White Salmon
Basics
The White Salmon planning area is dominated by dense dry forest that is interspersed with recent harvests, agricultural lands, and non-forest patches. Ownership is highly fragmented and is dominated by private industrial (36%), small private (33%), and DNR (24%), as well as a small amount of Columbia River Gorge Scenic Area that is managed by the Forest Service (6%).
- Fire risk ranges from low to extreme and is moderate to high near White Salmon and other areas with homes.
- Based on current conditions data from 2015 and 2016, shifting an estimated 35,500 - 49,000 acres from dense to open forest is recommended to move the landscape into a resilient condition while maintaining 28-40% of the overall landscape in dense forest to provide for wood production, habitat, and carbon storage. Maintenance treatments on existing open forest are needed on an estimated 2,500-6,000 acres.
- In sum, treating 35 - 50% of the forested acres is recommended.
For more information view and download the full landscape evaluation summary. Data layers and other information associated with the landscape evaluation are available on Box.
Map
This map displays the simple location of forest health projects in this priority landscape along with optional additional layers that users can select to view including detailed treatment locations, and DNR landscape evaluation prioritization layers (by PODs or PCLs).
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Projects can be associated with multiple Priority Landscapes, but the simple project location marker is mapped in a single location. Therefore, some Projects may appear outside the Priority Landscape boundary.
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- 5/9/2025
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