Volunteers Clean up Wildcat Mountain
In the span of three short hours, volunteers collected and removed more than 6,000 pounds of trash from Wildcat Mountain in Mt. Hood National Forest.
On June 11th, volunteers gathered with Clackamas County Forest Dump Stoppers & the USFS Zigzag Ranger District to honor National Get Outdoors Day by cleaning up Wildcat Mountain. Approximately 40 youth & adults worked in three different groups. Volunteers came from various areas of Clackamas County including many from the Firwood CPO/Wildcat Mtn. Dr area, Oregon Equestrian Trails, US Forest Service & Clackamas County employees and families. In three hours they collected & removed 5880 lbs of solid waste, 200 lbs of scrap metal, & approximately 70 lbs of recyclables from the Mt. Hood National Forest. WAY TO GO!
- Sandy River uncovers a forest buried by Mount Hood in 1781
Erosion by the Sandy River this winter has unearthed a forest buried after a 1781 Mount Hood eruption.
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April 2013 Bark Alert
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The Forest Service has issued a new Environmental Assessment (EA) and decision on the Jazz Timber Sale, just three short months after initially withdrawing the proposed sale in December of 2012.
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Forest Service Helps Restore Fish to Oregon Stream
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Despite the much-touted "consensus" for more logging, some grass-roots ecological groups are still trying to stop the most ecologically destructive timber sales -- including misguided fuel-reduction projects -- using the legal process.
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RLK’s proposal to use Timberline’s slopes for mountain bike trails is not the bike-friendly proposal you might think - that is, if bikes are an idea in line with your values of environmental stewardship, local power and equity.
More... - Bark Alert: Another timber sale stopped!
March 2013 Bark Alert
More... - Stand against Nestlé Day of Action a success!
On the afternoon of Friday, February 8th nearly 200 Oregonians put on their finest red clothing and joined Bark and the Keep Nestlé Out of the Gorge Coalition in Lower Macleay Park to take a stand against Nestlé’s grab at public water resources in the Columbia River Gorge.
More... - Special Alert: Urgent Action on Nestle
February 8th Stand Against Nestle Day of Action -- Take action online and join us at noon for an aerial art mob against Nestle!
More... - Call Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife Today!
Stand Against Nestlé Day of Action -- instructions for calling ODFW
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