Oregon

Established: March 23, 1972

31,566 acres

Annual Visitors: approximately1,500,000 (2005)

Siuslaw National Forest

U. S. Forest Service

Official Site: https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/siuslaw/recarea/?recid=42465

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Dunes_National_Recreation_Area

From Wikipedia:

In 1963, Congressman Robert B. Duncan introduced a bill to establish a National Park at the Oregon Dunes. It passed the Senate Interior Committee unanimously. Senator Wayne Morse opposed provisions of the bill that would have increased environmental protections by restricting property uses.

Author Frank Herbert was inspired (in part) to write the famous science fiction novel Dune based on his research about the dunes of this area.

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