Wilderness
About one fifth, or 380,805 acres (1,541 km2), of the Willamette National Forest is designated as wilderness area, some of which conserve its old-growth forests:
- Diamond Peak Wilderness at 52,337 acres (212 km2) is mostly located within the Deschutes National Forest
- Middle Santiam Wilderness at 8,542 acres (35 km2)
- Menagerie Wilderness at 5,033 acres (20 km2)
- Mount Jefferson Wilderness at 111,177 acres (450 km2) is partially located within the Mount Hood and Deschutes National Forests
- Mount Washington Wilderness at 52,516 acres (213 km2) is partially located within the Deschutes National Forest
- Opal Creek Wilderness at 20,266 acres (82 km2)
- Three Sisters Wilderness at 242,400 acres (981 km2) is partially located within the Deschutes National Forest
- Waldo Lake Wilderness at 37,162 acres (150 km2)
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Famous quotes containing the word wilderness:
“I was exceedingly interested by this phenomenon, and already felt paid for my journey. It could hardly have thrilled me more if it had taken the form of letters, or of the human face. If I had met with this ring of light while groping in this forest alone, away from any fire, I should have been still more surprised. I little thought that there was such a light shining in the darkness of the wilderness for me.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“It may seem strange that any road through such a wilderness should be passable, even in winter, when the snow is three or four feet deep, but at that season, wherever lumbering operations are actively carried on, teams are continually passing on the single track, and it becomes as smooth almost as a railway.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Enough if the work has seemed,
So did she your strength renew,
A dream that a lion had dreamed
Till the wilderness cried aloud.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)