens Backcountry Horsemen, In 1949, the 1 .3 million- to the west; the nearly Washington Trails philosophy .The Forest is a special place, possesses acre Forest was re-named to 1 .4 million-acre Gifford Association, and Mount honor the first Chief of the Pinchot National Forest St . Helens Institute, the a lasting legacy, and Forest Service in a ceremony serves rural communities Forest offers sustainable demonstrates the dynamic at LaWisWis, a CCC around its edges, as well forest products, year-round natural world that leaves campground near Packwood, Washington . as the metro populations recreation opportunities, visitors with a hopeful of Portland and Vancouver, and restored fish and message for its future . Tacoma and Seattle . wildlife habitat . Forest Facts

1.37 million acres Mount St. Helens: A Living, Enthralling Landscape 180,000 acres of On the morning roared down the Toutle research, recreation, and wilderness of May 18, 1980 an River . Nearly 150 square education . Surviving plants 49,838 volunteer earthquake measuring miles of forest was blown and animals have risen hours in 2009 valued 5 .1 on the Richter scale over or buried . out of the ash, colonizing at $998,406 triggered the explosive A vast, gray landscape plants have caught hold eruption of Mount St . lay where once the forested of the earth, and visitors, 20+ species of fish Helens . In a few moments, slopes of Mount St . Helens scientists, and surrounding an avalanche of rock, grew . In 1982 the President communities can now 552,262 riparian acres debris, and ice slammed and Congress created the experience the wonders of into Spirit Lake, crossed a 110,000-acre National the volcano . over100 partnerships ridge 1,300 feet high, and Volcanic Monument for

12 — Almanac - Pacific Northwest Region Pacific Northwest Region Malheur

Diverse landscape, complex history Did You Know? dams . It also provides two Wild and Scenic stretches The Malheur National Forest of the is home to 18 fire lookout towers, most of which are System and the Silvies still actively staffed during the River . fire season . Today’s Malheur Represented lookout National Forest is the styles include 1911 lookout product of a rich historical trees and 1920’s platform •trees, rare 7’ x 7’ metal tapestry, composed of lookouts made by the same settlers, companies that manufactured American Indians, windmills in the 20’s – 30’s, a European fur traders, 1927 ground house, a 99’ tall Chinese railroad workers lookout tower, Depression Era “L-4s” and an “L-6”, and and miners, Basque modern 1950-1970) R6 flat sheepherders, and the tops! The 1 .7 million acre the 9,038 foot Strawberry timber industry .The Forest An important part of values its relationship our history and culture, we Malheur National Forest Mountain . The Strawberry are proud to maintain and is located in the Blue Mountain range extends with local communities, actively use these sentinels . Mountains of eastern east to west through the recreationists, and people Oregon .The Forest is home center of the forest . from all backgrounds to high desert grasslands, The Forest is the who appreciate its sage, juniper, pine, fir, headwaters for the John beauty, natural resources, and hidden alpine lakes Day River System, the only and opportunities for and meadows . Elevations tributary to the Columbia recreation and solitude . vary from 4,000 feet to River System that has no

Forest Facts Salmon Runs in the River Basin 1.7 million acres

The steelhead production in the identified as well as 88,350 acres of Basin supports the largest John Day River Basin . Bull potential projects that wilderness remaining wild runs of trout and inland Columbia would put watersheds on 230 acres of lakes and spring Chinook salmon Basin redband trout the trajectory to recovery reservoirs and summer steelhead also inhabit the MFJDR we are seeing today . trout in the Mid-Columbia watershed . 7,000 miles of road River basin . On average, In 2009, the Malheur 1,300 miles of fish- the Middle Fork John Day National Forest and bearing streams River (MFJDR) and its partners developed a John 50 developed tributaries account for 24% Day Basin Restoration recreation sites of the Chinook salmon Strategy where priority production and 30% of the watersheds have been

13 — Almanac - Pacific Northwest Region Pacific Northwest Region Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie

It takes a community to grow a forest Did You Know? the Forest worked with more than 100 partners, The Ice Caves National an estimated value of $4 Recreation Trail is one of the most popular trails on million . the Mt . Baker-Snoqualmie The Forest focus on National Forest, featuring the building social capacity lowest elevation in the and local communities lower 48 states . by engaging underserved •Winter avalanches pile urban youth in the tremendous amounts of snow outdoors, helping to at the base of the mountain . foster an appreciation Stream channels flowing for the environment down the mountain and while encouraging them running under the snowfield to pursue educational form the ice caves when temperatures rise in late and career development summer . “It really is a very The Mt . Baker- of its proximity to metro opportunities . The special place,” said Gary Snoqualmie National Seattle, Tacoma, Vancouver Forest partners with Paull, Wilderness and Trails Forest is located on the BC, and surrounding natural resource groups Manager for the Mt . Baker- west side of the North Puget Sound communities, to provide education Snoqualmie National Forest . Cascades between the the Forest receives 5 .4 through application . Canadian border and Mt . million visitors every year . Successful programs in Rainier National Park The Forest prides itself meeting these goals are in Washington state . It on offering year-round the Internal District contains picturesque recreation and educational Housing Alliance, Kulshan beauty, with glacier- opportunities . Creek Neighborhood Kids covered peaks, spectacular The Forest also relies Program, and Snohomish mountain meadows, and heavily on partnerships to County’s “Get Movin’” Forest Facts old-growth forests . Because accomplish work . In 2009, campaign . 1.75 million acres

834,000 acres of The International District Housing Alliance wilderness The International leaders through outdoor public speaking skills by 166,611 acres for District Housing Alliance recreation, job training, interpreting what they timber production (IDHA) improves career development, and learn to their elders .Youth 1,505 miles of trail opportunities for Asians stewardship outings having go camping, canoeing, and Pacific Islanders in kids pulling weeds and build trails, and learn about 186 miles of wild and the Seattle area . Since planting native vegetation, Forest Service careers . scenic rivers 2002, IDHA’s Wilderness while wildlife viewing Some of the youth later 13 historic fire Inner-City Leadership trips teach about river intern with the agency . lookouts Development Program ecology, salmon, and eagle has been developing youth biology . They practice

14 — Almanac - Pacific Northwest Region Pacific Northwest Region Mt. Hood

A picturesque oregon icon Did You Know? picking and mushroom collection are popular, and Ninety-eight percent of for many residents, a trip the Forest is somebody’s municipal water supply in December to cut the Forest water resources family’s Christmas tree is a also have implications for long standing tradition . irrigation, hydroelectric Mt . Hood is an Oregon power, wildlife and icon, exemplifying the vegetation, and recreation . •For this reason our connection between local watershed, hydrology, and communities and a special fisheries programs strive to place . Through dedicated maintain high quality fish collaboration, the forest habitat and water resources staff fosters citizen- while collaborating with stewards who contribute our partners to implement high priority stream and their talents toward the forest restoration on private Located twenty under the slopes of Mt . betterment of our natural and public lands where miles east of Portland, Jefferson . The Forest resources . Commitment to opportunities exist to the Mt . Hood National encompasses some 1,015, sustainable partnerships and improve fisheries and water Forest extends south 854 acres . community engagement quality . from the strikingly Mt . Hood’s many have allowed the Mt . beautiful Columbia River visitors enjoy fishing, Hood National Forest to Gorge, across more than camping, boating, and grow, learn, and evolve sixty miles of forested hiking in the summer, with its most important mountains, lakes, and hunting in the fall, and constituency: the public . streams to Olallie Scenic skiing and other snow Area, and high lake basin sports in the winter . Berry- Forest Facts

Climbing Mt. Hood: An 11,239 ft. Challenge 1,067,000 acres 297,000 acres of Mt . Hood was first (3,426 meters) . It is one means that most climbers wilderness known to the Northwest of the highest mountains wear crampons and Indians as Wy’East . in Oregon, and the most helmets, and use ice axes to 5,720 miles of lakes Geologists agree that frequently climbed peak perform self-arrests . and streams Wy’East, like all the in the United States .The As visitors ascend Mt . 5,155 total acres of , may most popular route is the Hood, they enter the Mt . lakes only be “resting” from more South Side Route, which Hood Wilderness area, 208 miles of wild and active volcanic activity . begins at Timberline Lodge . which encompasses an area scenic rivers According to the U .S . Year-round snow and a of 64, 742 acres, and is 146 developed Geological Survey, Mt . moderately technical ascent truly a national treasure . recreation sites Hood is 11,239 feet tall at the top of the mountain

15 — Almanac - Pacific Northwest Region Pacific Northwest Region Ochoco

Working together to achieve more Did You Know? In 1825, Peter Skene Ogden led his party of The name “Ochoco” is said to be derived from at least Company two possible sources .The trappers up the Crooked most popular theory is that River to its source in “Ochoco” came from the the Blue Mountains .A American Indian word for few decades later, the willow .Willow is one of began the many key plants used •by American Indians . It is to fill with homesteaders also claimed that the word who had traversed the Ochoco refers to a Snake United States on the Indian or Northern Paiute Oregon Trail and other chief . “Old-timers” of Crook routes . Settlement began County believe that was named for Chief slowly, with ranching as the Ochoco because the stream primary industry .The local passed by his settlement . The Ochoco National Forest System, numerous timber industry and saw Forest works closely with American Indian tribes mills began in 1820 . the Deschutes National roamed the forests and The Ochoco National Forest and the Prineville grasslands over the last Forest was created in District of the Bureau of 10,000 years . Members of 1911 from portions of the Land Management, “to the Burns Paiute Tribe and Malheur and Deschutes work together as one to the Confederated Tribes of National Forests . serve central Oregon ”. Warm Springs still harvest Before Ochoco became traditional foods there . part of the National Forest Facts

Croooked River National Grassland 963,500 acres

In 1935, the Federal Grassland in 1960 . Reservoir, Lake Billy 36,200 acres of government began buying The Grassland provides Chinook, , wilderness land from homesteaders habitat for approximately , and Squaw 493,300 for timber who were having trouble 200 species of birds; Creek are the primary fish production surviving due to inadequate 80 species of reptiles, habitats, and support a rainfall and poor economic amphibians, and mammals; wide variety of warm and 685 acres of lakes conditions . In 1954, the and 20 species of fish . It cold-water fish . land was transferred to the is home to 75 recreation sites Forest Service from the antelope, mule , 24 trailheads Soil Conservation Service . , , , The name was changed to quail, chukar, and non- the Crooked River National game species . Haystack

16 — Almanac - Pacific Northwest Region Pacific Northwest Region Okanogan-Wenatchee

Sunshine, solitude, and freedom Did You Know? National Forests in the . The Wenatchee National Forest is named after the “Mountains to See, P’squosa Indians, known in Places to Be,” is a slogan literature as the Wenatchi . that sums up the abundance The was named after and variety of recreation the Okanogan Indians of opportunities to be southern British Columbia . found in the incredible It refers to several Salish- •speaking tribes affiliated with northeastern portion of the the Colville Confederated Pacific Northwest Region . Tribes . The American Indians Year-round recreation continue centuries-old uses activities are further of the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, working enhanced by the many with the forest to safeguard opportunities also provided sacred sites and protect and by the neighboring Bureau enhance places for sustainable gathering of forest plants, The Okanogan-Wenatchee, to the open lowlands of of Land Management fish, and wildlife . site, the North Cascades located in Washington the Columbia River, the The Okanogan-Wenatchee State, is called the “sunny 4 million acre Forest is National Park, the Mt . National Forest is also the east side” for a good reason: defined by contrasts .Vast Rainier National Park, largest National Forest in and an abundance of Washington State (it is summers are hot and dry, wildlife areas offer solitude, about the size of the state and winters are famous for challenge, and freedom; Washington State Parks, of Hawaii) . 51-mile long brilliant, clear skies and while hundreds of miles of often near Forest facilities . glacier-fed is the plenty of snow . Stretching trail and recreation roads third deepest lake in at 1,486 feet deep . from the inspiring heights offer easy access to one of of the Cascade Crest, the most heavily visited Forest Facts

Salmon Fest “Edutainment” Fun for Families 4 million acres The annual Wenatchee appreciate the significance on the hatchery grounds 1.4 million acres of River Salmon Festival is of salmon to the people of thus giving visitors an wilderness held each September in Pacific Northwest . opportunity to learn 477,301 acres for Leavenworth, Washington . Students from North about each tribe’s history timber production “Salmon fest” is devoted to and traditions . Artists, 8 resorts fun-filled “edu-tainment,” schools visit Salmon Fest musicians, and scientists a form of education that is during the weekdays, join kids and their families 136 developed both fun and entertaining . followed by family day on for the free festival . campgrounds The Fest connects youth Saturday . Local American 5,700 miles of trail and families to nature and Indian tribes host an helps them discover and intertribal encampment

17 — Almanac - Pacific Northwest Region Pacific Northwest Region Olympic

Solitude on the puget sound Did You Know? roads, and fish passage concerns . Restoration The temperate rainforests strategies integrate young of the Pacific Northwest are the largest in the world .They stand thinning, road run from the Prince William decommissioning, and Sound in , to the aquatic habitat restoration coast; to create a more resilient encompassing most of the •Forest landscape . Olympic National Forest . The Olympic provides , on the a scenic backdrop Forest’s southwestern edge, and serene refuge for receives as much as 140 the highly populated inches of rainfall each year . . Popular destinations include Four highly developed the Bogachiel, Hoh, Queets, and Quinault rainforests on “Cornerstones” provide the ’s west The Olympic National rugged mountains, large a staging area for diverse side . Forest is part of an emerald lowland lakes, cascading day-use opportunities and paradise on the Olympic rivers, and saltwater a peaceful place to sleep Peninsula in the northwest beaches . among the Forest’s most corner of Washington The “Oly”, is it’s outstanding water features . State .The Peninsula is locally known, is noted for Ranger Districts a unique geographic ecological restoration . Past are located in Quilcene province consisting of five intensive timber harvesting and Forks, with the major landscape settings: left the Forest with acres headquarters in OIympia . temperate rain forests, of young stands, extensive Forest Facts

A Snapshot of the Life and Times of Forks, Washington 634,000 acres 88,000 acres of The city of Forks is until the early 1990s . The listing of the wilderness home to the Olympic’s During that time, it was Northern Spotted Owl 279,871 acres for Pacific Ranger District . informally known as “The in the early 1990s ended timber production Its unique name comes Logging Capital of the the town’s timber boom . from its location near the World ”. A 33,000 acres However, as the main 460,000 roaded acres forks of the Quillayute, in 1951 and a setting for the “Twilight” a Bogachiel, Calawah, and massive storm in 1962 series of novels and films, 19 campgrounds Sol Duc Rivers . provided an abundant the town is experiencing 13 neighboring tribes The timber industry supply of salvage timber, a new and unexpected dominated the town from anchoring the town in its resurgence of interest . its incorporation in 1945 boom years .

18 — Almanac - Pacific Northwest Region Pacific Northwest Region Rogue River-Siskiyou

Wet, wild, and biologically diverse Did You Know? to the Pacific Ocean . Vegetation on the Forest Originally named the Crater varies from sub-alpine National Forest, the Forest was established by Theodore to dense coastal forests, Roosevelt in 1908 . In 1932 but mostly encompasses the name was changed to fire-adapted mixed the Rogue River National . Forest in 1932 .The name The Forest includes 8 Rogue River commemorates •the people, whose wildernesses, 6 Wild and defense of their homeland led Scenic Rivers, and 368,000 French-Canadian trappers acres of Roadless Areas . to call them “Les Coquins,” Only the Great which means “the Rogues ”. Smokey Mountains rival the The Siskiyou Forest Reserve was established by Theodore in plant diversity . Of Roosevelt in 1905, and the The 1 .8 million acre salmon and steelhead the approximately 400 Reserve was designated a Rogue River-Siskiyou runs, unique geology, sensitive plant species in National Forest in 1907 .The National Forest is a place collaborative approach to the region, 100 species name Siskiyou is a work all its own . It is known forest restoration, and for are found in this Forest . for bob-tailed horse . Next to the Columbia, the for its free-flowing addressing the social and The Forests combined in Wild and Scenic River economic needs of local Rogue Basin is the second 2004 to become the Rogue (more than any Forest in communities . most productive salmon River-Siskiyou National the nation), its globally The Forest spans an and steelhead system on Forest . significant botanical area from the crest of the the west coast . values, world famous Cascade Range nearly

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Diverse Geology, Flora, and Climate 1.4 million acres The Forest is composed District . 50,000 years old . 340,000 acres of of two distinct geological The Siskiyou area The varied geological wilderness provinces: the Cascade embodies the most substrate and the climatic 368,000 acres of Range, and the Siskiyou complex soils, geology, extremes of the Siskiyou roadless Mountains . The Cascade landscape, and plant Mountains provide a 208 developed Ranges is dominated communities in the Pacific range of niches of genetic recreation sites by volcanic peaks such Northwest . Geological material . Fifteen distinct 205 miles of wild and as the 9,495-foot Mt . parent rocks range in age plants series, comprised of scenic rivers McLoughlin, located within from 200 million years 92 plant associations and 200+ special use on old to the recent ice-age numerous endemic plants permits the High Cascades Ranger alluviums that are about can be found in this area .

19 — Almanac - Pacific Northwest Region Pacific Northwest Region Siuslaw

The land of sand and surf Did You Know? threatened Northern Spotted Owl, Marbled Author Frank Herbert was inspired to write the sci-fi Murrelet, and Western novel “Dune” by a visit to the Snowy Plover . Oregon Dunes .The Dunes A popular recreation stretch along 40 miles of the Forest, the Oregon Dunes coast between the towns of Florence and North Bend . They are the largest expanse and Sand Lake Recreation of coastal dunes in North •America and provide stellar Area provide proving grounds for Off-Highway OHV opportunities . Vehicle enthusiasts who enjoy the challenges of riding on sand . and are favorite spots along the coast for hikers and The Siuslaw National Coast Range at 4,097 feet, nature lovers to experience Forest lies within the is prominent west of the the unique forest-sea range, a Siuslaw’s headquarters in ecosystem . mountain range running Corvallis . Known as a restoration from the Columbia River Four major rivers flow forest, the Siuslaw has to north central California . through the Siuslaw: the won awards both for its The forest is bordered by Nestucca, Alsea, Siuslaw, watershed restoration the Willamette Valley on and Umpqua .The Forest efforts as well as its the east and the Pacific provides important habitat contributions to the local Ocean on the west . It is for anadromous fish, economy .The Forest enjoys one of two National Forests including the threatened broad support locally and in the contiguous U .S . with coastal , as has some of the strongest Forest Facts oceanfront property . Marys well as many terrestrial partnerships in the Pacific Peak, the highest in the species, including the Northwest Region . 630,000 acres

Cape Perpetua Scenic Area: A Majestic View 22,000 acres of wilderness The Cape Perpetua pristine cliffs, beaches, and and a large coastal defense 349,141 acres for Scenic Area sits two coastline . gun was temporarily timber production miles south of the town In 1933, the Civilian installed . of Yachats on a headland Conservation Corps Congress established 3,200 miles of streams of the majestic Oregon built Cape Perpetua the Scenic Area in the $1.8 million in Coast . Becoming part of campground, a network of 1960s . Today, the Area recreation fees the Siuslaw in 1908, Cape trails, and the West Shelter contains 2,700 acres Perpetua rises more than Observation Point . During of spruce, Douglas fir, 800 feet above sea level World War II, the U .S . western hemlock, and and offers an unobstructed military used West Shelter remarkable coastal view of nearly 70 miles of as a coastal watch station opportunities .

20 — Almanac - Pacific Northwest Region Pacific Northwest Region Umatilla

Deep valleys, timeless traditions Did You Know? Heppner and North Fork John Day districts are in The Umatilla National Forest Oregon, the Pomeroy takes its name from the [Nixyáawii/ ] word district is in Washington, meaning “water rippling over and the Walla Walla district sands” Explorers Lewis and manages lands in both Clark came past the area states . in 1805 on their Columbia The Forest is known River Voyage to the Pacific •Ocean . Marcus and Narcissa nationally for its excellent Whitman passed this way in big game viewing and 1836 to establish a mission hunting . It supports one at Wailatpu near Walla Walla, of the largest herds of Washington . Thousands Rocky Mountain Elk found of emigrants followed the in any National Forest . Oregon Trail westward, and many remained in the Blue Nearly 38,000 hunters Mountain country . The Umatilla National such as grand and subalpine visit Umatilla each year Forest lies nestled in .The drying southern for the game hunting the valleys of the Blue portion contains abundant opportunities . Mountains of southeast lodgepole and ponderosa The Forest emphasizes Washington and northeast pine stands . In autumn, “traditional ways for Oregon . Its 1 4. million western and tamarak new days,” inviting a new acres hold a surprising trees provide splashes of generation of visitors variety of landscapes .The color . to experience timeless wetter northern portion The Umatilla has four traditions that remain a of the Forest contains ranger stations spread staple of life in eastern moist-forest tree types across two states .The Oregon and Washington . Forest Facts

Diverse Geology, Flora, and Climate 1.4 million acres The North Fork John to test all skill levels from For wildlife, the river is 304,167 acres of Day River means different beginner, to expert . For one of the most important wilderness things to different people . floaters, the river provides in northeast Oregon . It 619,000 acres for From its origin at the crest a gentler experience along sustains anadromous fish timber production of the Blue Mountains, this a popular stretch from Dale species, including chinook 392 campsites National Wild and Scenic to Monument, Oregon . salmon and steelhead, and River travels 107 miles, For hikers, departing . 2 downhill ski areas providing an abundance of from almost any point recreation and habitat along on the shore leads to 52 principal the way . For whitewater ponderosa pine forests with watersheds rafters, the river offers a abundant wildflowers in series of challenging rapids, the spring .

21 — Almanac - Pacific Northwest Region Pacific Northwest Region Umpqua

Cascades, craters, and currents Did You Know? The name “Umpqua” comes from an American Mt .Thielsen, namesake for Indian tribe of the same the surrounding Wilderness Area, is called “The Lightning name, and may mean Rod of the Cascades ”. A “Thundering waters” dormant volcano, its peak or “across the waters ”. is struck by lightning so Ancestors of these often that some rocks at the American Indian tribes summit have melted into •an unusual mineral called lived in the area prior fulgurite .This mineral is to the eruption of Mt . made of natural hollow Mazama 7,000 years ago, glass tubes formed when which created Crater Lake, silica is subjected to high northeast of the Forest . temperatures, such as The 172-mile Rogue- lightning strikes . Umpqua National Scenic High Cascades glaciations, Forest, providing visitors Byway offers visitors a whitewater rapids, and with thundering waters brilliant perspective of the explosive volcanic events and heart-stopping rapids . area .The Byway travels have shaped the Umpqua Verdant stands of hemlock, deep into the Cascades, National Forest . true fir, Douglas-fir, and passing by whitewater The headwaters of mixed cedar transition rapids and steelhead runs the North and South to mixed conifer and on the 33 8. mile stretch of Umpqua Rivers and the hardwoods at lower the Wild and Scenic North Row River begin in the elevations . . Forest Facts

983,131 acres The Distinct Tribes of the Umpqua Basin 72,043 acres of Archaeological evidence Molalla in the uplands, the in the Umpqua Basin . wilderness suggests that the Umpqua Yoncalla in the northern The Forest maintains 800 campsites Basin has been inhabited valley, and the Cow Creek close ties with the for over 10,000 years . in the South Umpqua Confederated Tribes 110,100 acres As trappers and settlers drainage . The Umpqua, of the Grand Ronde, inventoried roadless arrived in the mid-19th Southern Molalla, and Confederated Tribes of areas century, they reported four Yoncalla were moved to Siletz, and Cow Creek 5,190 miles of streams distinct tribes of American the Grand Ronde and Siletz Band of Umpqua Tribes of Indians living in what is reservations . The Cow Indians . 169 mining claims now Umpqua National Creek Band of Umpqua Forest: the Umpqua in the is the only federally main valley, the Southern recognized tribe remaining

22 — Almanac - Pacific Northwest Region Pacific Northwest Region Wallowa-Whitman

Unique rural communities Did You Know? followed the miners, providing services and The historic Tribe food .A period of intense journey and flight to Canada in 1877, led by young Chief mining and logging Joseph, began in Wallowa coincided with the arrival County, on the north end of the Pacific of the Wallow-Whitman Railroad across the region . National Forest . Mining flourished until •The 1,170 mile Nez Perce the turn of the century National Historic Trail begins and then declined .Timber, near Wallowa Lake at the foot cattle ranching, and of the agriculture remain key and crosses the at activities, although the area Dug Bar in the is known for its stunning National recreation Area . The trail extends through scenery and myriad of four states and ends near the The Wallowa-Whitman the backdrop for rural recreation opportunities . Canadian Border in . National Forest spans communities as individual This rural setting nearly 2 .3 million acres as their local residents .The is inspiring to talented from the central Blue and first settlers in northeast individuals who have in Oregon arrived via the created a local community northeast Oregon and Oregon Trail . In 1861, of artists and writers . across the Snake River into gold was discovered near Seven Devils Mountains Baker City and mining in western Idaho .These towns flourished . Farmers, diverse landscapes are ranchers, and merchants Forest Facts

2,264 million acres Hells Canyon National Recreation Area 586,729 acres of wilderness The Hells Canyon HCRNA is Hells Canyon . and unique geology .These National Recreation Area Measuring 7,993 feet characteristics combine to 652, 488 acres in (HCNRA), located in deep from the Seven create a colorful backdrop hcnra the northeast corner of Devils to the Snake River for recreation activities and 183 developed Oregon and west-central and, in some places 10 exploration . recreation sites Idaho, was established miles from rim to rim, it 10 wild and scenic by the U .S . Congress on forms the deepest river rivers December 31st, 1975 and canyon in North America . 7,204 heritage sites is administered as part of The HCNRA contains the Wallowa-Whitman exceptional archeological National Forest . The sites, a richness and primary feature of the productivity of vegetation,

23 — Almanac - Pacific Northwest Region Pacific Northwest Region Willamette

Mighty river, magnificent forest Did You Know? invites more than 1 .5 million visitors to “Follow The Upper Middle Fork the Water” by traveling its Willamette watershed is the site of the first successful three Scenic Byways, where reintroduction of native visitors can experience Bull Trout to the wild since more than 1,500 miles of the species was listed as rivers and 375 lakes, many Threatened in 1998 . Bull of which are located over Trout are North America’s •southernmost descendant of 4,000 feet in elevation . char, a subgroup of the Its plentiful trails, stellar salmon family .They thrive in winter recreation areas, cold and clean waters . and awe-inspiring vistas leave visitors breathless for more .

The Willamette National in 1933 . The Willamette Forest draws its name spans 110 miles along from the Willamette the western slopes of the River, which originates Cascade Range including deep within the Forest . Mt . Jefferson and the Three Originally part of the Sisters .The lush and diverse Cascade Range Forest landscape is dominated by Reserve designated by high mountains, narrow President Grover Cleveland , and numerous in 1893, the Forest waterfalls . assumed its current identity Each year, the Forest Forest Facts

1.6 million acres Gazing Into , A Gem of the Cascades 380,805 acres of Waldo Lake lies more than permanent inlet that could Cascade Forest Reserve in wilderness 5,400 feet above sea level introduce plant-fostering 1893 .Today, the lake serves 70,645 miles of on the western slopes of nutrients . On a calm day, as an alpine jewel and a streams the Oregon Cascades . visitors can see to the sought-after destination Waldo is one of the largest depths of 120 feet . for Forest visitors . Hiking, 4,462 acres of lakes natural lakes in Oregon The lake is named after camping, kayaking, and 3 wild and scenic and is the state’s second picnicking are just a few rivers deepest after Crater Lake . Judge John B .Waldo, who of the activities the area 52 principal It is also one of the purest pushed for its preservation, offers . watersheds and most clear lakes in the ultimately leading to world, a result of lacking a establishment of the

24 — Almanac - Pacific Northwest Region United States Department of the Interior — Bureau of Land Management Oregon State Office Eugene District Office Prineville District Office Spokane District Office 1220 SW Third Avenue 3106 Pierce Parkway, Suite E 3050 NE Third Street 1103 N. Fancher Road Portland, OR 97204 Springfield, OR 97477 Prineville, OR 97754 Spokane, WA 99212 503/808-6002 541/683-6600 541/416-6700 509/536-1200 www.blm.gov/or/ www.blm.gov/or/districts/eugene www.blm.gov/or/districts/prineville www.blm.gov/or/districts/spokane

Burns District Office Lakeview District Office/Lakeview Roseburg District Office Vale District Office 28910 Hwy 20 West 1301 South G Street 777 NW Garden Valley Blvd 100 Oregon Street Hines, OR 97738 Lakeview, OR 97630 Roseburg, OR 97471 Vale, OR 97918 541/573-4400 541/947-2177 541/440-4930 541/473-3144 www.blm.gov/or/districts/burns www.blm.gov/or/districts/lakeview www.blm.gov/or/districts/roseburg www.blm.gov/or/districts/vale

Coos Bay District Office Medford District Office Salem District Office 1300 Airport Lane 3040 Biddle Road 1717 Fabry Road SE North Bend, OR 97459 Medford, OR 97504 Salem, OR 97306 541/756-0100 541/618-2200 503/375-5646 www.blm.gov/or/districts/coosbay www.blm.gov/or/districts/medford www.blm.gov/or/districts/salem

United States Department of Agriculture — Forest Service Pacific NW Regional Office Malheur National Forest Olympic National Forest Wallowa-Whitman National Forest 1220 SW Third Avenue 431 Patterson Bridge Rd. 1835 Black Lake Blvd. SW 1550 Dewey Ave. Portland, OR 97204 John Day, OR 97845 Olympia, WA 98512 Baker City, OR 97814 503/808-2468 541/575-3000 360/956-2402 541/523-1202 www.fs.usda.gov/r6/ www.fs.usda.gov/malheur www.fs.usda.gov/olympic www.fs.usda.gov/wallowa-whitman

Colville National Forest Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest Willamette National Forest 765 S. Main Street 2930 Wetmore Ave., Suite 3A 3040 Biddle Road 3106 Pierce Parkway, Suite D Colville, WA 99114 Everett, WA 98201 Medford, OR 97504 Springfield, OR 97477 509/684-7000 425/783-6000 541/618-220 541/225-6300 www.fs.usda.gov/colville www.fs.usda.gov/mbs www.fs.usda.gov/rogue-siskiyou www.fs.usda.gov/willamette

Deschutes National Forest Mt. Hood National Forest Siuslaw National Forest Columbia River Gorge NSA 63095 Deschutes Market Road 16400 Champion Way 3200 S.W. Jefferson Way 902 Wasco Ave., Suite 200 Bend, OR 97701 Sandy, OR 97055 Corvallis, OR 97331 , OR 97031 541/383-5300 503/668-1700 541/750-7000 541/308-1700 www.fs.usda.gov/centraloregon www.fs.usda.gov/mthood www.fs.usda.gov/siuslaw www.fs.usda.gov/crgnsa

Fremont-Winema National Forest Ochoco National Forest Umatilla National Forest Mount St. Helens NVM 1301 South G Street 3160 NE 3rd Street 72510 Road 42218 N.E. Yale Bridge Road Lakeview, OR 97630 Prineville, OR 97754 Pendleton, OR 97801 (May 2012) Amboy, WA 98601 541/947-2151 541/416-6500 541/278-3200 360.449-7800 www.fs.usda.gov/fremont-winema www.fs.usda.gov/centraloregon www.fs.usda.gov/umatilla www.fs.usda.gov/mountsthelens

Gifford Pinchot National Forest Okanogan & Wenatchee NF’s Umpqua National Forest 1501 E. Evergreen Blvd. 215 Melody Lane 2900 NW Stewart Parkway Vancouver, WA 98661 Wenatchee, WA 98801 Roseburg, OR 97471 360/891-5000 509/664-9200 541/957-3200 www.fs.usda.gov/giffordpinchot www.fs.usda.gov/okawen www.fs.usda.gov/umpqua

United States Department of the Interior — Columbia Cascade System John Day Fossil Beds Nat. Mon. Lewis and Clark Nat. Hist. Park Oregon Caves National Monument Support Office 32651 Highway 19 92343 Ft. Road 19000 Caves Highway 909 1st Avenue Kimberly, OR 97848 Astoria, OR 97103 Cave Junction, OR 97523 Seattle, WA 98104 541/987-2333 503/861-2471 541/592-2100 206/220-4010 www.nps.gov/joda www.nps.gov/Iewi www.nps.gov/orca

Crater Lake National Park Klondike Nat. Hist. Park National Park Ross Lake Nat. Rec. Area PO Box 7 319 Second Avenue South 55210 238th Avenue East 810 State Route 20 Crater Lake, OR 97604 Seattle, WA 98104 Ashford, WA 98304 Sedro Woolley, WA 98284 541/594-3000 206/220-4240 360/569-2211 360/856-5700 www.nps.gov/crla www.nps.gov/kIse www.nps.gov/mora www.nps.gov/rola

Ebey’s Landing Nat. Hist. Res. Lake Chelan Nat. Rec. Area North Cascade National Park Nat. Hist. Park PO Box 774 810 State Route 20 810 State Route 20 PO Box 429 Coupeville, WA 98239 Sedro Woolley, WA 98284 Sedro Woolley, WA 98284 Friday Harbor, WA 98250 360/678-6084 360/856-5700 360/856-5700 360/378-2240 www.nps.gov/ebla www.nps.gov/lach www.nps.gov/noca www.nps.gov/sajh

Fort Vancouver Nat. Hist. Site Lake Roosevelt Nat. Rec. Area Whitman Mission Nat. Hist. Site 612 East Reserve Street 1008 Crest Drive 600 East Park Avenue 328 Whitman Mission Road Vancouver, WA 98661 Dam, WA 99116 Angeles, WA 98362 Walla Walla, WA 99362 360/816-6230 509/633-9441 360/565-3130 509/522-6360 www.nps.gov/fova www.nps.gov/laro www.nps.gov/olym www.nps.gov/whmi

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