Umpqua National Forest

You are invited to a celebration that has been 100 years in the making. The Umpqua National Forest is celebrating 100 years of caring for the land and serving people. As part of our celebration, we developed an area of our forest web site to include our history, as we know it, complete with historic photographs. You can also find out about the celebrations we have planned this year and take a fun Forest Ranger Exam from 1908. Enjoy the site and join us for our centennial!

Welcome to your Forest newsroom.

News releases are timely information sent to the news media as a means of reaching the public about agency announcements, activities and programs. The Umpqua National Forest Public Affairs Officer works with agency personnel and others to prepare these short news releases. The Forest goals are to provide reporters and the public with important, interesting, timely and accurate information that is news worthy.

As you will see these press releases are categorized by calendar years with the most recent at the top of the list.

If you have any suggestions for a news release or questions about a news release, please feel free to contact the Forest Public Affairs Officer, Cheryl Caplan at (541) 957-3270.

2009 News Releases

2008 News Releases

• 2008 Forest Closure Orders

2007 News Releases

2006 News Releases