Install the app
How to install the app on iOS

Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.

Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.

  • Don't miss out on all the fun! Register on our forums to post and have added features! Membership levels include a FREE membership tier.

Its feburary its washington

i can see it now from dan jhonson. thur. nite harley ride greenwater to whistling jacks meet at 3 upper parking lot. lol. we need snow!
 
vantage closure

here is some bad news!

WDFW NEWS RELEASE
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
600 Capitol Way North, Olympia, WA 98501-1091
http://wdfw.wa.gov/

February 3, 2009

Contact: Ted Clausing, (509) 457-9313

Wildlife lands near Vantage closed
to motor vehicles to protect wintering elk

About 44,000 acres of eastern Washington state wildlife land northwest of Vantage have been closed to motor vehicles through April to protect wintering elk from disturbance.

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) closed lands to motorized vehicle access Feb. 1 and will maintain the closure through April 30 on the Whiskey Dick and a portion of the Quilomene wildlife areas in Kittitas County. The closed area is north of the Vantage Highway, south of Quilomene Ridge Road, east of the Wild Horse Wind Farm, and west of the Columbia River. The area is about one-third of state winter range on the Whiskey Dick, Quilomene and Colockum wildlife areas.

"Early-spring recreational use of the area has increased over the past decade, causing elk to abandon their winter range on these wildlife areas as early as mid-February," said Ted Clausing of Yakima, WDFW’s regional wildlife program manager for the area.

"Elk need to stay on winter range well into April to stay nourished and maintain the health of the herd."

When elk leave the wildlife area and head to adjacent private land, they compete with cattle for forage and damage crops and stock fences, Clausing noted.

WDFW has worked with local partners to manage wintering elk, involving the Kittitas Big Game Management Roundtable, Kittitas Field and Stream Club, Kittitas County Cattlemen’s Association, Wenatchee Sportsmen, Kittitas Audubon, citizen advisory groups for local wildlife areas and others.

"We looked at several options, and last year we began this closure as a two-year experiment to see what it does for elk and agricultural damage. We’ll review results and discuss modifications at a public meeting later this year," Clausing said

The Whiskey Dick closure is consistent with other existing winter-range closures on the Oak Creek, Wenas and L.T. Murray wildlife areas elsewhere in the state.
 
Whiskey Dick wildlife area:eek::eek:
I knew that men sometimes overindulged and suffered from Whiskey Dick, but I had no idea that the problem has spread to the wildlife:face-icon-small-con
Apparently off road vehicle traffic is a bad influence on all species:beer;:beer;:beer;
 
Premium Features



Back
Top