chelan county

The mild winter and recent warmer temperatures are giving crews access to prescribed fire units earlier this year than last.

Primitive roads have recently become a hot topic for Chelan County officials. Spokesperson Jill FitzSimmons says they get numerous inquiries about primitive roads within the county every week, as more people seek recreation and home ownership opportunities off the beaten path...

Chelan County is seeking public input about recreation as it works to update its Comprehensive Plan. Every seven years, the County updates the recreation element of the plan, which helps to ensure eligibility for grant funding opportunities that can assist with the implementation of priority actions identified within the plan update...

Chelan County is getting nearly $770,000 to complete the study to relocate the Peshastin Creek with its historic floodplain near U.S. Hwy 97 north of Blewett Pass.

National forest spokesperson Robin DeMario says winter recreationists will find it helpful to understand some of the terms the Avalanche Center uses.

Juvenile Chinook salmon traveling downstream had a survival rate of almost 94 percent while almost 100 percent of adult fish traveling back upstream survived.

Chelan County is hosting a public summit on its plan to build a forest products campus. The facility will be designed to harvest timber from forestlands in the county to produce lumber products for market. Commissioner Shon Smith says this will not only improve forest health but also help in mitigating the risk of wildfires...

A proposal to introduce grizzly bears to the North Cascades is bringing listening sessions to Okanogan County, Washington.

Commissioner Shon Smith says they've expressed continued opposition to the reintroduction, and he questions the reasoning behind it.

The Commerce Dept. figures indicate adding at 17,000 new homes by 2044 at market-rates will not be enough to meet the local demands in Chelan and Douglas Counties. The state projects between 40 and 55 percent of the new homes that are added will need to be affordably priced for people earning under 80 percent of the area’s median income.