Teanaway Community Forest is a state owned dual-use

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and recreation area in the central Washington Cascades near Cle Elum. It was created through a public-private partnership involving Forterra and both

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and

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acting towards the Yakima Basin Integrated Plan. When the land purchase from a private timber company was made in September 2013, it was described as the single largest transaction in Washington state in the past 45 years. The forest is about the size of the city of

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, to the west. DNR managers have requested the state legislature to pay for state-owned land physically within the community forest's boundaries to be administratively transferred into the community forest. Unless it is transferred, the trust lands must be logged to raise funds for Washington schools.

Recreation

The Forest contains a total of 127 established campsites with fire rings. The 29 Pines Campground has 59 sites, the Teanaway Camping Area has 55 sites, and the Indian Camp has 13 sites, with 2 specifically for group use.

References

Sources

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External links

* (Washington DNR)
Trail maps
and information, Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance 2013 establishments in Washington (state) Washington (state) state forests Protected areas of Kittitas County, Washington {{KittitasCountyWA-geo-stub