A Siuslaw National Forest committee has awarded $1.07 million to 12 organizations to help pay for 21 projects to eradicate noxious weeds, improve roads, enhance fish habitat, and support trail […]
Siuslaw National Forest
Amendment to 30-year-old Northwest Forest Plan could bring changes to 630,000-acre Siuslaw National Forest
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews Tumbling down from the highest mountain in the Coast Range to the edge of the Pacific Ocean is the Siuslaw National Forest – a verdant landscape […]
State, federal biologists study bats in coastal forests to see the effect of opening more space for animals
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews SEAL ROCK – The first flicker comes as the sun dips below the horizon and light begins to fade from the sky. In a seemingly erratic […]
Armed with nets, Sharpies and glitter pens, silverspot researchers spend the summer tracking threatened butterfly
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews Izzy Bur kneels on the ground to avoid the brunt of a howling wind that rakes across the salt-spray meadow overlooking the ocean south of Rock […]
Siuslaw National Forest names new leader from BLM
CORVALLIS – A U.S. Bureau of Land Management official from Springfield has been named supervisor of the Siuslaw National Forest. Rebecca Brooke, who has served as the BLM’s upper Willamette […]
It’s snowy plover nesting season on the Oregon coast as threatened shorebirds rebound with help of beach restrictions
By ZACH URNESS/Salem Statesman Journal Oregon’s cutest shorebird has made a big rally over the past two decades, from the verge of extinction to expanding its range. Western snowy […]
Siuslaw National Forest joins state and Lincoln County in closing all recreation sites
After monitoring use at Siuslaw National Forest recreation sites the past 10 days, agency officials announced Tuesday they are tightening restrictions by closing all developed Forest Service recreation sites in […]
Volunteers from Oregon and across the country converge on Cape Perpetua to restore historic shelter
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The 17-foot log rests on scaffolding 800 feet above the Pacific Ocean. A crew of retirees and Forest Service employees hefts the big log into place […]
Historic preservation volunteers descend on Cape Perpetua shelter for two weeks
Volunteers from a national historic preservation group will spend the next two weeks replacing the roof and doing other smaller restoration work on the West Shelter high on Cape […]
Cape Perpetua center remains open during government shutdown
The Cape Perpetua Visitor Center is open — one of the few U.S. Forest Service facilities on the Oregon coast not affected by the shutdown of large swaths of the […]