BLM Yakima Canyon Recreation Sites Re-opened
For Release: February 27, 2009
Contact: Diane Priebe (509) 665-2100 Release No: OR130-FY2009-011
BLM Yakima Canyon Recreation Sites Re-opened
Yakima, WA – Effective immediately, BLM has re-opened four developed recreation sites it manages in the Yakima River Canyon. BLM?s Umtanum, Lmuma Creek, Big Pines and Roza recreation sites had all been temporarily closed, due to damage from the January, 2009 Yakima River flooding.
Although the recreation sites are currently open to the public, minor flood cleanup and repairs will continue. BLM cautions visitors that portions of the Roza boat launch were damaged and may remain closed until more extensive repairs can be made.
Categories: Access Tags: big pines, blm, bureau of land management, ellensburg, lmuma creek, recreation, roza, umtanum, washington, yakima, yakima river
Proposed Update of Washington DNR Rules is Available for Review
No. 08-103
May 29, 2008
Contact: Princess Jackson-Smith, 360-902-1066
Public Hearings Will Be Held Around The State In June
OLYMPIA – The Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is in the process of revising Chapter 332-52 of the Washington Administrative Code, pertaining to recreation on DNR-managed lands. The rules provide basic standards for public safety and natural resource protection when accessing and recreating on these lands.
The department invites the public to participate by reviewing the draft rule language and attending one of the public hearings to be held in June in the following locations: Mount Vernon, Port Angeles, Hoquiam, Issaquah, Vancouver, Ellensburg, Olympia, and Okanogan.
Categories: Access Tags: accessing, campground, department of natural resources, dnr, ellensburg, hoquiam, issaquah, mount vernon, okanogan, olympia, port angeles, public access, recreating, recreation, roads, trails, vancouver, wac, washington, washington state
Trip Report: Scouting the Whiskey Dick Road Management Area – 05.16.2008
Who would have thought that a Friday trip to the Whiskey Dick Road Management Area near Ellensburg, Washington would bring out more participants than most weekend trips.
Well Jerry (aka SoggyMountain) picked a wonderful day for a Backroad Drivers Northwest tour of the Whiskey Dick. Hands down, this was the warmest day of 2008 to date.
The meeting place that morning was the Bar 14 restaurant in Ellensburg. In attendance for the days trip was of course Jerry from Yakima driving his full size Jeep SJ Wagoneer; (and if I get the names wrong, please forgive and let me know to correct them) Phil and his son Travis from Newcastle, driving the white Ford Explorer; Paul from Tacoma driving the other Ford Explorer; Jim (stucky) driving the white Chevy Pickup (I forgot to ask where Jim was from); Trish and Tammy from Bothel driving a Jeep Wrangler Rubicon; John and Cindy from Monroe driving a Jeep Wrangler Rubicon; Sid from Renton driving his Jeep Wrangler, Peter and Don (I forgot to ask where they were from or if I did, I didn’t write it down) driving the Sportsmobile van; myself in my 80-series Toyota Land Cruiser; and Bill from Ellensburg who joined us for breakfast but had to supervise a fencing property today so he couldn’t join us.
Categories: Adventures Tags: 60-series, 80-series, Backroad Drivers Northwest, backroads, bohinkleman spring, bryant creek, caribou road, cayuse, chevy, colockum, colockum road, darrell f jones, desert, elk, ellensburg, fj60, fj80, ford explorer, gps, grave, gravesite, hedgehog cactus, jeep, jk, land cruiser, landcruiser, little bohinkleman creek, little brushy creek, memorial, northwest, outdoors, pacific northwest, quilomene, quilomene ridge, rollinger creek, rubicon, shrub-steppe, skookumchuck, skookumchuck ridge, sportsmobile, tj, toyota, trip, vantage highway, wagoneer, washington, whiskey dick, wild horse wind farm, wrangler
Trip Announcement: Scouting The Whiskey Dick – May 16, 2008
Anybody who has Friday, May 16 available, we have a great off-road trip to the Whiskey Dick area near Ellensburg, Washington.
Categories: Adventures Tags: adventure, ellensburg, overland, trip, washington, whiskey dick
This Week in the Forums – April 21-27, 2008
Here are some new discussions on the pnwadventures.com forums in the past week:
Trip Planning:
Scouting The Whiskey Dick – May 16, 2008 [Friday] – A weekday trip to explore the Whiskey Dick Road Management Area just east of Ellensburg, Washington.
Papa’s Toys Tour, 05-10-08 – the 6th annual trip to Papa’s Toy Collection in Cornelius, OR.
Completed Trips:
Tracking Ice Age Floods – April 19, 2008 – The trip report from the previous Saturday’s road trip through the coulee country of Eastern Washington.
And of course, there are many on-going discussions.
Categories: Forum Discussions Tags: cornelius, coulee, ellensburg, floods, forum, ice age, oregon, trip planning, trip reports, washington, whiskey dick
OlympiaFJ60.net – Driving the Blue Highways – Yakima to Vantage to Ellensburg
Brandon over on OlympiaFJ60.net has a piece on driving what he calls “Blue Highways” (the secondary highways on the maps), and specifically a loop he recently completed beginning and ending in Yakima and taking him along the Columbia River to Vantage, Ellensburg, and through the Yakima River canyon.
Read the entire trip report at Driving the Blue Highways – Yakima to Vantage to Ellensburg.
Enjoy.
Categories: On The Web Tags: backroads, columbia river, ellensburg, highways, vantage, yakima, yakima river
Quilomene Wildlife Area Overland Tour 07.22.07
After a nice peaceful night in a hotel in Ellensburg, Washington, we loaded up the Land Cruiser and headed out for a day trip to the Quilomene Wildlife Area.
Categories: Adventures Tags: backroads, brewton road, campsite, caribou road, colockum, columbia river, crescent bar, dry gulch, ellensburg, expedition, fj80, gps, green dot roads, land cruiser, landcruiser, little brushy creek, northwest, overland, perkins road, quilomene, tekison creek, tour, toyota, vantage, washington, west bar, whiskey dick, wildlife
