KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) — Environmental groups are pushing to expand wilderness areas around Crater Lake National Park in central Oregon.
Oregon Wild, Environmental Oregon, Umpqua Watersheds and the Crater Lake Institute are among the groups launching a campaign to add more than 500,000 acres as designated wilderness in a 90-mile corridor around and in the park.
Sean Stevens of Oregon Wild told the Herald and News in Klamath Falls that the groups started the wilderness expansion efforts because of proposed helicopter flights over the lake and planned timber sales.
Leading Edge Aviation of Bend has a pending proposal for helicopter tours while the U.S. Forest Service has timber sales proposed north and south of the park.
