Chiwawa is approximately 90% National Forest land. Part of the Henry M. Jackson Wilderness lies in the very western edge of this unit. Small private tracts typically follow the Wenatchee River in the lower center portion and along the White River above Lake Wenatchee. This valley also has various timber thinning cuts that have taken place over the past decade or so. The Entiat Mountain range forms the eastern border with the Entiat River serving as the dividing line for private ground. In 2018, the Cougar Creek fire burnt a huge path through these dry rolling mountains along Tyee Ridge in the Entiat range which should provide excellent forage in the future. Further north and west, elevations rise through a series of rolling hills and valleys gaining only a few hundred feet in elevation to the foothills of the Cascade Range. There is a simple set of unimproved and unpaved roads up the valleys allowing easy access without roads to every little drainage. This is great for hunters who want to get a little elbow room, but aren’t necessarily up for a backcountry hunt. Elk are few and far between here, with extremely low hunting success. This is a fair unit for mule deer, with the best success rates occurring when accessing areas without roads and pressure. During the late season, you can find them congregated on south-facing slopes around the snow line. Black bears, cougars, blue grouse and ruffed grouse hunting opportunities are also found in this region. There are little to no whitetail deer here, they are mainly found along the riparian habitat. The grizzly bear recovery zone overlaps this GMU.

Wildfires in other GMUs have shifted hunters to this unit.