Article: ROAD TRIP; Mazama; In this week's installment of The Stranger's summer road trip series, DAVID SCHMADER travels to Mazama, Washington, where he finds astonishing nature, free-range firemen, and a new respect for Pamela Anderson

Article: Finding Common Ground -- Salvaged meat helps link tribes and sportsmen in the Methow Valley
Yakima Herald-Republic;  January 30, 2000 ;     700+ words ......deer. Since November, hunters in the Methow Valley have been salvaging meat from highways...hunters started coming east, folks in the Methow Valley boiled. "We talked to the game wardens...meetings were first called. In the Methow Valley, about 100 people turned out at the...

Article: HARBOR SIGNS ON FOR METHOW VALLEY PROJECT.(Business)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  May 2, 1997 ;     167 words ......s Arrowleaf Resort project in the Methow Valley, said Merrill's chairman, Charles Wright...with the character and beauty of the Methow Valley.'' The Merrill Co. is a private family...planning a smaller resort. Eventually the Methow Valley project will include a golf course...

Article: METHOW VALLEY FISH PLAN IRRITATES IRRIGATORS SOME FEAR AGREEMENT COULD HURT WATER RIGHTS COMPENSATION.(News)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  November 11, 1999 ;     314 words ......groups are criticizing a plan for saving Methow Valley fish. Representatives from the Okanogan...Council, Okanogan County Farm Bureau and Methow Valley Canal Associates recently sent the...for a voluntary program of increasing Methow Valley stream flows in order to comply with...

Article: SEATTLE FIRM CANCELS PLANS FOR METHOW VALLEY RESORT DEVELOPER CRITICAL OF PERMIT DELAYS.(News)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  December 9, 1999 ;     454 words ......in north-central Washington's upper Methow Valley, saying delays in obtaining state permits...to consider water shortages in the Methow Valley that threaten spring chinook salmon...other water-rights applications in the Methow Valley that predate Merrill's applications...

Article: NEW DISTRICT RANGER NAMED FOR METHOW VALLEY RANGER DISTRICT
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 30, 2009 ;     544 words ......named the new District Ranger of the Methow Valley Ranger District, announced Becki Heath...community development work should serve the Methow Valley District, the Forest, and the Methow Valley community very well," Heath added. "I...

Article: TRAIL SYSTEM OFFERS A LITTLE BIT OF EUROPE IN THE METHOW VALLEY.(Getaways)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  February 2, 2006 ;     700+ words ......trip to the high-country huts in the Methow Valley: Squash the bug with your toes. Hold...average annual snowfall of 7 feet, the Methow Valley in north-central Washington offers...nail-pounders and ex-fishermen. The Methow Valley Sport Trails Association, a non-profit...

Article: METHOW VALLEY RESORT GETS GO-AHEAD DOWNSIZED PLAN RULES OUT ALPINE SKIING.(News)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  August 23, 1996 ;     578 words ......that divided residents of the rustic Methow Valley for more than two decades. When its...will link to those maintained by the Methow Valley Sports Trail Association, whose groomed...it drew up plans on that basis. The Methow Valley Citizens Council never endorsed the...

Article: Deal Would Protect Methow Valley Land
Yakima Herald-Republic;  May 18, 2000 ;     212 words ......been reached to preserve about 1,100 acres in the scenic Methow Valley and end a 40-year land dispute, an environmental group said...fully support this approach," said Vicky Welch, a longtime Methow Valley resident. "If successful, this agreement will mark a welcome...

Article: Judge to Decide on Methow Valley Irrigation
Yakima Herald-Republic;  April 22, 2002 ;     313 words ......A federal judge on Thursday asked Methow Valley irrigators and federal agencies to...of Spokane said it appears that the Methow Valley Irrigation District and the National...down an irrigation district in the Methow Valley that runs solely on private lands...

Article: TOURISTS ASK, `SHOULD WE COME? HOW CLOSE IS THE FIRE?' METHOW VALLEY VISITORS ARE MOSTLY UNDETERRED, THOUGH MANY CALL AHEAD.(News)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  July 13, 2001 ;     444 words ......Sun Mountain Lodge, overlooking the Methow Valley, where vacationers filled up three...customers continued to come in to Methow Valley Central Reservations looking for area...lodges and private cabins in the 60-mile Methow Valley. At Sun Mountain Lodge, some callers...

Article: NEW METHOW VALLEY RANGER TO HOST OPEN HOUSE
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 6, 2009 ;     240 words ......following press release: The Methow Valley Ranger District is hosting an Open House, Monday June 8 at the Methow Valley Ranger Station to welcome new...It is clear to me that the Methow Valley Ranger District enjoys many strong...

Article: CAMPFIRE AND IFPL RESTRICTIONS LIFTED ON TONASKET AND METHOW VALLEY RANGER DISTRICTS
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 21, 2007 ;     223 words ......September 21 st, campfire restrictions within the Tonasket and Methow Valley Ranger Districts will be lifted. The 1:00 pm shutdown requirement...information about campfires or woodcutting, please contact the Methow Valley Ranger District at 509-996-4003, the Okanogan Valley Office...

Article: MAZAMA MAGIC WINTER IN THE BEAUTIFUL METHOW VALLEY IS A BEWITCHING BLEND OF FUN AND RELAXATION<.(Getaways)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  February 7, 2002 ;     700+ words ......While the economy of Mazama and the Methow Valley in general didn't experience the dot-c...skiers gliding through Mazama and the Methow Valley below. The No. 1 recreational sport...heart-thumping. Maintained year-round by the Methow Valley Sport Trails Association, these trails...

Article: METHOW VALLEY RANGER DISTRICT OFFICE PHONE NUMBER CHANGES
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 4, 2007 ;     139 words ......National Forest - issued the following press release: The Methow Valley Ranger District Office has a new telephone number, 509-996-40...visitor information center at Winthrop closed, leaving the Methow Valley Ranger District as the primary source of information about...