Changes coming to Central Cascades Day Use Permit Exceptions: Wildernesses Day use will be regulated at the following trail- • Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) Long Distance per- heads: Wilderness areas on the Deschutes and Willamette mit, for long distance hikers traveling more Three Sisters Trailheads than 500 miles along the PCT. National Forests provide a diversity of outdoor recrea- • Scott • Camping is restricted to the PCT Corridor, tion. • Obsidian and prohibited in certain high use areas. In recent years overall visitor use has increased tre- • Sisters Mirror • Hunters holding valid hunting tags: • Devils Lake/Wickiup mendously, with some Central Cascade wilderness • West High Cascade Hunt (119A) • Green Lake/Soda Creek areas experiencing over 500% increase. • General archery deer hunt; exemption is • Todd Lake only for day use. Along with more visitors, people tend to concentrate • Crater Ditch • Scouting and group size: administrative on a small subset of trails, which intensifies the im- • Broken Top decisions regarding scouting and group pacts of increasing use. • Tam McArthur Rim size will be determined in discussions • Lava Camp with Oregon Department of Fish and To meet the Forest Service’s responsibilities under the Wildlife (ODFW) and following addition- Wilderness Act to protect the wilderness for current Mt. Jefferson Trailheads al data gathering by ODFW. and future generations the Deschutes and Willamette • Pacific Crest Trail Breitenbush/Breitenbush • Volunteers, while volunteering in coor- National Forests made a decision in Spring 2019 to put Lake dination with the Forest Service day-use limits at 19 of the 79 trailheads in the Three • South Breitenbush Sisters, Mt. Jefferson and Mt. Washington wilderness- • Whitewater Elevational Fire Ban es and put overnight use limits on all 79 trailheads in • Pamelia Lake • All campfires will be banned above 5,700’ those three wildernesses. • Marion Lake elevation in Mt. Jefferson, Mt. Washington, Key Points of Our Decision • Duffy Lake and Three Sisters Wildernesses, as well as • Jack Lake some areas lower than 5,700’. Permit Season • All campfires will be banned above 6,000’ Annually, from the Friday before Memorial Day to the Mt Washington Trailheads elevation in Diamond Peak Wilderness. last Friday in September. • Pacific Crest Trail McKenzie Pass • Benson/Tenas Overnight Use • All overnight use in the Mt. Jefferson, Mt. Wash- Free, self-issue permits will be required at: ington, and Three Sisters Wilderness areas will • All Waldo Lake and Diamond Peak trailheads require a limited entry permit. (overnight and day use). • No overnight use limits will be in place in the Wal- • 60 of 79 trailheads for day use in the Mt. do Lake and Diamond Peak Wilderness areas. Jefferson, Mt. Washington, and Three Sisters Wilderness areas. • At all trailheads from the last Friday of Sep- tember until October 31. United States Department of Agriculture
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