Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
2930 Wetmore Ave.
Suite 3A
Everett, WA
98201
(425) 783-6000
(800) 627-0062
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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- Administratively Withdrawn: 122,215 Acres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
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
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