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APPEAL TRIBUNE
You’re allowed to transplant ferns from Siuslaw National Forest by getting a free permit. ZACH URNESS/STATESMAN JOURNAL
Ferns
down its rules and plants
for
harvest.
https://
www.fs.us
da.gov/Internet/
FSE_DOCUMENTS/
fseprd745231.pdf
Mount Hood allows 15
transplants under 2 feet
tall.
Siuslaw
This national forest in
the Oregon rainforest is
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permit.”
Mount Hood
This year, because of
the pandemic, Mount
Hood does not require
getting a physical permit.
Here’s a sheet breaking
Obituaries
Lucille “Honey” M. Jordan
SILVERTON - Lucille
“Honey” Mae Jordan,
92, passed away peace-
fully on March 12, 2021
in Silverton at her home.
Honey was born on
July 22, 1928, to Char-
lie and Pearl (Brenden)
Copple; she was the 2nd
oldest of 12 children. She
was born and raised in
Silverton, and graduated
from Silverton High School, Class of 1946.
Honey worked for many years at Silverton Hos-
pital, and had pride in the work she did for our
community. After retiring she would spend her
time with family, watching jeopardy, doing cross-
word puzzles and reading.
Honey was preceded in death by her parents,
ten of her siblings, and her husband, Dale Jordan.
Honey is survived by her children, Karen Naza-
roff, Dale and wife Edith Jordan, Denise and
husband Scott Montgomery, 6 grandchildren, 4
great-grandchildren and her brother, Larry and
wife Irma Copple. She will truly be missed by her
family and all those that knew her.
A graveside service will be held at 1pm, Saturday,
April 10, 2021, at Miller Cemetery in Silverton. The
family also wishes to invite everyone to a family
gathering after services at her home. Assisting
the family with arrangements is Unger Funeral
Chapel, Silverton.
actually my favorite place
to get ferns — they grow
gigantic and are literally
everywhere you look. You
do need a permit here,
but it’s tricky since the lo-
cal ranger stations are
closed due to COVID-19.
The best plan is to call
Siuslaw National Forest
offices in Corvallis. They
can take your informa-
tion and send you a per-
mit, while it some cases it
might be possible to get a
permit from the parking
lot of a local district of-
fice. The number is: (541)
750-7000.
For example, I just
called the Hebo Ranger
Station near Lincoln City
and told them what per-
mit I wanted and when I
was planning to be at the
office. A very nice woman
met me in the parking lot,
got my permit squared
away and I was off.
In the Siuslaw, a per-
mit provides $20 of free
plant money and a list of
approved species. Plants
smaller than 4 feet cost $1
and those larger are $2.
Meaning, I could take 20
sword ferns smaller than
4 feet, or 10 ferns larger
than 4 feet, or some mix
of the two.
You have one month to
pick out your plants with
the permit.
Willamette
This national forest is
a bit tricky for two rea-
sons — wildfire closures
and COVID-19.
Due to wildfire clo-
sures, avoid the areas
east of Salem along High-
way 22 and Detroit. I’d
head south to the High-
way 20 area east of Sweet
Home or Highway 58 area
southeast of Eugene.
In terms of getting a
permit, they're handling
it over the phone as well.
So call a ranger station in
the Willamette National
Forest — Sweet Home,
Middle Fork or McKenzie
Bridge, and they can get
your information and
send you a permit.
Overall, the Willam-
ette allows harvesting 12
plants smaller than 6 feet
tall, but you have only
have two days to use the
permit and pick out your
plants.
Alright, I’m ready to
go! Now what?
Once you’ve got a per-
mit — or identified an
area where you don’t
need one — the next step
is identifying what type
of plant you’re targeting.
Sword ferns are the
easiest because they’re
just about everywhere in
Western Oregon. I tend to
focus on lower elevation
areas that get plenty of
rain (just about anywhere
in the Coast Range or
Cascade Foothills).
I typically look at For-
est Service, state and lo-
cal maps and just pick a
few random roads that
seem fun. Then, I just
drive along, looking out
the window for good can-
didates. Once I see a good
area — typically there’s a
giant cluster of sword
ferns — I pick just one to
transplant, dig it out of
the ground and put it into
the back of my SUV,
which I’ve lined with a
tarp. (This is much easier
with a truck or trailer, I
am sure).
Keeping the forest
healthy
When
harvesting
plants, it’s important to
replace any large holes
and not to harvest all the
plants from just one area.
Explore, and spread out
the harvest.
But be careful out
there!
Part of the fun in fern
hunting is just driving
random forest roads in
remote places. Often
when we drive forest
roads, it’s with a specific
destination in mind — a
trailhead, campground or
lake. But when you’re fern
hunting, you enjoy the
moment, searching out
little random spots or de-
ciding whether or not to
ramble down different
roads.
Of course, that can
also lead to plenty of
trouble. For example, I
came dangerously close
to getting stuck in the
snow on Hebo Mountain
last weekend — and I
write about snow levels
for a living! Many forest
roads are also in awful
shape, so make sure
you’re rig is up to the
challenge before turning
down that sketchy look-
ing route.
In other words, be pre-
pared. Bring a good map
that shows remote roads.
Know where the snow
level is so you don’t get
stuck. And again, it never
hurts, and always helps,
to talk to the Forest Ser-
vice or someone with
ODF about your plans.
Next level plant
transplanting for
beargrass,
huckleberry
Ferns are by far the
easiest plant to trans-
plant because they’re
easy to find. But there are
more challenging and
elusive species out there,
such as beargrass, huck-
leberry and rhododen-
dron.
As the weather warms
this summer, I’ll take a
swing at some advanced
plant hunting. But for
now, I’ll enjoy the new
batch of ferns slowly
turning my yard from
blah to bedazzled.
Zach Urness has been
an outdoors reporter,
photographer
and
videographer in Oregon
for 13 years. To support
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6801. Find him on Twitter
at @ZachsORoutdoors.
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THOUGHT FOR THE
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