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RIVER CANYON <br />WELCOME TO YAKIMA RIVER CANYON! <br />The gentle Yakima River winds through massive basalt cliffs and rolling desert hills for 27 miles. The canyon <br />offers excellent wildlife watching, plant viewing, fishing in a Blue Ribbon trout stream, family -friendly <br />rafting and camping. The BLM manages over 9,000 acres in the Yakima River Canyon area, including four <br />developed river access sites: Umtanum (a footbridge at the site provides the only pedestrian access to the <br />west side of the river within the Yakima River Canyon), Lmuma Creek, Big Pines, and Roza (the main take <br />out for all river floaters due to the Roza dam a half mile downstream of the site.) <br />DI ECYIOOS <br />KNOW BEFORE YOU <br />fff The recreation sites are open YEAR ROUND. There are overnight ($15/site) <br />and day -use ($5/vehicle) fees. Reservations for carnpsites may be made at <br />recreation.gO�lfaxam <br />AME MWS a a11 fc'i_ r sites include: `icr�ic-t (€'s n fire i <br />toilets, a river taut- n/take-out site and garbage collecti( r <br />l- ookuf.)s and potable water are NOT PR( <br />overage is limited. <br />1. <br />POINT OF INTEREST <br />Located just south of Ellensburg, the non - <br />motorized trails at Ringer Road offer visitors <br />glimpses of the wildlife and birds that inhabit <br />