The Mount Leona Fire was a wildfire in Ferry County, Washington, in the Kettle River Range, east of Curlew Lake.

The Copper Butte Fire notably burned in a northerly direction along the mountains and finally went out on the southern edges of Mount Leona.

[1] The 2001 fire season in Ferry County was marked by 9,397 acres (3,803 ha) of total land burned with 95 separate ignition events recorded across responding agencies.

Due to the many incidences, smokejumpers were not available to respond to the Mount Leona fire, which was started on a steep western slope of the mountain by multiple lightning strikes.

When air support arrived, it was not able to prevent rapid spreading due to uphill runs, ember-started spot fires, and rolling embers traveling downslope.

The weather and fire behavior finally settled enough to contain the blaze along the upper slopes of Profanity Peak and in the uppermost reach of the Long Alec Creek headwaters.

The mill was the largest private employer in the county at that time; the operators and members of the community held rallies in December 2002 and January 2003 advocating for the release of salvage rights to timber burned during the Leona fires.

The second rally, staged on January 18, 2003, attracted 5th district Representative George Nethercutt and United States Department of Agriculture undersecretary Mark Ray.

[13] The Forest Service finally agreed to salvage harvesting of the Leona burn, but reduced the harvest area to 1.5 million board feet of lumber in 115 acres (47 ha) 11 mi (18 km) northeast of Republic, whereas the originally proposed sale of salvage rights would have been for 500 acres (200 ha) and 2.8 million board feet.

[17] An oversight field hearing in Spokane, Washington was held as part of congressional testimony for the US House of Representatives National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) task force committee on resources on April 23, 2005.