DNR is closing land east of Cascades on Friday due to fire danger.
Just saw this on another forum;
All DNR-managed lands east of the Cascades will be temporarily closed to the public starting Friday beginning 12:01 a.m. on Friday, July 23.
SOUTHEAST REGION
509-925-8510, Fax: 509-925-8522
713 Bowers Road, Ellensburg, WA 98926-9301
The Southeast Region is expansive, covering central and southeastern Washington from mixed pine and conifer forest foothills of the Cascade Range east to arid shrub steppe and vast agricultural lands. The region covers Adams, Asotin, Benton, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Franklin, Garfield, Grant, Kittitas, Klickitat, Lincoln, Walla Walla, Whitman, and Yakima counties. Our Southeast Region includes more than 12,900 acres of conservation lands and region staff manage 880,000 acres of state trust lands for forest, agriculture, and commercial uses, including the state's first community forest. Eighty-five percent — 620,000 acres — of the state trusts’ agricultural lands are contained within this region and are leased to farmers to grow orchards, vineyards, and irrigated and dryland crops, and to ranchers for use as grazing and range lands. The region's staff also oversee forest practices and lead wildfire prevention and fighting efforts on 2 million acres of state and private forestland. Our Southeast Region region is also home to DNR’s wildfire fighting helicopters, seasonally stationed in Ellensburg.
NORTHEAST REGION
509-684-7474, Fax: 509-684-7484
225 S. Silke Road, Colville, WA 99114-9369
The Northeast Region includes Okanogan, Ferry, Stevens, Pend Oreille, and Spokane counties, as well as the northern half of Lincoln County. This mountainous region is one of vast distances and includes forests, shrub steppe, agriculture, and grazing lands. The region manages about 567,000 acres of mostly forested and grazing lands and oversees 29,000 acres of conservation lands, including Loomis Conservation Area − DNR's largest natural area. Our Northeast Region region staff also oversee forest practices and lead wildfire prevention and fighting efforts on 2.5 million acres of state and private forestland. The region administers 27 recreational sites.
