12:07 PM
— September 1st, 12:00 PM
The Washington State Department of Ecology has issued an Air Quality
Alert until 10 AM PDT Wednesday.
An Air Quality Alert has been issued for Kittitas County through
Wednesday Sept 2 at 10AM due to current and expected wildfire smoke
from regional fires. Particulate matter (PM2.5) may reach Unhealthy
to Sensitive Groups to Unhealthy levels for areas directly downwind
from active fires, especially overnight and during the early morning
hours. Be sure to check air monitors in your area before outdoor
activities. When air quality is Unhealthy, everyone should reduce
exposure. Limit time outside, avoid, strenuous outdoor activity, and
follow tips for cleaner indoor air.
Information from the Washington Department of Ecology web site is
available at http://www.ecy.wa.gov/air.html or call 360-407-6000.
The bridge at the entrance of Mineral Springs Campground has washed away due to the flooding rains in the Cle Elum Ranger District Area. Therefore there is no current access to this campground. It is unclear at this time whether the bridge will be replaced this season. For this reason, this campground will be closed until further notice. Your reservation has been canceled and you will receive a full refund. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding. Hopefully, this will be a temporary closure.
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
This Order describes acts that are prohibited upon lands, roads and trails within the National Forest System administered by the Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region in regards to alcoholic beverages.
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
This Order prohibits 1) possessing, storing, or transporting any aquatic invasive animal species AND 2) prohibits possessing, storing, or transporting any aquatic or riparian invasive plant species - on National Forest System lands in the Pacific Northwest Region as specified in the Order.
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
This Order prohibits unloading, storing, or using any straw, hay, grain, seed, or other forage or mulch products that are not state-certified weed free on the National Forest System lands, roads or trails in any Closure Area as specific in the Order. Some examples of these include hay bales, hay…
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
Fireworks and explosives (including explosive targets) are always prohibited on national forest lands. The prohibition of fireworks and exploding targets on national forest system lands is part of a set of permanent fire safety regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), listed below.…
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
This closure prohibits entry or use of roads, recreation sites, campgrounds and trails on national forest system lands within a defined area within the Cle Elum Ranger Districts to ensure the safety of the public and firefighting resources during the Three Queens, King and Goat Fires. View the…
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
This closure prohibits entry or use of various trails within the Pasayten Wilderness to ensure the safety of the public and firefighting resources during the Ptarmigan Fire. The fire closure has been reduced. Please review the closure order and map to see which trails and roads are effected.
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
Trail Closures are as follows and only apply to Forest Service lands:Pacific Crest Trail 2000 (PCT) – Closure begins where Forest Service Trail (FST) 2000 enters the Chelan Ranger District (CRD) at T. 32 N., R. 14 E., sec. 11. Closure then follows FST 2000 generally N then ends at the boundary of…
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
This closure prohibits entry or use of roads, recreation sites, campgrounds and trails within a defined area within the Wenatchee River/Entiat Ranger Districts to ensure the safety of the public and firefighting resources during the Little Giant Fire. View the attached closure order and map for…
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
This closure prohibits entry or use of roads, recreation sites, campgrounds and trails within a defined area within the Tonasket/Methow Valley Ranger Districts to ensure the safety of the public and firefighting resources during the Sinlahekin Fire. View the attached closure order and map for…
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
There will be a closure in the vicinity of multiple trailheads and campgrounds along the State Route 20 highway corridor including: Rainy Pass, Washington Pass, Bridge Creek, Cutthroat, Lone Fir and Klipchuck. The closure was determined by examining the areas in need of construction work related…
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
This additional Little Giant closure prohibits entry or use of roads, recreation sites, campgrounds and trails within a defined area of the Chelan and Methow Ranger Districts to ensure the safety of the public and firefighting resources during the Little Giant Fire.
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
Expanded Stage 2 fire restrictions prohibit all wood, wood stove, and charcoal briquette stoves and other open flames forest-wide including campgrounds and Wilderness areas. However, the use of pressurized liquid gas stoves is an acceptable alternative, provided such devices are used in areas that…
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
The closure prohibits entry or use of lands located south of the Cooper River Bridge at FS-4600 inside the closure area for the protection of public safety where construction activities will occur.
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
Due to storm damage it is prohibited to use a motorized vehicle on the following National Forest System Roads within the Methow Valley Ranger District: Forest Road 4400100 (Lime Creek), Forest Road 4415 (Little Bridge Creek), Forest Road 4430;(West Twisp River) from 4430100 (War Creek) to 4430200…
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
The area closure order is in place to provide for public safety in the Gold Creek Pond and River Valley area in the Cle Elum Ranger District within the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest. The Forest Service will continue staging operations including the haul of large trees with root wads and…
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
The Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest has been working to assess and address the roads that were damaged in the December 2025 heavy rain events, or impacted by the 2025 wildfires. As road systems throughout the Forest melt out, we continue to receive new reports of road or trail damage that…
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
A closure impacting a number of storm damaged roads located on the Wenatchee River Ranger District. This closure includes the Chiwawa River Road. There is currently not an estimate for when these roads will reopen.
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
A road closure following substantial storm damage to several roads within the Chelan and Entiat Ranger Districts. This closure includes the Lucerne commercial dock on Lake Chelan, Forest Service Road 8301 from the junction with the Lucerne commercial dock, and FSR 5501 from the junction with the…
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
The Lake Keechelus lakebed is closed to motor vehicles year-round for the protection of threatened fish species. NFS Road 9070-219, including the boat ramp, is closed seasonally when the water levels at Lake Keechelus reservoir are below 2,480 feet. The seasonal closure effects from the exit of…
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
A forest order for camping or long-term occupancy within the boundaries of National Forest System lands administered by the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest and the Colville National Forest.
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
Forest Order closing Volstead Road No. 4225200 from its intersection with Road No. 4225 in T34N, R22E, Section 24 until the end of NFS Road No. 4225200 in T34N, R23EE, Section 6.
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
This Order prohibits pulling any type of trailer on the Harts Pass Road (5400) from the intersection of #5400000 and Road #5400060 (the road that leads to the West Fork Methow trailhead) to Harts Pass and all roads beyond including 5400500/5400600/5400700.
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
This forest order implements vehicle restrictions on Trail 1501680 (Little Rattlesnake) in Township 15 North, Range 14 East, Section 32 and 33; and Township 14 North, Range 14 East, Sections 5,6, and 7; within the Naches District of the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest.
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
This order prohibits motorized vehicles apart from snowmobiles on National Forest System Road No. 5400, 5400-403, 5400-406, 5400-314, and 5480 to protect the integrity of cross-country ski trails.
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
This order prohibits motorized vehicle use except snowmobiles on any National Forest System Road or Trail designated as part of a groomed trail system for snowmobiles, cross country skiing or dog sleds.
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
This order prohibits the use of all motorized vehicles on National Forest System Road No. 9070 when posted, beginning at the Okanogan-Wenatchee NF's and Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie NF administrative boundary.
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
This Order prohibits the use of all motorized vehicles on a portion of East Chewuch Road #5010 between the locked gates within the Twentymile Creek drainage.
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
This order restricts all wheeled motorized vehicles except snowmobiles operating on snow on NFS Roads No. 4510 and No. 4517 in the Cle Elum Ranger District.
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
This Order prohibits camping within 200 feet of the Black Lake shoreline in the Pasayten Wilderness. If in possession of stock it is prohibited to camp within½ mile of the Black Lake shoreline.
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
Hunters and Fishers on the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest must abide by Washington State Fish and Game Laws as applied by the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) and Washington Administrative Code (WAC).
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
In order to promote the protection of bull trout and other threatened species, camping and parking is not allowed in Box Canyon Creek areas.
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
This Order prohibits motorized use in particular areas and protects the public safety in the listed special use permit areas and ski trails.
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
Without explicit permission, the public is prohibited from entering the Forest Service's administrative sites apart from the Public Reception Areas.
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
This Order prohibits hitching or tying any pack or saddle animal directly to any tree for an overnight period, in the Pasayten Wilderness.
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
This order restricts camping at administrative sites around Leavenworth and the Wenatchee River Ranger District. These areas lack facilities for sanitation, garbage etc. They are in residential or commercial areas where camping activities are not appropriate and where such activities would…
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
This order establishes certain restrictions within specified camp/picnic grounds listed below which are available for reservations through the National Recreation Reservation Service, NRRS.
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
Camping is prohibited within 100 feet slope distance from the shoreline of any lake and/or the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail EXCEPT at Echo Lake and Lost Lake within Norse Peak Wilderness.
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
Forest order to protect public safety, to protect forest resources, and to protect the water quality at the Antilon Lake Dispersed Recreation Management Area.
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
This order prohibits camping in the Icicle Drainage between the Icicle River and the Icicle Road (#7600) when not in a developed campground. Starting at Snow Lakes Trailhead and continuing westerly to Rock Island Campground.
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
Forest order prohibits building, maintaining, attending or using a fire or campfire, except for self-contained, carry-in devices such as stoves, within 1/4 mile of the specified locations. It also prohibits camping within 200 feet, horizontal distance, from the shoreline of specified lakes.
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
In order to lessen impacts on deer and elk during fawning and calving seasons and to protect the resources from damage due to rutting and erosion during wet periods, roads close seasonally to motorized vehicles in the Table Mountain Area.
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
This Order prohibits the use of motor vehicles over 40 inches wide on Taylor River Road (#5630) from the Quartz Creek Road junction to Marten Creek, and Quartz Creek Road (#5640).
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
Pursuant to Title 36 CFR 261.50(a), the following acts are prohibited in order to protect the ecological integrity of lakes, streams, forests, meadows, and to enhance the wilderness character and resources of the Alpine Lakes Wilderness, until further notice. (1) Entering or being in the Alpine…
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
Under the authority granted me by 36 CFR 261.50(b), in order to promote public safety and to reduce the conflict between snowmobiles and other motorized vehicles, the following acts are prohibited until further notice: Using any motorized vehicle except snowmobiles on the roads listed in EXHIBIT…
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
In order to protect deer and elk during critical fawning and calving periods on the Cle Elum Ranger District, motorized vehicle use is prohibited on certain roads between May 1 and June 30.
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
Under the authority granted me by 36 CFR 261.50(b), in order to promote public safety and to prevent excessive damage due to rutting and erosion caused by vehicle use, the following acts are prohibited until further notice:Using any motorized vehicle, except for snowmobiles, on the roads listed in…
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
This order prohibits the use of any motorized vehicle on the Squilchuck Trail Number 1200 in theN1/2SW1/4 Section 24, T21N, R19E, W.M. 36 CFR 261.55(b).
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
In order to protect the Wilderness character and resource within Washington State Cascade Mountain Range Wildernesses, the following acts pursuant to 36 CFR 261.50 (a} and (b}, are prohibited within all Wildernesses located within the Gifford Pinchot, Wenatchee, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie, and Okanogan…
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
Entering the Glacier View, Goat Rocks, Indian Heaven, Mt. Adams, Tatoosh, Trapper Creek or William 0. Douglas Wildernesses without a permit. 2. REASON FOR THE ORDER: To improve collection of accurate user information to be used as a basis for management actions aimed at reducing resource damage…
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
Pursuant to 36 CFR 261.50 (a), the following is prohibited on the Forest Service administered lands on Lake Cle Elum identified as Speelyi Beach. The purpose is to prevent damage to the beach and shoreline resulting from overnight camping and occupancy.1. Camping 36 CFR 261.58 (e)2. Being in the…
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
Pursuant to Title 36CFR261.50a, the following act is prohibited on the areaslisted below, located within the Okanogan National Forest, Twisp and WinthropRanger Districts, and the Wenatchee National Forest, Chelan Ranger District,until further notice,(1) Hitching or tying any pack or saddle animal…
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
Prohibiting use of any motorized vehicle on the Chelan, Cle Elum, Entiat, Lake Wenatchee, Leavenworth, and Naches Ranger District on certain trails and during certain seasons.
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
Pursuant to 36 CFR 261.50 (a) . (b), the following is prohibited in or on any portion of tbe Pacific Crest National Scenic trail under Forest Service jurisdiction: Using or possessing a bicycle except by special-use authorization. (261.55 {b}} This prohibition is in addition to the general…
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
Using any motorized vehicle on the Rattlesnake Road #5215 from the gate in Section 21, T. 24 N., R. 20 E., W.M. to the gate in Section 10, T. 24 N., R. 20 E., W.M.
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
Pursuant to 36 CFR 261.50(a), the following act is prohibited within the Wenatchee National Forest, Cle Elum Ranger District described in this order. The purpose is to protect the quality of soils, vegetation, unique scenic and botanical values. (1) Using any motorized vehicle, except…
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
Forest order restricting parking or leaving a vehicle in undesignated areas, and mooring or leaving a boat at the 25 Mile Creek Guard Station.
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
Possessing, parking or leaving more than two vehicles, except motorcycles or bicycles, per camp units is prohibited at:(1) Silver Falls Campground(2) Cottonwood Campground
