The Palouse grasslands (NA813) as delineated by the World Wildlife Fund and Nature Conservancy include portions of Idaho, Oregon, and Washington which are in the rain shadow of the Cascades. This description also includes the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia because of its grassland habitat extending north from the US-Canada border. The ecoregion is characterized … More Palouse Grasslands, Part I
Location: Canada (British Columbia) and United States (Washington) Latitude-Longitude: 47 to 50˚N, 117 to 121˚W Overview The Okanagan dry forests ecosystem is east of the Cascades and north of the Palouse Prairie. Vegetation is a mosaic of pine forests, sagebrush, and grasslands. Common trees are lodgepole pine, aspen, white spruce, and Douglas-fir. The cities of … More Okanagan Dry Forests
Part G State and local sites in the North Central Rockies forests: A wide range of parks and public lands are found in the North Central Rockies forests. The following lists are not all inclusive and many state and provincial forests and trust lands are not included. The public lands listed here were ones that … More North Central Rockies forests Part G Local State and Provincial Sites
North Central Rockies Forests, Part F—Wild and Scenic Rivers, Wilderness Areas, and Refuges Wild and Scenic River System in North Central Rockies Forests (NA 518) There are three units of the national wild and scenic river system in the North Central Rockies forest ecoregion, including six segments of rivers. The wild and scenic river designation … More Wild Rivers, Wilderness Areas and Refuges in the North Central Rockies Forests
The review of the national forest system of the North Central Rockies forests concludes with highlights of the Selkirk Range in Idaho and Washington. The areas described are the Colville NF, Kaniksu NF (one of the Idaho Panhandle national forests), and Priest River Experimental Forest. The post continues with a description of national park system … More North Central Rockies Forests, Part D: forests, parks and reservoirs
The Clearwater and Bitterroot Ranges are found along the Montana-Idaho border and include extensive wilderness areas. However, outside of the wildernesses are a number of special features, described in this post, Part C of the North Central Rockies ecoregion. Bitterroot National Forest (NF), Idaho-Montana is 1.6 million acres on both sides of the north-south trending … More North Central Rockies Part C: National Forests of the Clearwater-Bitterroot Ranges
Part B National Forest System I The National Forest system in the North Central Rockies forests ecoregion includes 17 areas, including three experimental forests, a tree nursery, a national recreation area, and 13 national forests. Coram Experimental Forest, Montana, was previously described under biosphere reserves. National forests are described in parts B, C, and D … More North Central Rockies Forests, Part B: National Forest System I
Swiss-themed chalets, a transboundary environmental controversy on the Flathead, and the Big Burn Part A includes an overview of the ranges of the northern rockies and the international and national designations such as World Heritage Sites, Ramsar Sites, Biosphere Reserves, National Historic Landmarks, and National Natural Landmarks. This part begins a discussion of the North … More North-Central Rockies Forests, Part A
This post includes recreation lakes, the national trail system, and the national wildlife refuge system and related federal areas on the Rocky Mountain front and valleys of Montana. There are 11 federally operated or licensed Recreation Lakes in the Montana Valley and Foothill Grasslands ecoregion. In the Rocky Mountain front are the Milk River project … More Montana Valley and Foothill Grasslands, Part B
This ecoregion includes grasslands along the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains (the Rocky Mountain Front) of Montana and Alberta, as well as the semiarid high mountain valleys defined by the Missouri River and its tributaries and the Yellowstone River and its tributaries. The grassland continues west of grasslands around Flathead Lake are also included … More Montana Valley and Foothill Grasslands, Part A
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