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The Umatilla National Forest, in the Blue Mountains of northeast Oregon and southeast Washington, covers an area of 1.4 million acres (5,700 km²). In descending order of land area the forest is located in parts of Umatilla, Grant, Columbia, Morrow, Wallowa, Union, Garfield, Asotin, Wheeler, and Walla Walla counties. (Columbia, Garfield, Asotin, and Walla Walla counties are in Washington, while the rest are in Oregon.) More than three-quarters of the forest lies in the state of Oregon. [1] Forest headquarters are located in Pendleton, Oregon.
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Over 20% of the Umatilla National Forest is classified as wilderness. The Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness, 177,400 acres (718 km²), straddles the border between Oregon and Washington. The North Fork John Day Wilderness, 121,800 acres (493 km²), is in the southeast section of the national forest. The North Fork Umatilla Wilderness, 20,200 acres (82 km²), contains the narrow valley of the North Fork Umatilla River, the source of the Umatilla River.
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