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One of the missing from Oregon's fires: George Atiyeh
https://www.oregonlive.com/environment/2020/09/opal-creek-icon-george-atiyeh-missing-in-beachie-creek-fire-zone.htmlGeorge Atiyeh, the reluctant icon of Oregon’s environmental movement for his central role in saving Opal Creek from clear-cutters, has gone missing after the Beachie Creek fire roared down the Little North Fork of the Santiam River and burned his house to the ground.
No one has seen Atiyeh, 72, since before the fire, according to friends and relatives.
The same fire that wiped out Atiyeh’s house also has hit his beloved Opal Creek, the federally protected landscape known for its enormous, ancient trees and crystallin pools. Though it’s impossible to get access at this point, the stream and surrounding forest that made the site one of the state’s premier hiking destinations, are in the fire zone.
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Opal Creek Wilderness is a truly special place. I’ve been checking the Friends of Opal Creek’s website to see if Opal Creek survived. They just don’t know yet.
This guy though, would be a loss. I met him a couple of times. What he did to save the area is amazing. I’ll be very sad if he died in this.
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