New Name Unveiled for Bark’s Plan for Mt. Hood National Forest

In our March Bark Alert, we put to vote two potential names for our plan – The Citizen’s Plan for Mt. Hood National Forest and the Mt. Hood Ecosystem and Recreation Plan. Thanks to all that participated in the poll! The Mt. Hood Ecosystem and Recreation Plan won.

Over the course of the next year, we will have a regular Bark-Alert section focused on different aspects of the Mt. Hood Land and Resource Management Plan and how its outdated prescriptions for managing Mt. Hood's forests and rivers is impacting you. The Mt. Hood LRMP, written in 1990, contains standards and guidelines for management decisions that the public can hold the Forest Service accountable to.

In 2009 and beyond, Bark is working with the Restore Mt. Hood Coalition and other advocates to write a new management plan for Mt. Hood National Forest that will result in recommendations to the Forest Service for a new way of doing business.

Whether you are a hiker, biker, fisherman, boater, or just enjoy the clean water in your tap that came from one of Mt. Hood's 13 drinking water sources, the LRMP affects you.

To learn how to get involved, email [email protected] or call 503-331-0374