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Siuslaw National Forest

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Siuslaw National Forest
Address: 4077 SW Research Way
PO Box 1148
Corvallis, OR 97339
Phone: 541-750-7000;
Fax: 541-750-7234;
Web: www.fs.fed.us/r6/siuslaw
Size: More than 630,000 acres.
Location: In the coastal mountain range of west-central Oregon. Accessible by US 20 and 101; OR 18, 34, 36, 38, and 126. Nearby cities/towns include Corvallis, Eugene, Florence, Reedsport, and Waldport.
Facilities: Visitor center; almost 40 campgrounds, trails (230 miles), boat ramps, 2 ORV areas.
Activities: Camping, salt and freshwater fishing, boating, canoeing, swimming, hiking, horseback riding, biking, ORV riding, beachcombing, whale watching.
Special Features: One of only two national forests in the continental U.S. with oceanfront property; Mary's Peak, highest point in the Coastal Range (4,097 feet). Points of interest include Cape Perpetua Scenic Area, Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area, Cascade Head Scenic Area, and the historic Heceta Head Lighthouse, a working lighthouse.

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Byline: Winston Ross The Register-Guard FLORENCE - The Siuslaw National Forest will get upgrades at some trailheads that haven't had improvements in the past 30 years, courtesy of $5.
When Jim Furnish became supervisor of Oregon's Siuslaw National Forest in 1992, he stepped straight into the eye of a political storm.
Efforts to protect the Siuslaw National Forest and Bureau of Land Management-owned wilderness from logging date to 1984, when the Cummins Creek and Drift Creek wilderness areas were designated by Congress in an attempt to set aside some of the state's remaining primitive old-growth forest.
 
 
 
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