Oregon State Parks faces a projected 14% budget shortfall by 2027. Oregon State Parks and Recreation Director Lisa Sumption is looking for funding opportunities and is open to new ideas. Oregon Parks ...

Twenty-one Oregon state parks will charge a new parking fee in October and the cost of camping or renting a yurt or cabin ...

Oregon park-goers will soon see rate increases at some state parks, officials announced Friday. The Oregon Parks and ...

Spend your last few days of summer at one of my favorite beaches along the Oregon Coast. These are the best state park ...

Parking fees will expand in October at 21 additional parks where they're currently waived. Increased overnight camping fees ...

The Oregon coast’s only wooden intact lighthouse was reunited with its lantern Tuesday, as the $1.8 million restoration of ...

Currently, 25 Oregon State Parks require a day-use parking fee of $5 per vehicle. Under the plan, fees would increase to between $7-$15. The more popular sites would cost more, while the less ...

Oregon’s state parks were busier than ever in 2021, but not all park sites were overcrowded. Among the roughly 250 Oregon state park sites, there are dozens that remain stubbornly under the ...

host Zach Urness interviews Oregon Parks and Recreation Department director Lisa Sumption about the challenging future for Oregon's state parks system. The parks system includes more than 250 ...

In Boardman’s opinion, state parks were meant to be preserved from human impact, and camping was therefore heretical, Sweet said. That changed almost immediately following his retirement in 1950 ...

The day-use parking fee will increase from $5 to $10 per day at the 25 Oregon State Parks that currently charge for parking, starting Jan. 2, Oregon State Parks announced recently.

Camper visits miss Oregon record in 2023, but not by much Three years — 2019, 2022 and 2023 — are in a virtual tie for the second-most camper nights at state parks at 2.9 million.