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APPEAL TRIBUNE
Permits
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"We know that en-
forcement may be a chal-
lenge," previously. "Our
focus the first few years
will be education."
"We will focus on edu-
cation and understand
the first year some folks
may not know about the
wilderness permit sys-
tem," Deschutes National
Forest
spokeswoman
Jean Nelson-Dean said.
"However, people consis-
tently violating the per-
mit system will receive
fines."
What trailheads are
impacted?
Under the new permit
system, all overnight
trips into three wilder-
ness areas will require a
permit. That includes 79
trailheads.
Nineteen
trailheads
will require a day-use
permit — typically the
most popular pathways.
Here is a list of the trail-
heads that will require
both day-use and over-
night permits beginning
in 2020.
An overnight group
permit can include up to
12 people on one permit.
Hikers head into the shadow of South Sister, Oregon's third-tallest mountain. ZACH URNESS / STATESMAN JOURNAL
(South Sister climbers
TH): 16 overnight / 100
day use
Green Lakes / Soda
Creek: 14 overnight / 80
day use
Todd Lake: 3 overnight
/ 12 day use
Crater Ditch: 4 over-
night / 16 day use
Broken Top: 4 over-
night / 40 day use
Tam McArthur Rim: 5
overnight / 80 day use
Lava Camp: 7 over-
night / 40 day use
Three Sisters
trailheads with
day-use hike permit
requirement
Mount Jefferson
Wilderness trailheads
with overnight and
day-use hike permit
requirement
Scott Trailhead: 13
overnight group permits /
12 day use individual per-
mits
Obsidian: 13 overnight
/ 30 day use
Sisters Mirror: 4 over-
night / 16 day use
Devils Lake/Wickiup
PCT Breitenbush: 4
overnight / 14 day use
S. Breitenbush: 5 over-
night / 12 day use
Whitewater: 8 over-
night / 30 day use
Pamelia Lake: 11 over-
night / 24 day use
Marion Lake: 10 over-
Obituaries
night / 40 day use
Duffy Lake: 13 over-
night, 30 day use
Jack Lake: 5 overnight
/ 60 day use
Mount Washington
Wilderness trailheads
with day-use hike
permit requirement
Benson/Tenas: 8 over-
night / 30 day use
PCT McKenzie Pass: 6
overnight / 24 day use
Why is this happening
now?
The 1964 Wilderness
Act defined wilderness as
“an area where the earth
and its community of life
are untrammeled by
man.”
But between Mount
Jefferson and the Three
Sisters, finding solitude
in wilderness areas has
been increasingly diffi-
cult.
The population boom
in Bend and growth in the
Willamette Valley have
brought more people to
the mountains each year,
stressing the wilderness
areas to the breaking
point, officials said.
Visits have almost tri-
pled in the Three Sisters
since 2011. Mount Wash-
ington was up 119 percent
and Mount Jefferson has
also seen major in-
creases.
All those extra people
have had a profound im-
pact on areas that are
supposed to have little
evidence of human influ-
ence.
In addition to issues
such as crowded trail-
heads and limited camp-
sites, wilderness rangers
have found increased
amounts of poop, gar-
bage and trampled vege-
tation.
Rangers reported com-
ing across unburied hu-
man feces more than
1,000 times in 2016. They
reported hauling out
more than 1,200 pounds
of trash, according to
documents.
"I don't even consider
it a wilderness experi-
ence," Chris Sabo, trail
crew supervisor for Des-
chutes National Forest,
said in a 2013 interview.
"It's almost more of an ur-
ban park. The use is very
high, really beyond what
this area can accommo-
date."
Limited entry:
Already an Oregon
idea
There are a handful of
places across the West
that use a limited entry
system to control crowds
at iconic destinations.
The summit climb up
Mount St. Helens and
backcountry of The En-
chantments, both in
Washington, have limited
entry. It’s also in place at
Mount Whitney and oth-
er places in California’s
Sierra Nevada.
But perhaps the best
example — and the exam-
ple this system is based
upon — can be found
right here in Oregon.
Obsidian Trail (Three
Sisters Wilderness) and
Pamelia Lake (Mount Jef-
ferson) have had limited
entry since 1995.
Both places were be-
coming crowded and
struggling with overuse
in the early 1990s. But af-
ter the permit system,
both have stabilized, are
seeing recovering forest,
more wildlife and more
solitude.
“I think we’ll see simi-
lar payoffs,” former Des-
chutes National Forest
supervisor John Allen
said. “We have two dec-
ades of experience in see-
ing how this system
makes a positive differ-
ence."
But both Allen and
Matt
Peterson,
who
helped design the sys-
tem, said having limited
entry on such a large
scale — across three wil-
derness
areas
and
450,000 acres — is an
idea without much pre-
cedent.
"There's a level of un-
certainty
because
it
hasn't been done before
on this scale," Peterson
said. "We know we're not
going to get it perfect,
which is why we'll be able
to make adjustments as
we go. If something's not
working, we can change
it."
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Hike
Michael Randle Mullikin
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STAYTON - March 16,
1962 - January 30, 2021
Mike was born in Los
Angeles, California and
moved to Silverton,
Oregon in 1970. After
graduating from Silver-
ton High School in 1980,
Mike worked at Roth’s
Foodliner. He worked in
various positions, includ-
ing receiver, during his
40 year career. He worked at both Silverton and
Stayton stores.
Mike was a music aficionado. He enjoyed his siz-
able collection of music that included classic rock,
jazz, and blues. When he wasn’t listening to music,
he might be found watching a horror movie. Mike
was known to be someone who could be counted
on; he was always willing to help someone in need.
It was during his high school years that Mike
met his wife Deanne Iness Mullikin. She survives
him along with his daughter Britany Schilling;
grandchildren Alexis, Quentin, and Amillyana
Schilling; sister Jan (Dave) Foster; Niece Mary
(Richard) Ruebesam; Nephew John (Emily) Fos-
ter; great nieces and nephews Courtnie, Kory and
Breanna Ruebesam, Olivia, Sophia, Nate, and Noah
Foster; sister Karen Cuthbert; parents Tom and
Shirley Mullkin.
Mike was a caring, gentle man who will be deeply
missed by those who love him
Lower Soda Creek
Falls
In a nutshell: Quick
and easy hike from Cas-
cadia State Park to a pret-
ty waterfall.
Length: 1.45 miles
Difficulty: Easy to
moderate, but watch out
for slippery rocks and
some downed trees.
Drive: About 1 hour
and 10 minutes from Sa-
lem. Follow I-5 south to
exit for U.S. Highway 20.
Drive east on Highway 20
to signs for Cascadia
State Park.
Notes on manage-
ment and campground:
The Linn County Parks
Department now man-
ages Cascadia State Park
and is likely to take own-
ership of the park around
2022. The campground is
currently closed during
the winter. Check with
Linn County parks to see
when it reopens in the
summer.
History: Land for the
park was acquired from
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an outdoors reporter,
photographer
and
videographer in Oregon
for 13 years..Urness is the
author of “Best Hikes with
Kids: Oregon” and “Hik-
ing Southern Oregon.” He
can be reached at zur-
ness@StatesmanJour
nal.com or (503) 399-
6801. Find him on Twitter
at @ZachsORoutdoors.
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