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Article: RESTRICTED OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE RIDING IN SENSITIVE PLAN COMMUNITIES AT OREGON DUNES NATIONAL RECREATION AREA
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- October 6, 2009
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CORVALLIS, Ore., Oct. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's U.S. Forest Service unit - Siuslaw National Forest - issued the following press release:
The Siuslaw National Forest is implementing a Forest Closure Order that went into affect August 18, prohibiting off-highway vehicle (OHV) use from posted areas immediately adjacent to Beale, Snag and Horsfall lakes to protect plant, fish and wildlife habitat.
"We have the responsibility to provide for multiple uses, such as clean water, forest resources and recreation while managing for existing native plants and wildlife species found within the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area," said Pam Gardner, Central Coast and Oregon Dunes ...