Posts Tagged ‘Methow Valley’
KOHO Outdoor Report – WenatcheeOutdoors.org
In this week’s KOHO Outdoor Report, Dan Langager talks with Sarah Shaffer, Executive Director of WenatcheeOutdoors.org, about hiking, biking and paddle boarding, from the Methow Valley to the Wenatchee River, and doing so in a safe way for the whole family. Shaffer also talks about their new membership program and its perks from local businesses.
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Congress Approves Big Public Lands Package, With Local Impacts
President Lyndon Johnson created the Land and Water Conservation Fund so that we would have the most extensive network of open spaces in the world to hunt, fish, hike, swim and play. But the fund was not extended by congress and it expired in September of last year. As of Tuesday however, the fund is…
Read MoreApple Maggot Quarantine Expands Into Methow Valley
To ensure long-term sustainability, North Central Washington’s agriculture lands need protection. Whether it’s from drought or frost, or wildlife like deer and elk. But there’s a much smaller problem too, not in the size of the threat, but the size of the threat. There are currently 24 apple maggot quarantine zones in the state, mostly…
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Like Upper Wenatchee Valley Quarantine, Experts Suggest Apple Maggot Zone For Methow Valley
Western Chelan County – Peshastin, Leavenworth, Plain, Lake Wenatchee – is considered an apple maggot quarantine area. Now a working group with the state Department of Agriculture has recommended an apple-maggot quarantine for the Methow Valley after the discovery of dozens of adult flies and larvae — indicating a reproducing and established population of the…
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Snow Melt Continues Flooding Across Okanogan Region, With Rain In Forecast Thursday
Rising flood waters are threatening a nearly century old dam above Leavenworth and downstream residents are being told to be prepared to evacuate. The Eightmile Lake Dam was built in the 1920’s out of earth, rock and mortar. It is located in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness of the Cascade Range. High water is already causing…
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Mission Draft Decision Looks To Increase Forest Resiliency, Improve Water Quality
With wildfire season nearly upon us, the U.S. Forest Service is looking to stay one step ahead this year. The Mission Restoration Project aims to do just that. Marcus Bellissimo reports.
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