This release of the DEIS begins a 60-day comment period in which the public can respond to the proposal before October 28, 2009.
If you would like to communicate with the Forest Service regarding the OHV Plan, write, email or call
Jennie O'Connor Card
Mt. Hood National Forest
6780 Highway 35
Parkdale, Oregon 97041
(541) 352-6002 ext. 634
In a confusing move, the Forest Service has chosen two "preferred alternatives":
The Option Three Alternative sacrifices the largest area of Mt. Hood National Forest and includes the designation of 325 miles of OHV routes.
Option Four Alternative better protects clean drinking water, quiet recreation, and wildlife by limiting OHV routes to 99 miles.
Bark appreciates the Forest Service addressing the concerns raised by hundreds of Oregonians during the Scoping Phase of this action by including Alternative 4 in the DEIS. In the meantime some of the proposed areas have changed and Alternative 3 includes two entirely new OHV areas for which data needs to be collected.
Especially since some of the proposed routes are new, Bark needs to hear if you have any information on these areas or would be interested in helping us collect data on them.
Currently Bark needs volunteer help in collecting data on the 8 proposed OHV areas.
503-331-0374.
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Also, mark your calendar for the Forest Service's upcoming open houses on September 15th and 16th in Portland and Hood River Oregon.
The Video gives specifics about time and place
And also, this months Bark Field Trip will be to the Gibson Prairie OHV Area, giving folks an opportunity to check out one of these areas for themselves. For this month the date has been moved up from the usual second Sunday to the third Sunday, September 20, 2009.
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