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The Barry Point Fire was a wildfire that burned over 92,977 acres (376.26 km2) of Oregon and California forest land during the summer of 2012. The fire began on 5 August 2012, the result of a lightning strike. The fire consumed public forest and rangeland as well as private forest and grazing land located in Lake County, Oregon and Modoc County, California. The public lands effected by the fire are administered by the United States Forest Service and the Oregon Department of Forestry. The largest part of the private land was owned by the Collins Timber Company. At the peak of the firefighting effort, there were 1,423 personnel working on the fire. It took 22 days to fully contain the fire and then an additional three weeks to mop it up.
Northwest Oregon is a geographic and cultural region of the U.S. state of Oregon, composed of Clatsop, Columbia, and Tillamook counties. The region encompasses the northernmost parts of the state along the lower Columbia River.
Sitka Sedge State Natural Area is an estuary and beach on the north coast of the U.S. state of Oregon in Tillamook County. Sitka Sedge consists of 357 acres (144 ha) of tidal marsh, mudflats, dunes, forested wetlands, and uplands at the south end of the Sand Lake estuary, north of Tierra Del Mar.
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- ↑ "Governor Kitzhaber testimony before the Board of Forestry". Oregon.gov. November 3, 2011. Retrieved 2015-01-14.
- ↑ Manning, Rob (July 27, 2012). "Board Of Forestry Approves 'Conservation Areas'". OPB.org. Retrieved 2015-01-14.
- ↑ Postrel, Dan (June 5, 2013). "Forestry Board highlights current conservation areas in state forests, launches search for improved forest management strategies". Oregon.gov. Retrieved 2015-01-14.
- ↑ Richard, Terry (July 26, 2013). "Clatsop County urges Oregon Department of Forestry to protect huge Western red cedar". Oregonlive.com. Retrieved 2014-01-14.
- ↑ "Oregon Department of Forestry Astoria District Land Acquisition and Exchange Plan" (pdf). Oregon Department of Forestry. November 2012. Retrieved 2015-01-14.