The Copper Salmon Wilderness is a protected wilderness area in the Southern Oregon Coast Range and is part of the Rogue River–Siskiyou National Forest. The wilderness area was created by the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, which was signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 30, 2009. The Copper Salmon Wilderness is located along the North and South Forks of Elk River and the upper Middle Fork of Sixes River. The area contains one of the nation's largest remaining stands of low-elevation old-growth forest and one of the healthiest salmon, steelhead, and cutthroat trout runs in the continental United States along the north Fork of the Elk River, as well as stands of vulnerable Port Orford cedar and endangered marbled murrelets and northern spotted owls. See also List of Oregon Wildernesses List of U.S. Wilderness Areas List of old growth forests Wilderness Act References External links Copper Salmon Wilderness - U.S. Forest Service Protected areas of Coos County, Oregon Protected areas of Curry County, Oregon Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest Wilderness areas of Oregon Old-growth forests Protected areas established in 2009 2009 establishments in Oregon