Current News of the North Cascades

Published: December 30, 2009

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For Immediate Release:
Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Published: December 30, 2009

Today, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved the Alpine Lakes Wilderness Additions and Pratt and Middle Fork Snoqualmie Rivers Protection Act. This legislation will protect an additional 22,000 acres of wilderness adjoining the existing Alpine Lake Wilderness Area, as well as 10 miles of the Pratt River and nearly 30 miles of the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River as Wild and Scenic Rivers.

Published: October 13, 2009

By Jeffrey P. Mayor
The News Tribune
 
North Cascades National Park is a contradiction.

To begin with, it’s more than a singular park. It part of a complex – spread out over 1,069 square miles from Lake Chelan to the Canadian border – that includes the Ross Lake and Lake Chelan national recreation areas. Visitation to the park proper is 19,000 people a year. The most heavily visited corridor, the Ross Lake area, draws more than 292,000 people annually.

You also can see the contradiction in the park’s natural wonders.

Published: October 07, 2009

Salmon are an integral part of the North Cascades’ ecosystem. Every year, adult salmon swim upstream, a journey that can be hundreds of miles long, to lay their eggs in the river or creek where they were born.

Published: September 22, 2009

by Sara Porterfield

The Entiat Ranger District of the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest has approved the construction of two new horse camps in the Upper Entiat River Valley. Currently there are no designated horse camps in this valley.