ABOUT US

NORSAR was started in 2008 by a dedicated group of individuals with a strong commitment to search and rescue. Sponsored by the Clackamas County Sheriffs department we are called upon to search both urban and wilderness situations

Oregon boasts more than 30,000,000 total forest acres (the state encompasses roughly 60,000,000 total acres)

 

Oregon and southwest Washington has a lot of publicly used acreage !

  • Mt Hood National Forest - 1,067,043 acres
  • Willamette National Forest - 1,675,407 acres
  • Gifford Pinchot National Forest - 1,368,330 acres
  • Columbia River Gorge Scenic Area – 292,500 acres
  • Tillamook State Forest – 364,000 acres

 

Northwesterners love the outdoors !

  • Mt Hood National Forest - 4 million visitors/year
  • Willamette National Forest - 4 million visitors/year
  • Gifford Pinchot National Forest - 1.8 million visitors/year
  • Columbia River Gorge Scenic Area – 2 million visitors/year
  • Tillamook State Forest – 2 million visitors/year