Yaquuina Head Outstanding Natural Areaa, P. O. Box 936, Newpoort, Oregon 97365 (5411) 574-3100
For Immediate Release:
Marcch 1, 2011
Contacct:
Tim
mothy Fisher,, Yaquina Manager
(541) 5774-3142
Trish Hogervorsst, Salem PA
AO
(503) 3775-5657 Ya
aquina Head Ligh
hthouse Closed foor Mainteenance:
March 7 to 12, 2011
New
wport, Ore---The Bureeau of Land
d Managem
ment (BLM
M) at Yaquuina Head
Outstanding Natural Areea will closse the histo
oric Yaquinna Head Lighthouse to the
public beginniing Mondaay, March 7 through Saturday, March 12. A new cooat of
painnt will be applied to the staircasse and interrior walls.
Thee lighthousee will reop
pen to the public on Sunday, Maarch 13, frrom 12 to 4 p.m. All
otheer areas of the park will remain open from
m dawn to dusk whilee the lighthhouse is
painnted. The interpretive center is open from
m 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
For more inforrmation ab
bout Yaquiina Head, contact thee BLM at (541) 574-33100
betw
ween 10 a.m
m. and 5 p.m. daily or visit the park webssite at:
www
w.blm.gov
v/or/resourcces/recreattion/yaquin
na
#### Aboutt the BLM: The
e BLM managees more land – 245 million su
urface acres – than any otherr Federal agenccy. This land,
wn as the Nation
nal System of Public Lands, is primarily loccated in 12 Weestern States, inncluding Alaskka. The
know
get of about $1
1 billion, also administers 700
0 million acress of sub-surface mineral estatte throughout
Bureaau, with a budg
M’s multiple-usse mission is to
o sustain the heealth and produuctivity of the public lands foor the use and
the naation. The BLM
nt and future geenerations. The Bureau accomplishes this b y managing suuch activities as outdoor
enjoyyment of presen
recreation, livestockk grazing, mineeral developmeent, and energyy production, a nd by conservving natural, hiistorical,
culturral, and other resources on public lands