Copper Salmon Wilderness

Copper Salmon Wilderness
IUCN Category Ib (Wilderness Area)
Location	Curry County, Oregon, USA
Nearest city	Port Orford, Oregon
Coordinates	42°43.5′N 124°10.5′W / 42.725°N 124.175°W / 42.725; -124.175Coordinates: 42°43.5′N 124°10.5′W / 42.725°N 124.175°W / 42.725; -124.175
Area	13,700 acres (5,544 ha)
Established	2009
Governing body	U.S. Forest Service

The Copper Salmon Wilderness is a protected wilderness area in the Southern Oregon Coast Range and is part of the Rogue River – Siskiyou National Forest.^[1] The wilderness area was created by the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, which was signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 30, 2009.^[2]

The Copper Salmon Wilderness is located along the North and South Forks of Elk River and the upper Middle Fork of Sixes River.

The area contains one of the nation's largest remaining stands of low-elevation old-growth forest and one of the healthiest salmon, steelhead, and cutthroat trout runs in the continental United States along the north Fork of the Elk River, as well as stands of vulnerable Port Orford cedar and endangered marbled murrelets and northern spotted owls.^[3]

See also

• List of Oregon Wildernesses
• List of U.S. Wilderness Areas
• List of old growth forests
• Wilderness Act

References

1. ^ "Wilderness bill expands protections for Oregon, other states". Associated Press. 25 March 2009. http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/03/wilderness_bill_expands_protec.html. Retrieved March 25, 2009. 
2. ^ "Obama signs public lands reform bill". CNN. 30 March 2009. http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2009/03/30/obama-signs-public-lands-reform-bill/. Retrieved March 30, 2009. 
3. ^ Oregon Wild. "Copper Salmon Wilderness Campaign". http://www.oregonwild.org/wilderness/copper_salmon_wilderness. Retrieved 2009-04-02.