Chinook Pass Cabin Owners Association     

Information Links

Here's some links that we've found useful.

  • Naches Ranger District Summer Home Information
    This is the website the Naches Ranger District uses to distribute information and forms for cabin owners.   Here's some other information from the folks at the Naches Ranger Station about cabins:

    • The annual "Recreation Residence Self-Inspection Report" is to be filled out and sent into the Naches Ranger Office by July each year.   We've included it here on CPCOA.COM in both Microsoft Word and PDF formats

    • Cultural Resources and Your Summer Home: An Informational Guide to Summer Home Ownership on Forest Service Land

      This document is intended as an informational guide for summer home owners to better understand historic preservation laws, regulations and processes that must be followed and complied with.

    • Recreation Residence Lot Fee Handbook

      This is the official guide that Forest Service personnel use for issues surrounding the assessments that determine our annual permit fee.

  • National Forest Homeowners Association
    Membership in National Forest Homeowners Association (NFH) is included within the CPCOA membership fees, so if you are a member of CPCOA you are also a member with NFH!    NFH is a national and regional advocate for cabin owners with more than 5,000 members in all 24 states where Special Use Recreation Residences exist on National Forest lands.   NFH's professional staff and volunteer board of directors keep cabin owners informed on the issues they face and facilitate access to Forest Service Staff.  NFH is dedicated to protecting and preserving the cabin program well into the future.

  • WA Dept of Transportation: Chinook/Cayuse Passes 
    WADOT maintains a great web site filled with information about Washington roads. This particular page highlights activities around the Chinook Pass area.
     
  • WA Dept of Ecology Water Resources 
    Water rights continues to be an issue for many cabin owners, and the Washington DOE has a program which is trying to secure water rights for camps and cabins in the Yakima River Basin.
     
  • Firewise Communities
    This site provides information on what you can do to reduce the chance of your cabin burning down in case of wildfires.
         
  • Washington Department of Natural Resources Fire Information
    DNR maintains an up to date list of resources and news items on what is being done to manage the risk of fires in the area.   On this site you'll find the "Highways 410 and 12 Community Wildfire Protection Plan

  • The Community Wildfire Protection Plan that includes the Chinook Pass area received a grant to purchase a large wood chipper and support for a crew to operate it. This grant covers 2010 and 2011. The chipper is owned by The North Yakima Conservation District and they run the crew that operate it. Their services are available to private land owners and cabin owners.
     
    Call Mike Stowell in Yakima at 509-406-4985 for the details and to make arrangements for their wood chipping crew to come to your tract, and chip up your branches. There is no charge for this service; you already paid for it when you paid your taxes.

  • Yakima County Maps

  • Yakima County Assessor