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Wildlife, plants and environment at Lake Wenatchee

Wildlife

MammalsBirdsFish & Sea Life
• Bears
• Bobcats
• Chipmunks
• Coyotes
• Deer or Elk
• Foxes
• Marmots
• Marten
• Minks
• Mountain Goats
• Muskrats
• Otters
• Rabbits
• Raccoons
• Skunks
• Squirrels
• Weasels
• Ducks
• Eagles
• Geese
• Grouse
• Gulls
• Hawks
• Herons
• Hummingbirds
• Jays
• Ospreys
• Owls
• Quail
• Swans
• Woodpeckers
• Wrens
• Mussels
• Salmon
• Steelhead
• Trout


Environmental Features

Physical Features Plant Life 
Lake Wenatchee is in a transition zone between wet, western Washington woodlands and the drier pine and fir of the eastern Cascades. The lake is of glacial origin, dammed up at the foot by glacial gravels and wash. The White River and the Little Wenatchee River combine to fill the lake at its western end.

Mosquitos may be prevalent May to early July, so visitors are encouraged to bring repellant. Annual rainfall is 24 inches, and annual average snowfall is 150 inches.		 • Cedar
• Douglas Fir
• Hemlock
• Ponderosa Pine
• Alder
• Maple
• Daisy
• Foxglove
• Lupines
• Orchids
• Paintbrush
• Rose
• Berries
• Moss or Lichens