Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest

Forest Facts

Figures And Information

Acres of National Forest System Lands

• Gross Acres of NF System Lands: 1,724,229 Acres
• Wilderness: 727,104 Total Acres
  • Mt. Baker Wilderness: 117,848 Acres
  • Noisy Diobsud Wilderness: 14,133 Acres
  • Glacier Peak Wilderness: 570,973 Total Acres, Shared With Wenatchee-Okanogan NF / MBS portion is 286,627 Acres
  • Boulder River Wilderness: 48,674 Acres
  • Henry M. Jackson Wilderness: 100,867 Total Acres, Shared With Wenatchee-Okanogan NF / MBS portion is 75,551 Acres
  • Alpine Lakes Wilderness: 364,230 Total Acres, Shared With Wenatchee-Okanogan NF / MBS portion is 117,899 Acres
  • Norse Peak Wilderness: 52,180 Acres
  • Clearwater Wilderness: 14,192 Acres
  • Wild Sky Wilderness: 106,577 Acres

Special Interest Areas

• Scenic Byways
  • Mather Memorial Highway: 75 Miles
  • Mt. Baker Scenic Byway: 24 Miles
  • Mt. Loop Highway: 50 Miles
• Mt. Index Scenic Area: 13,179 Acres
• Stevens Pass Historic District: 13,000 Acres
• Mt. Baker National Recreation Area: 8,473 Acres
• Skagit Wild and Scenic River: 158 Miles/37,844 Acres
• Land Management Allocations
  • Late Successional Reserve (LSR): 642,133 Acres
  • Late Successional Old Growth (LSOG): 39,019 Acres
  • Matrix: 36,863 Acres
  • Adaptive Management Area (AMA): 21,174 Acres
  • Riparian Reserve: 625,373 Acres
  • Administratively Withdrawn: 122,215 Acres

Payments To Counties

• Number of Resource Advisory Committees: 3
• 2007 Title II Funds Distributed To Counties Within The MBS National Forest
  • Snohomish (2007): $117,750
  • Skagit/Whatcom: (2007) $639,854
  • King/Pierce: (2007) $88,759.51

Recreation Facilities

• Fee Campgrounds (Reservations Only): 26
• Free Campgrounds (First-Come-First Served): 5
• Group Campsites (Reservation Only): 14
• Picnic Sites: 24
• Rental Lodging (1 Cabin, 1 Lookout): 2
• Historic Fire Lookouts: 13

Trails

• Total Miles of Trails: 1505.7
  • Wilderness Trails: 585.8 Trail Miles
  • Non-Wilderness Trails: 919.9 Trail Miles
• Mt. Baker Ranger District: 412.1 Total Trail Miles
• Darrington Ranger District: 367.2 Total Trail Miles
• Skykomish Ranger District: 218.9 Total Trail Miles
• Snoqualmie Ranger District (North Bend Area): 178.3 Total Trail Miles
• Snoqualmie Ranger District (White River Area): 329.2 Total Trail Miles
• Cross-Country Ski Trails: 119 Trail Miles
• Snowmobile Trails: 168 Trail Miles

Special Use Permits

• Ski Areas: 4

Forest Management

• Total Volume Harvested including timber, posts, and poles (Hundred Cubic Feet=CCF/Million Board Feet=MBF): 22,722 CCF/ 12,711 MBF
• Personal Use Firewood Permits Sold: 537 Cords
• Christmas Tree Permits Sold: 6,636 Permits
• Permits for ferns, boughs, bark, etc.: 45 permits
• Mushrooms: 15 Pounds
• Seed Cones: 400 Bushels
• Fence Post and Poles: 259 Total

Fires

• Number Of Wildfires (2007): 23
• 2007 Area Burned In Wildfires: 6.2 Acres

Wildlife, Threatened, And Endangered Species

• Habitat Improvement: 4,627 Acres
• Wildlife Structures: 1
• Invasive Plant Treatment: 67 Acres

Fisheries

• Stream Enhancement: 4 Miles
• Habitat opened through barrier (culvert ) removal/replacement: 0 Miles
• Stream Inventory: 30 Miles
• Stream Protection Through Coordination: 100 Stream Miles
  Conservative estimate of 100 stream miles based on 20 miles of road drainage improvement/ stabilization/ decommissioning. Countless other miles resulting from passive protection resulting from environmental education information disseminated through festivals and river ranger activities.

Botany

• Noxious Weed Treatment: 75 Acres
• Natural Research Area Stewardship Program: 120 hours of volunteer staffing
• King County Native Plant Stewardship (a program of the Washington native plant society): 2,500 hours of volunteer staffing
• Environmental Education (Celebrating Wildflowers): 30 teachers with 30 per classroom = 600 schoolchildren reached
• Site Restoration: (Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group volunteers) approximately 64 hours work crew time + 40 hours middle school volunteers
• Rare Plant Monitoring: (U of Washington’s Rare Care program) 80 hours skilled volunteer (eight 10-hour days) + 3 days (32 hours) UW staff time
• Symposiums: First Annual Big Huckleberry Summit (80 participants - collaboration of agencies, NGOs, harvesters, researchers, and tribes)
• Publications: Native Plant Notebook (Potash and Aubry 2007)
• Noxious Weed Management: 5 active Cooperative Weed Management Areas (strategic collaboration with other agencies and adjacent landowners)

Soil And Water

• Watershed Rehabilitation: 10 Projects
• Watershed Rehabilitation: 85 Acres

USDA Forest Service - Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
Last Modified: Wednesday, 04 June 2008 at 14:51:04 EDT