The Eastern Cascades forests ecoregion (NA 512) is mostly to the west of the121st meridian. The sections east of the 121st meridian are described here, with those to the west being a future attraction. The sections below include the southeastern Wenatchee Mountains and Simcoe Mountains of Washington, the eastern extension of the Newberry Volcanics (Paulina Mountains), … More Eastern Cascades Forests

Part 2 provides a description of National Wilderness Preservation System, National Fish Hatcheries, State Lands, and Local Sites. National Wilderness Preservation System There are five units of the National Wilderness Preservation System in the Cascades Mountains leeward forests. Alpine Lakes Wilderness Alpine Lakes Wilderness, Snoqualmie National Forest, Wenatchee National Forest, and Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery, … More Cascades Mountains Leeward Forests, Part 2

Part A. Cascades Mountains leeward forests (NA 507) The eastern slope of the Cascades includes four ecoregions, from the Sierra Nevada to the British Columbia coastal forests. This section will be expanded more in the future by inclusion of sites to the west of the 121st meridian and to the north of the 50th parallel. … More Cascades Mountains Leeward Forests, Part A: National Parks, Forests, Lakes, and Trails

Other federal sites in Blue Mountains forests are part of the National System of Public Lands. Dry Mountain Research Natural Area (RNA), National System of Public Lands, Oregon (N43˚40’ W119˚36’) is 2,100 acres on an isolated mountain overlooking the Snake-Columbia shrub-steppe ecoregion. Vegetation is big sagebrush-bluebunch wheatgrass and mountain mahogany-bunchgrass. Forest Creek-Fox Canyon RNA, National … More Blue Mountains Forests, Part D: National System of Public Lands and Local Sites

A Wild Chinook Run, the Matterhorn of Oregon, and Devil’s Tooth Although open ponderosa pine forests are the signature vegetation type, the Blue Mountains ecoregion has a number of distinctive subregions, as described in Thorson et al. 2003. Maritime-influenced areas have a more diverse forest created by additional moisture that makes it through the Columbia … More Blue Mountains Forests, Part C: Wild Rivers and Wilderness

This section includes the National Forests in the western and central Blue Mountains of Oregon, National Park System, Recreation Lakes, and the National Trails System. While ponderosa pines predominate at higher elevations, botanical areas protect other rare species such as Alaska yellow cedar grove. Grasslands and sagebrush are characteristic at lower elevations of the Blue … More Blue Mountains Forest, Part B: Ponderosa Pines and Fossil Mammals

High Dams, Humongous Fungus, and Kam Wah Chung The Blue Mountains as defined by the World Wildlife Fund are complex in biological communities, with a variety of habitats based on elevation. Communities include sagebrush, pinyon-juniper, ponderosa pine, Douglas-fir, western larch, spruce, lodgepole pine, chaparral, mountain meadows and grasslands which extend from western-central Idaho to the … More Blue Mountains Forests, Part A