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Podcast: Explore Oregon Podcast: The state's most beautiful places and biggest issues
Episode: Big stories of Oregon summer: Wildfires, Opal Creek, coastal camping, best backpacking trips
Description: In this episode Zach hits on the biggest stories of Oregon's summer. He touches on:
3:20: Wildfires and closures in place in Oregon at Waldo Lake, Diamond Peak.
7:20: The McKinny Fire on the Oregon-California border and what's at risk in that magic part of the world.
19:40: The reopening of 180,000 acres of pubic land including Opal Creek, Breitenbush, Jeff Wilderness.
24:50: New permits to climb Mount Hood.
27:20: Crowded campgrounds and how to score a few sites on the Coast.
38:00: Best backpacking trips in S. Oregon and N. California.