Colville National Forest

The Colville National Forest encompasses over a million acres in the northeast corner of the state. The primary mountain ranges - the Okanogan, Kettle River and Selkirks - run north/south and are separated by forested river valleys. The major rivers follow jagged paths carved by ice age glaciers. The first Native Americans began hunting, fishing, and gathering in the area about 9,000 years ago. The Colville is still a forest that is full of deer, elk, moose and where wild berries hang thick on the bushes.