Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest

Forest Facts

2004 Figures And Information

Acres of National Forest System Lands

• Gross Acres of NF System Lands: 1,724,229 Acres
• Wilderness: 711,956 Total Acres
  • Mt. Baker Wilderness: 117,500 Acres
  • Noisy Diobsud Wilderness: 14,100 Acres
  • Glacier Peak Wilderness: 572,000 Total Acres, Shared With Wenatchee-Okanogan NF
  • Boulder River Wilderness: 49,000 Acres
  • Henry M. Jackson Wilderness: 102,673 Acres
  • Alpine Lakes Wilderness: 394,000 Total Acres, Shared With Wenatchee-Okanogan NF
  • Norse Peak Wilderness: 51,000 Acres
  • Clearwater Wilderness: 14,600 Acres

Special Interest Areas

• Mather Memorial Highway: 75 Miles
• Mt. Index Scenic Area: 13,179 Acres
• Stevens Pass Historic District: 13,000 Acres
• Mt. Baker National Recreation Area: 8,600 Acres
• Late Successional Reserve (LSR): 685,636 Acres
• Late Successional Old Growth (LSOG): 42,596 Acres
• Matrix: 45,000 Acres
• Adaptive Management Area (AMA): 21,163 Acres
• Riparian Reserve: 976,077 Acres
• Administratively Withdrawn: 122,978 Acres
• Wild and Scenic River (Congressionally Withdrawn): 158 Miles/38,939 Acres

Payments To Counties

• Number of Resource Advisory Committees: 3
• 2005 Title II Funds Distributed To Counties Within The MBS National Forest
  • Snohomish (2005): $113,964
  • Skagit/Whatcom; (2005) $619,276
  • King/Pierce; (2005) $54,000

Recreation Facilities

• Fee Campgrounds (Reservations Only): 26
• Free Campgrounds (First-Come-First Served): 5
• Group Campsites (Reservation Only): 14
• Picnic Sites: 27
• Rental Lodging (1 Cabin, 1 Lookout): 2
• Historic Fire Lookouts: 10
• Mt. Baker Scenic Byway-24 miles long, Mt. Loop Highways-50 miles long: 74 Miles Total

Trails

• Total Miles of Trails: 1505.7
  • Wilderness Trails: 585.8 Trail Miles
  • Non-Wilderness Trails: 919.9 Trail Miles
• Mt. Baker Ranger District: 412.1 Total Trail Miles
• Darrington Ranger District: 367.2 Total Trail Miles
• Skykomish Ranger District: 218.9 Total Trail Miles
• Snoqualmie Ranger District (North Bend Area): 178.3 Total Trail Miles
• Snoqualmie Ranger District (White River Area): 329.2 Total Trail Miles
• Cross-Country Ski Trails: 119 Trail Miles
• Snowmobile Trails: 168 Trail Miles

Special Use Permits

• Ski Areas: 4

Forest Management 2004

• Total Volume Harvested including timber, posts, and poles (Hundred Cubic Feet=CCF/Million Board Feet=MBF): 170.44 CCF/ 89.13 MBF
• Personal Use Firewood Permits Sold: 284 Cords
• Christmas Tree Permits Sold: 8,271 Permits
• Permits for Trees Dug For Ornamental Purposes: 226 Permits
• Permits for Ornamentals (ferns, boughs, bark, etc.: 924 Pieces
• Mushrooms: 1,727 Pounds
• Seed Cones: 421 Bushels
• Fence Post and Poles: 340 Total

Road Maintenance

• Miles: 1,356

Fires

• Number Of Wildfires (2004): 64
• 2004 Area Burned In Wildfires: 518 Acres

Wildlife, Threatened, And Endangered Species

• Information And Education (Presentations, Brochures, Etc.): 15 Presentations
• Habitat Improvement: 280 Total Acres
  • Forest Service: 55 Acres
  • Partnership: 125 Acres
• Goat Habitat Inventoried : 34,386 Total Acres
  • Forest Service: 3,367 Acres
  • Partnership: 31,019 Acres
• Bald Eagle Habitat Inventoried: 13,500 Total Acres
  • Forest Service: 6,532 Acres
  • Partnership: 6,968 Acres

Fisheries

• Stream Enhancement: 2 Miles
• Habitat opened through barrier (culvert ) removal/replacement: 8.8 Miles
• Stream Inventory: 20 Miles
• Stream Protection Through Coordination: 75 Stream Miles
  Conservative estimate of 75 stream miles based on 41 miles of road drainage improvement/ stabilization/ decommissioning. Countless other miles resulting from passive protection resulting from environmental education information disseminated through festivals and river ranger activities.

Botany

• Noxious Weed Treatment: 75 Acres
• Natural Research Area Stewardship Program: 376 hours of volunteer staffing
• Snohomish County Native Plant Stewardship: 2,500 hours of volunteer staffing
• Environmental Education (Celebrating Wildflowers): 75 Attendance

Soil And Water

• Watershed Rehabilitation: 7 Projects
• Watershed Rehabilitation: 141 Acres
• Road Obliteration: 5.1 Miles

Cultural Resources

• 900 Acres Surveyed
• New Sites Recorded: 15
• Sites Monitored: 8
• Stabilization And Protection Measures: 4 Sites

Accurate as of December 2004

USDA Forest Service - Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
Last Modified: Friday, 20 May 2005 at 10:10:27 EDT