Sno-Park permits go on sale Nov. 1
Visitors urged to buy permits online and recreate responsibly OLYMPIA – Oct. 8, 2020 – The Washington State Parks Winter Recreation Program reminds winter recreation [...]
Cold Creek Fire Update: Highway 12 Re-Opening May Occur Later This Evening
Report date: September 21, 2020 Lewis County Division of Emergency Services reports: Over the weekend, the Cold Creek Wildland Fire grew to 616 acres; however [...]
Gifford Pinchot National Forest Closes Area and Issues Forest-Wide Campfire Ban for Fire Safety
Gifford Pinchot National Forest Closes Area and Issues Forest-Wide Campfire Ban for Fire Safety Release Date: September 9, 2020 The Pacific Northwest remains under the [...]
Trail to High Rock Lookout Closed for Historic Lookout Restoration
The trail leading to the historic High Rock Lookout will be closed from August 19th to August 22nd. The closure is part of the ongoing restoration work [...]
Huckleberry Season on the Gifford Pinchot National Forest
Vancouver, WA– As August approaches, many in the Northwest look forward to collecting huckleberries and other wild berries on the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. Forest [...]
Mount Rainier National Park announces expansion of public access
Mount Rainier National Park, WA – Mount Rainier National Park reopened the Nisqually to Paradise Road in the park’s southwestern corner late in the day on Friday June 5th, [...]
Gifford Pinchot National Forest Announces Reopening of Most Day-Use and Trailhead Sites
The Gifford Pinchot National Forest is announcing the reopening of developed day-use and trailhead sites to recreational users. Beginning Friday May 15, 2020, most trailheads [...]
40th Anniversary of the Eruption of Mount St. Helens
Forty years ago on the morning of May 18, 1980, a magnitude 5.1 earthquake triggered the collapse of the summit and north flank of Mount [...]
National Forests in Washington plan for late May phased opening
Portland, Ore. – The USDA Forest Service will maintain its alignment with state “Stay at Home” orders and the first phase of Washington state’s “Reopening [...]
Gifford Pinchot National Forest Closes all Developed Recreation Sites to align with statewide COVID-19 ‘Stay Home-Stay Healthy’ order
To align with state and local measures directing people to stay home to save lives, all Gifford Pinchot National Forest campgrounds, day-use sites, trailheads, Sno-Parks, [...]