Habitat - Wildlife Area Management Date Published: November 2006
Number of Pages: 127 Author(s): Dale Swedberg The Chiliwist
Wildlife Area (CWA), approximately 4,889 acres in size, is
located in the south-central part of Okanogan County southwest
of the town of Malott. There are also approximately 760 acres of
federal lands, administered by the Bureau of Land Management
(BLM) within and adjacent to the boundaries of the CWA. The
majority of the CWA is south facing and ranges in elevation from
1000’ ASL to nearly 3100’ ASL on the top of Chiliwist Butte. As
part of the Sinlahekin Wildlife Area Complex, Chiliwist and
Driscoll Island Wildlife Area are all jointly funded with
Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act dollars. The total
annual operations budget under the Federal Aid in Wildlife
Restoration Act fund is $24,313 with nonfederal Aid being
$135,827 for a total annual operations and management budget of
$160,140. This amount includes salary and benefits as well as
funds for combined management, including w