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The Willamette National Forest is a National Forest located in the central portion of the Cascade Range of the U.S. state of Oregon. [4] It comprises 1,678,031 acres (6,790.75 km 2 ). Over 380,000 acres (694 mi 2 , 1,540 km 2 ) are designated wilderness which include seven major mountain peaks.
In 1905, administration of the Reserve was moved from the United States General Land Office to the United States Forest Service. [92] The Reserve was renamed the Cascade National Forest in 1907. In 1908, the forest was split: the eastern half became the Deschutes National Forest, while the western half merged in 1934 to form the Willamette ...
U.S. Forest Service The Three Sisters Wilderness is a wilderness area in the Cascade Range , within the Willamette and Deschutes National Forests in Oregon , United States. It comprises 286,708 acres (1,160.27 km 2 ), making it the second largest wilderness area in Oregon, after the Eagle Cap Wilderness .
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Mount Jefferson's eastern segment lies within the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, and its western portion within the Mount Jefferson Wilderness, [10] of the Willamette National Forest and Deschutes National Forests. The wilderness area covers 111,177 acres (449.92 km 2), with more than 150 lakes.
The French Pete Trail is a 9.9-mile (15.9 km) hiking trail in the valley of French Pete Creek in the Three Sisters Wilderness of western Oregon. [1] The trail passes through low-elevation old-growth forest that was a nationwide political issue in the 1960s and 1970s because of conflicting plans for logging and for wilderness designation, respectively.
Two new firefighting teams arrived to manage the wildfires burning in Willamette National Forest. California Incident Management Team 13 assumed management of the Pyramid, Slate and Ore Fires ...