2B | SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 2020 | SIUSLAW NEWS
Siuslaw National Forest campgrounds, day-use areas closed
To support state and
local measures directing
people to stay home to
save lives, all Siuslaw
National Forest camp-
grounds, sand camps and
day-use areas were tem-
porarily closed through
May 8, or until such mea-
sures are lifted.
These closures have
Plover
from 1B
often, eggs or chicks can
die from exposure, preda-
tors or people.
Recreation restrictions
occur in designated plo-
ver management areas:
small stretches of beach
along the entire coastline
where plovers are nesting
or could potentially nest.
These areas collectively
comprise about 45 miles
of Oregon’s 362 miles of
shoreline.
“Visitors will have ac-
cess to hundreds of miles
of beaches that have no
seasonal restrictions,” said
Laurel Hillmann, Ocean
Shores Specialist for Ore-
gon State Parks. “By plan-
ning your trip, you can en-
joy the coast and help keep
these special birds safe.”
been deemed necessary to
address social distancing
guidelines provided by
the Centers for Disease
Control and the State of
Oregon to help reduce the
spread of COVID-19 and
to avoid putting undue
pressure on local commu-
nities from increased visi-
tation.
Day-use areas include
trailheads, visitor centers,
OHV staging areas, view-
points, boat launches,
interpretive sites and pic-
nic areas.
“This weekend was
extremely busy on the
coast,”
said
Donna
Mickley, acting forest
supervisor.
“With
increased pressure on
local communities and
staffing challenges it has
become very difficult to
manage sites so they’re
safe for visitors.
“It has become clear
that the best course of
action is to close these
sites until it’s deemed safe
to reopen them. This was
Detailed maps can be
found on the Oregon State
Parks website at oregon.
gov/plovers and on the
Siuslaw National Forest
website at go.usa.gov/xE-
h2h.
Visitors to the Oregon
Dunes National Recre-
ation Area (ODNRA) can
review go.usa.gov/xdwYQ
to identify unrestricted
recreation areas and in-
formation on riding motor
vehicles on the sand.
Restrictions will be in
place on the portion of
beach south of Sparrow
Park Road to the jetty,
which is managed by the
Siuslaw National Forest
and has long been des-
ignated as critical plover
habitat.
The
birds’
return
prompts the same restric-
tions that apply at other
plover beaches: the beach
will remain open to trav-
el by foot or horse on the
wet, hard-packed sand
only, with dry sand areas
off-limits.
“Visitors to the North
Umpqua Spit will still have
full access to more than
three miles of beach north
of the plover area,” Burns
said.
The date for when re-
strictions go into effect
at North Umpqua spit
has not been set. Visitors
should look for signs and
check the Siuslaw Nation-
al Forest website at go.usa.
gov/xEh2h for updates.
New restrictions on
North
Umpqua Spit
Later this year, visitors
to a 2.6-mile stretch of the
North Umpqua Spit with-
in the ODNRA will see
new restrictions, as plo-
vers have returned to the
area to nest after a long
absence.
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Background on plover
protections
The U.S. Fish and Wild-
life Service listed western
snowy plovers as a threat-
ened species in 1993, when
officials counted only 55
breeding adults. Since,
the numbers of breeding
adults have steadily in-
creased, from 149 in 2009
to 423 in 2019.
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oversee beach activity for
plover protection, primar-
ily the U.S. Forest Service
(USFS), the Bureau of
Land Management (BLM)
and Oregon Parks and
Recreation Department
(OPRD).
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a difficult decision that
we didn’t make lightly
and we appreciate people’s
cooperation.
“We’re in this together.”
The latest updates and
information will be post-
ed online.
Forest Service offices
are currently conducting
public business by phone,
email, or through web-
based transactions; criti-
cal in-person business is
being handled by appoint-
ment only to minimize
person-to-person con-
tact.
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