SALEM, Ore. – The Oregon National Guard will be conducting Individual Weapons Qualifications at Camp Rilea Armed Forces Training Center, near Warrenton, Oregon on Saturday, February 3, 2024, and will establish a marine danger zone, ensuring a safety zone for the local community.
No person or vessel shall be permitted to enter or remain in the restricted area from 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., on Feb. 3, 2024. At least 30 minutes before restricting navigation in the danger zone, red flags will be raised on wooden poles immediately next to the beach at the north and south boundaries of Camp Rilea.
The danger zone encompasses all navigable waters of the United States, as defined at 33 CFR part 329, within an area bounded as follows: beginning at latitude 46° 09’ 00.32” N, longitude 123° 57’ 52.57” W; thence to latitude 46° 09’ 00.32” N, longitude 124° 01’ 03.92” W; thence to latitude 46° 05’ 25.38” N, longitude 124° 01’ 03.92” W; thence to Latitude 46° 05’ 25.38” N, longitude 123° 56’ 23.19” W.
The Oregon Military Department and Camp Rilea Range Operations appreciate the ongoing support from the local community and understand the impact of the delayed commercial Dungeness crabbing season has had on the commercial fleet based out of Warrenton, Hammond, and Astoria, Oregon. This notification provides commercial crabbers adequate advance time to plan dropping and retrieving their pots around the closure and not be caught off-guard on Saturday when trying to retrieve crab pots in and near the marine danger zone.
Closure announcements will be broadcast over marine VHF Channel 16/19. When range training activities are completed, the red flags will be removed and an announcement made over marine VHF Channel 16/19 that restrictions are lifted.
Information that may impact the community in the future can be found on the Oregon Military Department’s Camp Rilea webpage: https://www.oregon.gov/omd/rilea/Pages/Camp-Rilea.aspx