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An Autumn Day View Of Whiskeytown Lake, Whiskeytown National Recreation Area

Looking down upon the autumn colors and landscape of Whiskeytown Lake at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area

"Whiskeytown Lake’s crystal-clear water is perhaps the most recognized feature of the park. However, water-based recreation is only a part of what the 42,000-acre Whiskeytown National Recreation Area (NRA) has to offer. Visit waterfalls, hike through rugged mountains, explore California Gold Rush history, and observe post-fire ecology in action."

Rebecca Latson

Downed Trees At Whiskeytown National Recreation Area Going For $10/Cord

At $10 a cord, a wood stove could keep you warm for a part of the winter for less than $50. That's the price per cord at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area in California, where the trees were cut down after the Carr Fire swept the park in 2018. There is, however, a four-cord limit per person.

New Executive Order Could Open Forests In National Parks To Logging

An executive order expected to be posted Monday in the Federal Register is somewhat open-ended in directing the Interior and Agriculture departments to actively manage forests to reduce the risk of wildfires. Conservationists are concerned how the order could either directly or indirectly affect lands within the National Park System.

Whiskeytown National Recreation Area Reopening After Deadly Carr Fire

Doors of the Whiskeytown National Recreation Area headquarters officially reopened almost five weeks after one of the largest wildfires in California’s history swept through the park, ultimately burning 39,000 of the park's 42,000 acres. After enduring an extremely trying and overwhelming time, the park laid down one more brick in a new foundation.

National Parks Fire Roundup

From Yellowstone to Grand Canyon, and Crater Lake to Sequoia, wildfires are burning in western areas of the National Park System. But the national park hardest hit by a wildfire is Yosemite, where the Yosemite Valley and Wawona areas were to close at noon Wednesday due to smoke and firefighters tied to a fire outside the park's western borders.

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