<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p><cite>50 Hikes in the Tillamook and Clatsop State Forests</cite> is a guidebook highlighting the adventurous hiking trails within these state forests, ultimately promoting the conservation of these wondrous regional landscapes.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><cite>50 Hikes in the Tillamook and Clatsop State Forests</cite> provides hikers the chance to explore and experience the ever-changing environments of these forests through the studied eyes of the Sierra Club. This updated edition contains current trail information, path descriptions, driving directions, and regional history on some of Oregon's lushest yet unexplored trails. <cite>50 Hikes</cite> includes a new introduction written by Daniel O'Neil, which details the history of this wondrous region; a foreword by Robert Kentta, cultural resources director of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians; original illustrations of its plant life; and photographs collected by Sierra Club members. Readers will be imbued with a full sense of wonder for these forests. From coastal plains to canopied forests, <cite>50 Hikes</cite> celebrates the adventurous landscapes of Northwest Oregon by revisiting the Sierra Club's iconic 2001 guidebook.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"<b>The Sierra Club's <cite>50 Hikes in the Tillamook and Clatsop State Forests</cite> is part traditional guidebook, part manifesto on environmental preservation</b>, aiming to inspire in readers an appreciation of public lands--and a corresponding determination to protect the Tillamook and Clatsop State Forests from eager logging companies."<br /> <b>--Catherine Johnson, <cite>Portland Monthly Magazine</cite></b><br><br>"Less known to Oregon hikers, the deep woods of the Tillamook State Forest are a mystery no longer. Close to Portland, but uncrowded and easy to access, these 50 hikes lead to explorations of meadows, creeks, swimming holes, and peaks in an iconic Oregon ecosystem, the temperate rainforest." <b>--Laura O. Foster, author of <cite>Columbia Gorge Getaways: 12 Weekend Adventures from Towns to Trails</cite></b><br><br>"With easy walks and hair-raising bushwhacks, this explorer's guide to the woods between Portland and the Coast is a manifesto that our state forests should celebrate hiking boots, and not just chainsaws and motorcycles." <b>--William L. Sullivan, author of <cite>100 Hikes</cite> guidebooks</b><br>