Editing Lake County, Oregon (section)

==Economy==
The economy in Lake County is reliant on lumber, agriculture, natural resource extraction, health care, a prison<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 16, 2010 |title=DOC Operations Division: Prison Warner Creek Correctional Facility |url=http://www.oregon.gov/DOC/OPS/PRISON/wccf.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101221020851/http://www.oregon.gov/DOC/OPS/PRISON/wccf.shtml |archive-date=December 21, 2010 |access-date=February 12, 2011 |publisher=Oregon.gov}}</ref> and government. The area is also trying to promote itself for the many outdoor recreational and sightseeing opportunities offered.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070119183847/http://www.lakecountychamber.org/facts/index.html Lake County Chamber of Commerce]</ref>

Lake County includes numerous cattle ranches. Irrigation has also permitted some agriculture based upon the raising of livestock and the growing of hay and grain despite the low rainfall and a short growing season.

Lumber and wood products are taken from the [[Fremont National Forest]], [[Bureau of Land Management]] properties and private landholdings. [[The Collins Companies]] operates the last remaining mill in the area, the Lakeview sawmill, and is also a large landowner in the region.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Collins Companies |url=http://www.collinswood.com/CertifiedForests/LakeviewSCS2.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090724163619/http://www.collinswood.com/CertifiedForests/LakeviewSCS2.html |archive-date=July 24, 2009 |access-date=October 27, 2008}}</ref> Over 78% of the land in Lake County is owned and managed by the federal and state government.<ref name="lakecountychamber.org">{{Cite web |title=Lakeview |url=http://www.lakecountychamber.org/facts/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070119183847/http://www.lakecountychamber.org/facts/index.html |archive-date=January 19, 2007 |access-date=February 12, 2011 |publisher=Lakecountychamber.org}}</ref>

The [[Lakeview, Oregon|Lakeview]] area of Lake County also includes a [[perlite]] mine<ref>{{Cite web |title=Perlite Ore - We specialize in Perlite processing. Mining, and Marketing of Perlite |url=http://www.cornerstonemineral.com/index.html |access-date=February 12, 2011 |publisher=Cornerstonemineral.com}}</ref> and once included uranium mining, with processing to [[yellowcake]] being completed at the [[Lakeview Mining Company]] plant;<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fremont Nat. Forest Uranium Mines (USDA) |url=http://yosemite.epa.gov/r10/cleanup.nsf/d67b5aa82151d9ae88256da6005fb54e/8e2eef8a4cd8891b8825651a005885fa!OpenDocument |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609062522/http://yosemite.epa.gov/r10/cleanup.nsf/d67b5aa82151d9ae88256da6005fb54e/8e2eef8a4cd8891b8825651a005885fa!OpenDocument |archive-date=June 9, 2011 |access-date=February 12, 2011 |publisher=Yosemite.epa.gov}}</ref> the mines and mill required remediation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=White King/Lucky Lass |url=http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/frewin/projects/forestplan/1990plan/freamend22rod.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/frewin/projects/forestplan/1990plan/freamend22rod.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |access-date=February 12, 2011}}</ref> Several exploratory wells were dug for oil, but without success. {{Citation needed|date=May 2014}}

A railroad line ships timber products and perlite to Burlington Northern's rail hub in [[Alturas, California]]. At one time the railway was the only County owned and operated rail line in the country.{{Citation needed|date=October 2008}}

Government employment for the national forest and the regional [[Bureau of Land Management]] headquarters provides many of the higher salary jobs in an economy that otherwise would have to rely on seasonal agricultural, tourism and lumber jobs. The Bureau of Land Management is landowner of 49% of the lands within the county.

Tourism is a growing industry because of the county's many attractions which include [[Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge]], Hunter's Hot Springs, Goose Lake, [[Warner Canyon (ski area)|Warner Canyon]], [[hanggliding]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Larry Leonard |title=Oregon Magazine |url=http://oregonmag.com/LakeCoTrav304.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110217021541/http://oregonmag.com/LakeCoTrav304.htm |archive-date=February 17, 2011 |access-date=February 12, 2011 |publisher=Oregonmag.com}}</ref> and areas for rock hunting.

Lake County is home to the Lakeview Hospital, and other regional health care facilities. It's also the location for The Warner Creek Correctional Facility opened in 2005 and is a 400-bed minimum security state prison. The prison employs an average of 110 correctional professionals and is located on a site comprising {{convert|91|acre|m2}}. The facility itself occupies less than {{convert|15|acre|m2}} and utilizes approximately {{convert|117000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}. of building space which includes areas for inmate housing, work and education programs, health services, food services, religious services, physical plant, warehouse and storage, vehicle maintenance, a laundry facility, recreational activities, administration and various other functions. A unique feature of the prison is its use of natural geothermal sources deep inside the Earth. The geothermally heated water is pumped up through a well and piped into a heat exchange unit where the heat is then transferred to the prison's water-loop system. Once the heat has been transferred and the water has cooled, the water is re-injected back into the ground.<ref>[http://www.oregon.gov/DOC/OPS/PRISON/wccf.shtml Warner Creek Correctional Facility] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101221020851/http://www.oregon.gov/DOC/OPS/PRISON/wccf.shtml |date=December 21, 2010 }}</ref> Two prisoners briefly escaped in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oregon State Police News Releases News and Events: OSP Investigating Inmate Escapes; Both in Custody Following Search |url=http://egov.oregon.gov/OSP/NEWSRL/news/09_07_2008_wccf_escape.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327184823/http://egov.oregon.gov/OSP/NEWSRL/news/09_07_2008_wccf_escape.shtml |archive-date=March 27, 2009 |access-date=October 27, 2008}}</ref>