After taking in hundreds of comments from the public, Oregon Parks and Recreation says it’s closing the campground at Oswald West State Park. But the park will remain open as a day-use area.
The reason? It’s the trees. The park is located in an old growth forest, and some of the trees...
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The public has a chance to be heard on plans for a new state park near Joseph.
The 61 acre park will be called the Iwetemlaykin State Heritage Site (pronounced “ee weh TEMM lye kinn”). It lies on site overlooking Wallowa Lake. Locals know of it as the old Marr Ranch property.
The meeting also kicks...
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Walk through Oswald West State Park and you’ll soon see why this is one of the most popular spots on the Oregon Coast.
It’s the trees.
This is one of the last places where you can hike through an ancient spruce-hemlock forest. Many of the trees are 200-400 years old. Some are survivors of the great...
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A couple of updates to pass along.
First, the list of recommendations from the Mt. St. Helens Advisory Committee may not be released today due to staff illness. As more information comes in, we’ll pass it along to you.
More importantly, we’ve had some time to get additional comments on the big decision, that the...
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Any dream of national park status for Mt. St. Helens took a serious blow today.
A special committee created to study the future of Mt. St. Helens is wrapping up after a year of work. Its main recommendation? That the volcano should stay under the management of the U.S. Forest Service, and not...
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First in a series on how budget cuts in Salem are affecting Oregon’s natural resources.
For the Parks and Recreation Department, the new budget reality in Salem means new priorities. Less money for buying park land. Hold the line for spending on park maintenance.
Spokesman Chris Havel says the department faces a roughly 17%...
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No surprise, the Interior Department has dropped the ban on carrying concealed weapons in national parks and wildlife refuges.
The new rules defers to the state. If state law says you carry a concealed weapon, then you can start doing that on national parks and refuges within that state. Both Oregon and Washington...
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