Trail:Kettle Crest

From Evergreen Trail Guide

Trail Overview

Trip report http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t=317162&highlight=Kettle+crest East Meets West gathering http://bbtc.org/recreation/calendar.php?event_id=6359 Spokane MTB club http://www.fttrc.org/ FS site http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/colville/

How to find it

I dropped the marker at Sherman Pass but there are more trail heads.

Typical Conditions

Here you describe how the trails hold up with rain, late in the summer, etc.

Current Conditions

This is where folks will report how the trails were on a recent day.

Turn-By-Turn Guide

1. Jungle Hill Loop (click on map in the photograph section.)
2. South Kettle to Snow Cabin
3. South Kettle to Snow Cabin and beyond.
4. Stickpin

Local Points of Interest

Here you might list nearby places to get a bite to eat, nearby bike shops, etc.

Misc. Information

Here you mention anything that doesn't fit in the other categories.

Advocacy Information

Release: Colville National Forest Invites Public to Participate in Collaboration Workshops about Wilderness

(see below, there WILL be a Spokane meeting)

NEWS RELEASE

For Immediate Release: August 20, 2008 Information Contact: Debbie Kelly, Public Affairs Specialist, (509) 826-3396 Margaret Hartzell, Plan Revision Team Leader, (509) 826-3275

Public Invited to Participate in Collaboration Workshops about Wilderness

The Colville National Forest (Forest) will be hosting a series of public workshops this fall to help the agency evaluate Inventoried Roadless Areas (IRAs) within the Forest for their potential recommendation as wilderness. Evaluation of IRAs for potential wilderness recommendation is a required step in the forest plan revision process.

"It has been just over a year since a citizens group participated in an intensive public collaboration effort related to specificlements of the Colville Forest Plan Revision," said Rick Brazell, Colville Forest Supervisor. "Now that we are further along in the wilderness evaluation process, I'm looking forward to having more detailed public discussion. This will help further inform my decision on whether to recommend additional wilderness or not in the revised forest plan." said Brazell.

A "kick-off" public workshop will be held in Colville September 6, followed by a general information meeting in Spokane mid-month. Three Saturday community workshops are planned between September and November; one workshop in each county. A final meeting will be held in Colville to wrap up the process and integrate recommendations from the various workshops.

"The collaborative workshops will be open to all members of the public, not just to those individuals who participated in the previous effort. To honor past collaborative public discussions on wilderness, we'll be incorporating information gained from the 2007 Collaborative Round-Up in this process" said Margaret Hartzell, Forest Plan Revision Team Leader.

"Each community workshop will evaluate a specific set of IRAs within each geographic area. We encourage people within and outside of these communities to participate in this collaborative process," Hartzell said.

For additional information, including meeting notes and public recommendations from the 2007 round of collaboration workshops and a list of recommended reading to prepare for the 2008 workshops, visit the Forest Plan Revision web page at www.fs.fed.us/r6/wenatchee/forest-plan.

Meeting agendas will be posted soon. A draft of the revised forest plan is targeted for release to the public in March 2010. If you have any questions about the meetings, please contact Debbie Kelly, Public Affairs Specialist at (509) 826-3396.

Meeting Schedule:

Colville Orientation Meeting. Saturday, September 6 - 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.; Stevens County Sheriff's Ambulance Training Center, 425 N. Highway, Colville, WA 99114 (located next to Ronny D's Drive-In).

Spokane Information Meeting. Friday, September 12 - 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.; Spokane County Public Library, Spokane Valley Branch, 120004 E.Main Avenue, Spokane, WA 99206.

Pend Orielle County Workshop. Saturday, September 20 - 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Kalispel Tribe of Indians Wellness Center Meeting Room, 1821 N. Le Clerc, Cusick, WA 99119

Stevens County Workshop. Saturday, October 4 - 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Stevens County Sheriff's Ambulance Training Center, 425 N. Highway, Colville, WA 99114

Ferry County Workshop. Saturday, November 1 - 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Republic Elementary School, 30306 E. Hwy 20, Republic, WA

Collaboration Integration Meeting (wrap-up and report out from collaboration workshops). Saturday, November 15 - 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.; Institute for Extended Learning (Community College), Colville Center, 985 South Elm Street, Colville, WA 99114-2662 __________________.

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