Oregon Islands Wilderness

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Oregon Islands Wilderness is a protected coastal wilderness area in Oregon encompassing numerous offshore rocks, reefs, and islands that provide critical habitat for seabirds and marine mammals.

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Label Occurrences
Oregon Islands Wilderness canonical 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf federally designated wilderness ⓘ
protected area ⓘ
wilderness area ⓘ
access generally closed to public landing ⓘ
viewed primarily from shore or by boat ⓘ
coastlineAssociation Pacific Northwest ⓘ
conservationFocus marine mammal rookeries ⓘ
seabird colonies ⓘ
contains islands ⓘ
offshore rocks ⓘ
reefs ⓘ
containsFeature rocky islets ⓘ
sea stacks ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
designationYear 1970 ⓘ
ecosystemType coastal ecosystem ⓘ
marine ecosystem ⓘ
establishedBy United States Congress ⓘ
governingLaw National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act ⓘ
Wilderness Act of 1964 ⓘ
habitatFor Steller sea lion ⓘ
common murre ⓘ
cormorants ⓘ
harbor seal ⓘ
marine mammals ⓘ
seabirds ⓘ
storm-petrels ⓘ
tufted puffin ⓘ
hasProtectionStatus Important seabird nesting area ⓘ
Marine mammal sanctuary function ⓘ
IUCNCategory Ib ⓘ
legalStatus wilderness protection under the U.S. Wilderness Act ⓘ
locatedIn Oregon ⓘ
Oregon Coast ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
managingAgency United States Fish and Wildlife Service ⓘ
nearestCity Coos Bay, Oregon ⓘ
Newport, Oregon ⓘ
partOf Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ
partOfNetwork National Wilderness Preservation System ⓘ
National Wildlife Refuge System ⓘ
purpose protection of marine mammal haul-out sites ⓘ
protection of seabird nesting habitat ⓘ
region western United States ⓘ
state Oregon ⓘ

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Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge → overlapsWith → Oregon Islands Wilderness ⓘ