Illahee Flats

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Diamond Lake and Sewage Ponds

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Lost Creek at Highway Falls

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Carmen Lake

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Lemolo Lake

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Toolbox Meadows

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Toketee Lake

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Panther-Emile Loop SIDE TRIP #2 WILLOW FLATS SUMP

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Susan Creek Falls

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Hemlock Lake

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Stump Lake and Mowich Park (Driving Route)

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Panther-Emile Loop SIDE TRIP #4 GROTTO FALLS

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Tiller Ranger Station

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Big Camas Loop

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Thorn Prairie

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Panther-Emile Loop SIDE TRIP #3 MOOSE MEADOWS (local name, not on any map

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Panther-Emile Loop

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South Umpqua Falls

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Rabbit Ears and Hershberger Mountain Access

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Panther-Emile Loop APPLE FIRE SIDE LOOP

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Seasons

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Fall

Location

Umpqua NF, North Umpqua RD. Take Hwy 138, east to FR 4760 at MP 47.55 0.1 mi E of Dry Creek store; Go left on 4760 for 1.5 miles, go R on spur road 040; 0.1 mi to gazebo. This is a trailhead leading into the western part of the Boulder Creek Wilderness

Following road 4760 will produce a range of conifer habitat up to 4500 feet elevation

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Habitat and Birds

The habitat combination is unique to the North Umpqua Ranger District. Mixed low-elevation mature Douglas Fir and Ponderosa Pine forest surrounds a large dry meadow;

forest species include Chipping Sparrow, Cassin’s Vireo, Ruffed Grouse, Brown Creeper, Red Breasted Sapsucker, and Hermit Warbler; Townsend’s Solitaire Ovenbird has been seen once.

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