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Faced with a 14% budget shortfall in the next biennium, Oregon State Parks is looking for new business partners to help offset some costs. Otherwise, the agency may need to cancel park expansions, reduce staff and consider closing some parks in 2027.
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The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department is looking to hire over 200 seasonal employees to help run state parks. And there are jobs open right now.
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A new trail at Silver Falls State Park near Salem takes visitors to an overlook of North Falls and helps relieve the crowding at the park’s south entrance.
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Oregonians will soon have more options to go camping now that the State Parks Department is finalizing details on a capital improvement plan.
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Locals who love nature and historic places can mark 2022 as a year-long special occasion. That’s because it’s the centennial for Oregon state parks.It all…
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Oregon State Parks will continue its tradition of offering free parking on the day after Thanksgiving.Most parks don’t charge a fee, but about two dozen…
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More than 100 firefighters are working on the Silver Creek fire east of Salem in Silver Falls State Park. The fire, reported on July 12th, forced the…
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Firefighters are working on a fire east of Salem in Silver Falls State Park that forced the evacuation of a YMCA youth camp and has closed some backcounty…