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Spring Prescribed Burn Season Alert

The Colville National Forest has begus to carry out planned prescribed fire operations and willl continue as conditions allow.

Welcome to the Colville National Forest

These million acres in the northeast corner of Washington roll like the high seas. Three waves of mountains run from north to south, separated by troughs of valleys.

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The Colville National Forest disproves the widely held notion that Washington state lies flat east of the Cascade Mountains. Today's 1.5 million acre forest was first shaped over 10,000 years ago by Ice Age glaciers that carved three major valleys of today's Columbia, San Poil-Curlew, and Pend Oreille River flowing north into Canada before entering the Columbia River. . Read full article.

Colville National Forest Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

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Wildfire Crisis Strategy

The Forest Service's goal in launching the Wildfire Crisis Strategy was to safeguard communities and the resources they depend on by increasing fuels treatments over time, promoting community readiness, and supporting postfire recovery and restoration.