BLM: Yellowbottom may be closed for season

The Bureau of Land Management’s website offers Yellowbottom Campground visitors picturesque opportunities to “spend a relaxing night of camping among some of the largest trees in Oregon.”

Yet the very trees that make the popular recreation spot 20 miles northeast of Sweet Home special may also prevent it from being a destination this summer.

The Northwest Oregon District BLM announced in April that Yellowbottom’s seasonal opening, which usually takes place in early May, would be…