Blanchard Mountain
WHAT: Blanchard
Mountain (aka: Blanchard Hill) is truly one of the most spectacular
recreational gems in Western Washington. The mountain is nestled
between I-5 and Chuckanut drive in Skagit County and is considered part
of the Chuckanut Mountain range. Its recreational use is wide and
varied. On any given day it is not unusual to come across hikers,
mountain bikers, horse riders and even hang gliders on the
Mountain. The views are unmatched and attract more than 50,000
people a year! On a clear day you can see all the way to Vancouver
Island to the west and Mount Baker and the Twin Sisters to the east.
Blanchard Mountains original forest was logged at the end of the 1800's.
There are pockets of oldgrowth on the mountain and over 2500 acres of the 4800
acre mountain is a naturally regenerated forest. The mountain resembles a young (80-100 year old) native forest. When you
are on Blanchard Mountain you will see red cedar, Douglas fir, hemlock, grand
fir, sitka spruce, pacific yew and all the rest of the trees and plant life you
would expect to see in a native forest. Blanchard Mountain
is currently managed by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
WHEN: Ongoing. Please check back frequently.
STATUS: Update 11-17-10:
I hope this finds all of you doing well
– we are on the home stretch of providing a recommendation for the proposed NRCA
boundary of Blanchard – Clay has agreed to one final extension of the deadline –
which is now December 15th – to which
end he is going to come up that day and provide information on the compensation
idea he has for the proposed NRCA and be available for the duration of the
meeting, which will be 11-4:30 at the DNR NW Region Office in the Upper Conference Center. We will have
a working lunch, so bring your
lunches. At the end of the meeting, the group needs to have a recommendation(s)
for DNR on the boundary of the NRCA – so come with your ideas and thoughts and
be ready to discuss – and make recommendations. We will also approve the
meeting minutes from 10/26 and 11/2. Keep working on your matrix, as those will
provide very useful discussion points and framework for the committee during
this meeting.
Thanks again for all the effort and
time you have put into this committee – I know you are all busy and I appreciate
the time you are investing to help DNR with this process. It’s truly wonderful
working with you all – I have appreciated getting to know you. Happy
Thanksgiving if I don’t talk to you before then – and see you on the 15th of December at 11am!
Thanks again - Laurie Bervall
P.S. Region Office is at 919 N. Township St. Sedro Woolley WA 98284
LSA CONTACT: Mark Herrenkohl, (360) 647-6980 or mherrenkohl@hotmail.com
MAP
(click above to open NRCA Recommendations Map)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
- Blanchard Forest Advisory Committee
- Washington State DNR
- Blanchard Mountain.org
- Chuckanut Conservancy.org
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