Cape Kiwanda (185 acres) was given to the State of Oregon by banker B.A McPhillips in 1973 when trespassers began getting killed there while engaged in recreational activities.
http://law.justia.com/cases/oregon/supreme-court/1974/521-p-2d-340-5.htmlIt was designated a State Natural Area. Seven people have died falling into the ocean and onto the rocks since 2009.
http://oregonstateparks.org/index.cfm?do=parkPage.dsp_parkPage&parkId=130On June 7, 1975, Michael Moore, founder of the Oregon Hang Gliding Association, was killed there on tow when his hang glider over-stressed and failed. Moore had made a 2.5 hour flight above the dune that had received national attention.
Chris Havel, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department
Communications and Research Division
(503) 986-0722
Oregon Recreational Use Statute
https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors105.html2013 ORS 105.676
Public policy
The Legislative Assembly hereby declares it is the public policy of the State of Oregon to encourage owners of land to make their land available to the public for recreational purposes, for gardening, for woodcutting and for the harvest of special forest products by limiting their liability toward persons entering thereon for such purposes and by protecting their interests in their land from the extinguishment of any such interest or the acquisition by the public of any right to use or continue the use of such land for recreational purposes, gardening, woodcutting or the harvest of special forest products. [1995 c.456 §2; 2009 c.532 §3]
2013 ORS 105.699
Rules applicable to state lands
The State Forester, under the general supervision of the State Board of Forestry, may adopt any rules considered necessary for the administration of the provisions of ORS 105.672 (Definitions for ORS 105.672 to 105.696) to 105.696 (Duty of care or liability not created) on state land. [1979 c.434 §8; 1995 c.456 §7]The State Forester, under the general supervision of the State Board of Forestry, may adopt any rules considered necessary for the administration of the provisions of ORS 105.672 (Definitions for ORS 105.672 to 105.696) to 105.696 (Duty of care or liability not created) on state land. [1979 c.434 §8; 1995 c.456 §7]
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