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Podcast: Explore Oregon Podcast: The state's most beautiful places and biggest issues
Episode: Limited Entry Part 1: Limited entry comes to the Oregon wilderness
Description: Hiking and camping in three of Oregon's most popular wilderness areas will be restricted starting in 2020, an attempt by outdoor officials to limit damage from growing crowds of visitors.
The U.S. Forest Service announced a decision Thursday to install a permit system limiting the number of people in the Mount Jefferson, Three Sisters and Mount Washington Wilderness areas.