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US Forest, Oregon

431 Patterson Bridge Rd
John Day, OR 97845
www.fs.fed.us/r6/malheur

Phone: 541-575-3000; Fax: 541-575-3001
Size: 1,700,000 acres. Location: In the Blue Mountains of eastern Oregon. Accessible by US 26 and 395. Nearby cities/towns include Burns and John Day. Facilities: 22 campgrounds, group camps, equestrian camps, hiking trails, snowmobile trails (502 trails), picnic sites, boat launches. Activities: Camping, hunting, fishing, boating, hiking, horseback riding, rock hounding, mountain biking, cross-country skiing, snowmobiling. Special Features: 68,700-acre Strawberry Mountain Wilderness Area, Cedar Grove Botanical Area, Vinegar Hill-Indian Rock Scenic Area, 50-acre Lake Magone, and stretches of federally designated Wild and Scenic River on the Malheur and North Fork.

Malheur National Forest

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Malheur National Forest
IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)
Strawberry Lake in Malheur National Forest
Location	Oregon, USA
Nearest city	Canyon City, Oregon
Coordinates	44°17′00″N 118°47′04″W / 44.2832129°N 118.7843893°W / 44.2832129; -118.7843893Coordinates: 44°17′00″N 118°47′04″W / 44.2832129°N 118.7843893°W / 44.2832129; -118.7843893^[1]
Area	1,700,000 acres (6,880 km²)
Visitors	242,000 (in 2006)^[2]
Governing body	U.S. Forest Service

The Malheur National Forest is a National Forest in the U.S. state of Oregon. It contains 1.7 million acres (6900 km²) in the Blue Mountains of eastern Oregon. The forest include high desert grasslands, sage, juniper, pine, fir, and other tree species. Elevations vary from about 4000 feet (1200 m) to the 9038 foot (2754 m) peak of Strawberry Mountain. The Strawberry Mountains extend east to west through the center of the forest. U.S. Route 395 runs south to north through the forest, while U.S. Route 26 runs east-west.

Contents

1 Overview
2 Wilderness
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

Overview

Monument Rock in Malheur NF

The forest was established by President Theodore Roosevelt on June 13, 1908 and is named after the Malheur River, from the French, meaning literally "misfortune". It is managed for timber extraction, cattle grazing, gold mining and wilderness use by the Forest Service, a division of the US Department of Agriculture. A 1993 Forest Service study estimated that the extent of old growth in the forest was 312,000 acres (126,000 ha).^[3]

In descending order of land area the forest is located in parts of Grant, Harney, Baker, and Malheur counties. There are three ranger districts in the forest, with offices in John Day, Prairie City, and Hines, Oregon.

The Malheur National Forest contains the largest known organism (by area) in the world: an Armillaria solidipes that spans 2200 acres (8.9 km²).^[4]

Wilderness

There are two wilderness areas in Malheur National Forest.

Strawberry Mountain Wilderness at 68,700 acres (278 km²)
Monument Rock Wilderness at 19,620 acres (79 km²), located partially within the Wallowa–Whitman National Forest

References

^ "Malheur National Forest". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1155108. Retrieved 2009-04-11.
^ "Revised Visitation Estimates". National Forest Service. http://www.fs.fed.us/recreation/programs/nvum/revised_vis_est.pdf.
^ Bolsinger, Charles L.; Waddell, Karen L. (1993). Area of old-growth forests in California, Oregon, and Washington. United States Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. Resource Bulletin PNW-RB-197. http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/pubs/pnw_rb197.pdf
^ Beale, Bob. 10 April 2003. Humungous fungus: world's largest organism? at Environment & Nature News, ABC Online. Accessed 25 June 2008.

External links

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Protected Areas of Oregon

Federal

National Parks	Crater Lake

National Historic Parks and Sites	Fort Vancouver Lewis and Clark Nez Perce

National Monuments	John Day Fossil Beds Newberry National Volcanic Monument Oregon Caves

National Forests	Deschutes Fremont–Winema Malheur Mount Hood Ochoco Rogue River – Siskiyou Siuslaw Umatilla Umpqua Wallowa–Whitman Willamette

National Grasslands	Crooked River National Grassland

National Recreation Areas	Hells Canyon National Recreation Area Mount Hood National Recreation Area Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area Row River National Recreation Trail

National Wildlife Refuge System	Ankeny Bandon Marsh Baskett Slough Bear Valley Cape Meares Cold Springs Deer Flat Hart Mountain Klamath Marsh Lower Klamath Malheur McKay Creek Nestucca Bay Oregon Islands Siletz Bay Three Arch Rocks Tualatin River Umatilla Upper Klamath William L. Finley

Wildernesses	Badger Creek Black Canyon Boulder Creek Bridge Creek Bull of the Woods Clackamas Copper Salmon Cummins Creek Diamond Peak Drift Creek Eagle Cap Gearhart Mountain Grassy Knob Hells Canyon Kalmiopsis Lower White River Mark O. Hatfield Menagerie Middle Santiam Mill Creek Monument Rock Mount Hood Mount Jefferson Mount Thielsen Mount Washington Mountain Lakes North Fork John Day North Fork Umatilla Opal Creek Oregon Badlands Oregon Islands Red Buttes Roaring River Rock Creek Rogue–Umpqua Divide Salmon–Huckleberry Sky Lakes Soda Mountain Spring Basin Steens Mountain Strawberry Mountain Table Rock Three Arch Rocks Three Sisters Waldo Lake Wenaha–Tucannon Wild Rogue

National Landscape Conservation System	Cascade–Siskiyou National Monument Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area

Other Protected Areas	Cape Perpetua Cascade Head Preserve Christmas Valley Sand Dunes Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Lost Forest Research Natural Area South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve Upper and Lower Table Rock Wildwood Recreation Site

State

State
Parks

North Coast	Arcadia Beach Bob Straub Bradley Cape Kiwanda Cape Lookout Cape Meares Clay Myers at Whalen Island Del Rey Beach Ecola Elmer Feldenheimer Fishing Rock Fort Stevens Gearhart Ocean Haystack Hill Hug Point John Yeon Manhattan Beach Munson Creek Falls Neahkahnie–Manzanita Nehalem Bay Oceanside Beach Oswald West Rockaway Beach Sunset Beach Sunset Highway Forest Symons Tolovana Beach Tolovana Beach Twin Rocks Wilson River Highway Forest

Central Coast	Agate Beach Alsea Bay Beachside Beaver Creek Beverly Beach Boiler Bay Carl G. Washburne Collins Creek D River Darlingtonia Devils Lake Devils Punch Bowl Driftwood Beach Ellmaker Fogarty Creek Gleneden Beach Governor Patterson H.B. Van Duzer Heceta Head Lighthouse Jessie M. Honeyman Joaquin Miller Forest L. Presley & Vera C. Gill Lost Creek Muriel O. Ponsler Neptune Neskowin Beach Ona Beach Otter Crest Pritchard Roads End Rocky Creek San Marine Seal Rock Smelt Sands South Beach Stonefield Beach Tokatee Klootchman W. B. Nelson Whale Watching Yachats Yachats Ocean Road Yaquina Bay

South Coast	Albert H. Powers Alfred A. Loeb Arizona Beach Bandon Bolon Island Tideways Bullards Beach Cape Arago Cape Blanco Cape Sebastian Conde B. McCullough Coquille Myrtle Grove Crissey Field Elk Creek Tunnel Forest Face Rock Floras Lake Geisel Monument Golden and Silver Falls Harris Beach Hoffman Humbug Mountain Hutchinson Maria C. Jackson McVay Rock Ophir Otter Point Paradise Point Pistol River Port Orford Cedar Forest Port Orford Heads Samuel H. Boardman Seven Devils Shore Acres Sisters Rock Sunset Bay Sweet Myrtle Umpqua Umpqua Lighthouse Umpqua Myrtle William M. Tugman Winchuck Yoakam Point

Portland Metro	Banks–Vernonia Bonnie Lure Government Island L. L. "Stub" Stewart Mary S. Young Milo McIver Tryon Creek Willamette Stone

Columbia River Gorge/ Mount Hood	Ainsworth Benson Bonneville Bridal Veil Falls Crown Point Dabney Dalton Point George W. Joseph Guy W. Talbot Historic Columbia River Highway John B. Yeon Koberg Beach Lang Forest Lewis and Clark Lindsey Creek Mayer McLoughlin Memaloose Multnomah Falls Portland Women's Forum Rocky Butte Rooster Rock Seneca Fouts Shepperd's Dell Sheridan Starvation Creek Viento Vinzenz Lausmann Wyeth Wygant

Willamette Valley	Alderwood Bald Peak Blachly Mountain Forest Bowers Rock Cascadia Champoeg Detroit Lake Dexter Elijah Bristow Erratic Rock Fall Creek Fort Yamhill Holman Jasper Lowell Luckiamute Maples Maud Williamson Molalla River North Santiam Sarah Helmick Silver Falls State Capitol Thompson's Mills Washburne Willamette Mission

Southern Oregon	Ben Hur Lampman Canyon Creek Forest Casey Collier Memorial Illinois River Forks Jackson F. Kimball Joseph H. Stewart Klamath Falls – Lakeview Forest OC&E Woods Line Prospect Rough and Ready Forest Stage Coach Forest TouVelle Tub Springs Valley of the Rogue Wolf Creek Inn

Central Oregon	Cline Falls Deschutes River Dyer Elliott Corbett La Pine Ochoco Peter Skene Ogden Pilot Butte Prineville Reservoir Redmond–Bend Juniper Sisters Smith Rock The Cove Palisades Tumalo White River Falls

Eastern Oregon	Bates Battle Mountain Forest Blue Mountain Forest Booth Catherine Creek Chandler Clyde Holliday Crooked Creek Deadman's Pass Emigrant Springs Farewell Bend Fort Rock Fort Rock Cave Frenchglen Hotel Goose Lake Hat Rock Hilgard Junction Kam Wah Chung Lake Owyhee Minam Ontario Pete French Round Barn Red Bridge Succor Creek Sumpter Valley Dredge Ukiah–Dale Forest Unity Forest Unity Lake Wallowa Lake Wallowa Lake Highway Forest Wallowa River

State Forests

State
Wildlife Areas

Bridge Creek
Dean Creek
Denman
E.E. Wilson
Elkhorn
Fern Ridge
Irrigon
Jewell Meadows
Klamath
Ladd Marsh
Lower Deschutes
Phillip W. Schneider
Prineville
Riverside
Sauvie Island
Snake River Islands
Summer Lake
Wenaha
White River
Willow Creek

Regions

Portland metro	Blue Lake Cooper Mountain Glendoveer Graham Oaks Howell Oregon Zoo Oxbow Smith and Bybee Mount Talbert

Cities

Portland	Audubon Society of Portland Butterfly Park Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden Forest Park Hoyt Arboretum Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge Powell Butte Nature Park Tideman Johnson Natural Area Washington Park

Heritage registers: National Register of Historic Places; National Historic Landmarks; National Natural Landmarks; World Network of Biosphere Reserves

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