Contact Name:	Mark Davison, 503-986-0744
Contact Email:	Mark.Davison@state.or.us

The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD) will present a draft master plan for managing Silver Falls State Park at public meetings Sept. 17 at the park and Sept. 18 in Salem. Both sessions will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

North Falls Lodge, off Highway 214 at 20024 Silver Falls Highway SE near North Falls, will be the site of the Sept. 17 meeting. The Sept. 18 session will be in Room 124 across from OPRD headquarters at North Mall Office Building, 725 Summer Street NE, in Salem.

OPRD staff will provide a brief overview of the draft plan and hear comments at both meetings. The department also will accept written comments through Oct. 17. The draft, which is based on goals and objectives framed at preliminary meetings last spring, will be posted on OPRD's website-- www.oregon.gov/OPRD/PLANS/masterplans_draft.shtml --beginning Sept. 17.

The advisory committee for the plan will meet from 2-4 p.m. Sept. 18 at the site of the Salem public meeting. The committee's session is open to the public, but only comments from members will be recorded.

The meeting sites are accessible to people with disabilities. Special accommodations may be arranged up to 72 hours in advance by calling 503-986-0655.

More information about park property, the meetings and the master planning process can be obtained from master planning coordinator Mark Davison by calling 503-986-0744.

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Direct general media inquiries to:

Chris Havel
Director's Office
chris.havel@state.or.us
(503) 986-0722

OR

Jean Thompson
Public Services Division
jean.thompson@state.or.us
(503) 986-0667

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