Up in the far Northern tip of Eastern Washington State near the British Columbia border is some of the most beautiful country in the state. Here you will find the Colville National Forest and the Selkirk Mountain Range which is home to some of remaining few lynx populations in the state and at least one herd of the rare Woodland Caribou. The several miles at the very corner edge of Washington (where Washington State borders British Columbia to the North and Idaho to the East) is the Salmo-Priest Wilderness Area, which is, as the name implies, federally designated wilderness (completely conserved, set apart, and unmanaged - except for routine annual Summer trail maintenaince which generally lasts a week or two - even for those two weeks out of the year, it is still only the actual trail that is maintained, nothing else is touched). The Salmo-Priest Wilderness, nestled in the Selkirk Mountains, is the wettest part of Eastern Washington. Even when the rest of Eastern Washington is dry and sun-baked by the end of July and through the month of August, don't by surprised if you get rained on while hiking in the Salmo-Priest Wilderness.
Up in this part of the state you will find Mill Pond, Sullivan Lake, and Sullivan Creek, to name a few of the area's highlights. For you fellow stream fishers, Sullivan Creek has been a favorite of mine for many years. The beauty of the area alone is enough to captivate even the grouchiest of souls! I am not a big fan of the Washington special gear regulations for streams and rivers, and Sullivan Creek has always been designated as such since I started fishing it in 2002, but it is beautiful to fish none the less.
For more information about the rare Woodland Caribou herd in the State of Washington, click here.
Check out some information about them from the University of Washington here.
For more information about the rare Woodland Caribou herd in the State of Washington, click here.
Check out some information about them from the University of Washington here.
