Dishman Hills

The protected Dishman Hills Natural Resources Conservation Area with its rugged, potholed appearance and deep gullies is a result of the Missoula Floods and represents one of the most ecologically diverse regions in Washington state, where forests, grasslands and shrublands converge and is within two ecoregions, the Okanagan and Northern Rockies ecoregions.

[3] The area also supports wildlife, such as coyotes, marmots, white-tailed deer, pheasants, and dozens of species of butterflies.

On Thursday, July 10, 2008 at about 3:30 PM local time, the Valley View Fire started in the Dishman Hills area.

[5] These same winds spread the fire quickly across the Dishman Hills and threatened hundreds of homes along Dishman-Mica Road.

Among other things, some factors in the spread of the fire were the unprecedented wind speeds,[6] and the amount of natural fuel in the Dishman Hills area.