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Parts of Lost Creek Lake recreation area temporarily close for logging

Portland District
Published Sept. 29, 2021

Upcoming timber harvest will close the Fire Glen Campground, as well as the Rogue River Trail between Lewis Road Trailhead and the Blue Grotto at Lost Creek Lake, October 15th – December 31st, 2021. The Viewpoint Mike trail will also be closed.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) are closing those areas due to upcoming harvest activity on timberlands managed by BLM. The Corps manages Lost Creek Lake.

Additionally, visitors should expect delays on Lewis Road with periodic full road closures up to twenty minutes in duration from 6 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Visitors will still be able to access Joseph Stewart County Park, all other recreation facilities, and the majority of the Rogue River Trail around Lost Creek Lake.


Contact
Tom Conning
503-403-9378
edward.t.conning@usace.army.mil
or
Kyle Sullivan
541-618-2200
ksullivan@blm.gov

Release no. 21-035