Welcome!
The Wallowa -Whitman National Forest contains 2.3 million acres ranging in elevation from 875 feet in Hells
Canyon, to
9845 feet in the Eagle Cap Wilderness.
Our varied forests are managed as sustainable ecosystems providing clean water,
wildlife habitat and valuable forest products.
And, for things to do and places to be, the Wallowa-Whitman is the setting for
a variety of year-round recreation.
You are welcome at the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest.
The
Forest ranges from the Blue Mountains and rugged Wallowa Mountains down to
the spectacular canyon country of the
Snake River on the Idaho border. It is
the largest National Forest administrative unit in the Pacific Northwest Region.
The
Wallowa NF was created in 1908 from the combination of seven Forest Reserves,
and the Whitman NF was created
in 1908 by combining
three Forest Reserves. The Wallowa and Whitman National Forests have been
managed together
since 1954.
BLUE MOUNTAINS FORESTS PLAN REVISION
The Malheur, Umatilla, and Wallowa-Whitman National Forests are combining efforts to
revise their Forest Plans. The current Forest Plans are near the end of their intended
15-year life, and will be revised to address the substantial resource and social changes
on the three Forests as
well as new scientific information.
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and opportunities on your National Forests
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