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ZACH URNESS STATESMAN JOURNAL The Beltz Property includes a collection of estuaries teeming with wildlife. TIERRA DEL It take long to disappear into nature at next state park. ust a few minutes of walking onto the 357-acre Beltz Propertybrings you into one of the largest intact estuaries on the Oregon Coast, teeming with great blue herons and bald eagles, beavers and otters, coho salmon, coyote and even black bear. Hike a bit further and reach a forest of sitka spruce that slowly morphs into dunes rising above a beach nestled between the cliffs of Cape Lookoutto the north and Haystack Rockto the south. this is one of the most pristine estuaries in Oregon and because this sand spit receive much human use really in similar condition to what you would have seen pre-European said atie Duzik, natural resources specialist for the coastal region of state parks.

a place that shows what the Oregon Coast looked like in the past, a few hundred years he idea of turning Beltz Property into a state park has been around since the 1960s. But the process of actually getting there happen overnight. hen the Oregon Parks and Recreation Commission approved the purchase for $1.8 million in June a deal expected to be finalized by the end August it was the culmination of a decades-long process by members ZACH URNESS STATESMAN JOURNAL Katie Duzik, natural resources specialist for the coastal region of state parks, looks out on the mile of beach part of the Beltz Property, a 357-acre parcel north of Pacific City that will become Oregon's next state park. In the distance is Cape Lookout. NEWEST OREGON STATE PARK BELTZ PROPERTY What: 357 acre property of wetlands, estuaries, orest and beachfront on the Oregon Coast just north of Pacific City and on the southern end of Sand Lake.

ost: $1.8 million eatures: Low-impact trails through the ealth of wildlife to a one-mile stretch of beachfront. Likely opening: Late 2015 Our next state park is a mix ofwetlands, dunes and beach By Zach Urness Statesman Journal SeePARK, Page8A Statesman Journal StatesmanJournal.com LOCAL FIRST For the latest news updates, go to StatesmanJournal.com Subscriber services: 800) 452-2511or StatesmanJournal.com/subscribe. lassified ads: (503) 399-6789 AGannett newspaper Printed on recycled paper. Vol. 163, No.

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