Visit Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area, a stunning coastal destination
along the Oregon coast. To learn more, visit Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural
Area homepage here.

Visit Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area, a stunning coastal destination along the Oregon coast. <a href="https://www.blm.gov/programs/national-conservation-lands/oregon-washington/yaquina-head-ona" rel="nofollow">To learn more, visit Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area homepage here.</a>

Bird's eye view of the park

Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area

From nearly every viewpoint on the Oregon coast, colossal rocks can be seen
jutting out of the Pacific Ocean, stark monoliths amidst a pounding surf.
Established on May 6, 1935, as a sanctuary and breeding ground for seabirds
and marine mammals, the scenic and rugged Oregon Islands NWR includes 1,853
rocks, reefs, and islands and stretches from Tillamook Head near Seaside south
to the California border. All of the rocks and islands of the Refuge are
designated National Wilderness Areas, with the exception of 1-acre Tillamook
Rock. Most of Oregon’s estimated 1.2 million nesting seabirds use Oregon
Islands Refuge as a place to raise their young, and Oregon’s seals and sea
lions use the islands as a place to haul out and rest or to give birth to
their pups.

Oregon Islands Wilderness area was designated by congress by Public Law 91-504
on October 23, 1970. Additional lands were added to the Oregon Islands
Wilderness in 1978 and 1996. All of the off shore portions of the Oregon
Islands NWR are designated as wilderness, comprising a total of 593.1 acres.
The Wilderness Act of 1964 created the National Wilderness Preservation System
"in order to assure that an increasing population, accompanied by expanding
settlement and growing mechanization, does not occupy and modify all areas in
the United States, and its possession, leaving no lands designated for
preservation and protection in their natural condition..." The Oregon Islands
Wilderness protects millions of seabirds from human disturbance and
development that could harm this crucial nesting habitat.

For more information about Oregon Islands Wilderness, visit Wilderness.net.

From nearly every viewpoint on the Oregon coast, colossal rocks can be seen jutting out of the Pacific Ocean, stark monoliths amidst a pounding surf. Established on May 6, 1935, as a sanctuary and breeding ground for seabirds and marine mammals, the scenic and rugged Oregon Islands NWR includes 1,853 rocks, reefs, and islands and stretches from Tillamook Head near Seaside south to the California border. All of the rocks and islands of the Refuge are designated National Wilderness Areas, with the exception of 1-acre Tillamook Rock. Most of Oregon’s estimated 1.2 million nesting seabirds use Oregon Islands Refuge as a place to raise their young, and Oregon’s seals and sea lions use the islands as a place to haul out and rest or to give birth to their pups.Oregon Islands Wilderness area was designated by congress by Public Law 91-504 on October 23, 1970. Additional lands were added to the Oregon Islands Wilderness in 1978 and 1996. All of the off shore portions of the Oregon Islands NWR are designated as wilderness, comprising a total of 593.1 acres. The Wilderness Act of 1964 created the National Wilderness Preservation System "in order to assure that an increasing population, accompanied by expanding settlement and growing mechanization, does not occupy and modify all areas in the United States, and its possession, leaving no lands designated for preservation and protection in their natural condition..." The Oregon Islands Wilderness protects millions of seabirds from human disturbance and development that could harm this crucial nesting habitat. <a href="https://wilderness.net/visit-wilderness/?ID=430" rel="nofollow">For more information about Oregon Islands Wilderness, visit Wilderness.net.</a>

Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge

Established in 1991 with a donation of 46 acres of tidal salt marsh, Siletz
Bay National Wildlife Refuge was created to protect and enhance estuarine fish
and wildlife resources and their habitats. Now encompassing 578 acres, Siletz
Bay NWR features salt marsh, brackish marsh, tidal sloughs, mudflats, and
coniferous and deciduous forestland.

The Refuge protects high quality coastal wetlands and uplands next to Siletz
Bay from encroaching development and enhances habitat for a variety of birds
and mammals. The river, bay and estuary habitats at Siletz Bay NWR supports
large runs of anadromous fish including Chinook and Coho salmon, Cutthroat
Trout, and Steelhead Trout. Juvenile salmonids benefit from several tidal
marsh restoration projects on the Refuge.

Established in 1991 with a donation of 46 acres of tidal salt marsh, Siletz Bay National Wildlife Refuge was created to protect and enhance estuarine fish and wildlife resources and their habitats. Now encompassing 578 acres, Siletz Bay NWR features salt marsh, brackish marsh, tidal sloughs, mudflats, and coniferous and deciduous forestland.The Refuge protects high quality coastal wetlands and uplands next to Siletz Bay from encroaching development and enhances habitat for a variety of birds and mammals. The river, bay and estuary habitats at Siletz Bay NWR supports large runs of anadromous fish including Chinook and Coho salmon, Cutthroat Trout, and Steelhead Trout. Juvenile salmonids benefit from several tidal marsh restoration projects on the Refuge.

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