- Forest puts new limits on off-roaders
Plan cuts area open to off-highway rigs in effort to lessen environmental damage, reduce conflict with ‘quiet users’
More... - Bid by Nestle to tap into Cascade Locks spring water open for public comment
Now is the time to tell Nestle what we think of their plan to bottle our water. Take action at http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1810/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=4712
More... - Dwindling Pipelines in Oregon
The initial flurry to build new gas pipeline infrastructure in Oregon appears to be settling.
More... - Fish Creek, OHV-free
Illegal signage removed from the Fish Creek watershed, stopping continued ATV abuse
More... - Southern Oregon Pacific Connector pipeline company gets itchy to build
LNG pipeline company sues State of Oregon for denying permit
More... - Oregon Public Broadcasting's Think out Loud: Having Fun in the Forest
Off-road — or off-highway (OHV) — vehicles zip through the state's national forests as drivers enjoy the speed and the beauty of their surroundings. However, that excitement might be limited if Mt. Hood's newly released travel plan (pdf) sets any kind of standard.
More... - The Oregonian: Mount Hood National Forest restricts off-road vehicles to four areas
The Mount Hood National Forest will severely limit off-road vehicles in the woods under a decision announced this week. Responding to a Forest Service directive to get a handle on the noise, damage and intrusive nature of four-wheel-drive rigs and dirt bikes in the nation's forests, Mount Hood is limiting drivers to four areas.
More... - Associated Press: Off-road use cut in Mt. Hood National Forest System
Four-wheel-drives, ATVs and dirt bikes can only go in designated areas of the Mt. Hood National Forest under a management plan issued Friday that closes 93 percent of more than 2,000 miles of roads and trails that have been open to the vehicles.
More... - Video: Possible effects of the Cascade Crossing Energy Corridor
Bark led a field trip to the existing Bonneville Power Administration (BPA)transmission lines in Lolo Pass.
More... - Mt. Hood puts the brakes on motorized abuse
The Forest Service has released its plan to keep OHVs out of pristine forests and popular hiking areas.
More... - Bark announces Summer 2010 Campaign
Energy transmission poses increasing threats to Mt. Hood National Forest
More... - PacifiCorp and PGE team up in effort to build new power lines
Oregon's two largest electric utilities may team up to build a major new transmission line from northeast Oregon to Salem.
More... - Direct Action on the proposed route of the Palomar Pipeline
This week a group of activists hung a banner over Road 46 in Mt. Hood National Forest near the proposed pipeline crossing on the Clackamas River
More... - "We Agree: A Crisis in Common”
Printmakers from Portland and Indonesia map the resistance to imported liquefied natural gas from the source to the consumer in two giant relief prints
More... - Oregonian on Palomar delay
"Cross Cascades pipeline on hold" by Ted Sickinger, the Oregonian
More... - KGW covers Palomar Pipeline delay
Video on the indefinite delay of the pipeline
More... - Video: 2009 Bark Hike to the Gnarl Ridge Fire
Bark Field Trip to the Tilly Jane historic trail on the east side of Mt. Hood, to view the damage and recovery from the 2008 Gnarl Ridge Fire.
More... - Bark holds the line to protect Mt. Hood
Bark makes a controversial decision to challenge a proposal to decommission roads and restore the Sandy River watershed
More... - Palomar Pipeline on Indefinite Delay
Palomar suspends permitting; opponents declare victory on controversial LNG pipeline
More... - Thank you for supporting our 2010 Summer Campaign
from Alex P Brown and the Bark family
More... - Bark is moving!
Starting Tuesday, July 6, Bark will be at a new location
More... - Proposed PGE transmission line raises questions
PGE opens a public comment period for the proposed Cascade Crossing project
More... - Video: Update On Oregon LNG Resistance
Public Access program, "A Growing Concern," featuring two guests discussing recent victories and actions concerning the increasing resistance to LNG terminals and pipe lines proposed for Oregon.
More... - HUNDREDS RALLY AGAINST NW NATURAL
NW Natural’s Annual Shareholder meeting was met with another year of protesting
More... - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Bradwood Suspends LNG Project: Oregonians Declare Victory
More... - Oregonians win, Bradwood LNG suspended
News and video covering the major victory for Oregon's fish, farms, and forests.
More... - We All Agree, No LNG!
Video from a recent rally at Portland City Hall, where Oregonians voiced opposition to the Palomar Pipeline and LNG from cutting through our farmland and Mt. Hood
More... - A bike park is incompatible with Timberline Lodge
One Oregonian speaks out against the change of Timberline Lodge from cultural icon to extreme sport destination
More... - KOIN News reports on Oregonians against the Palomar Pipeline
Nearly 100 Oregonians rally in front of Portland City Hall to oppose the Palomar Pipeline and LNG terminals.
More... - Video: Upcoming Opportunities to Resist LNG
Video from a recent Bark-About hike to the proposed Palomar Pipeline crossing of the Wild and Scenic Clackamas River.
More... - Oregon Court Rejects Columbia River LNG Application
Oregon’s land use court has again rejected an application for a liquefied natural gas terminal on the Columbia River. Bradwood Landing’s proposal returns to Clatsop County again.
More... - Judge orders Port of Astoria to renew Oregon LNG lease
It is up to the State of Oregon to deny the lease for one of two LNG terminals on the Columbia River.
More... - Campaign to Prevent Proposed Nestle Water Bottling Facility in Cascade Locks
On Monday, March 29, 2010, Keep Nestle Out of the Gorge,
a coalition of environmental and social justice organizations led by the consumer advocacy group Food & Water Watch, launched a coordinated campaign to prevent Nestle Waters North America from opening a water bottling facility in Cascade Locks.
More... - Government report rebukes claims of process-heavy forest management
Between 2006-2008, only 2% of Forest Service fuels reduction logging proposals ended in court. Bush-era projects designed to reduce public oversight were more likely to be challenged.
More... - Pacific Northwest forests act as massive carbon banks
LA Times Greenspace, Environmental news from California and beyond
More... - Wyden/Merkley Bill Could Stop LNG in Oregon
Oregon's Senators have sponsored a bill that would take LNG siting out of FERC's control
More... - Report: Battling forest beetles may be counter-productive
Thinning backcountry unlikely to reduce fire risk or lessen beetle outbreaks,largely fueled by drought and higher temperatures
More... - OSU researcher: Fires in forest valuable
With a changing climate there's a good chance that forest fires in the Pacific Northwest will become larger and more frequent - and according to one expert speaking today at a professional conference, that's just fine.
More... - High stakes: LNG and the Legislature
Oregonian Op-Ed by Nick Engelfried slams the legislature's "fast-track" bill that would result in an abbreviated permit process for the Palomar Pipeline.
More... - FERC Chairman Calls for Change
Chairman John Wellinghoff attended a conference in Portland and spoke about the impacts of LNG development on climate change
More... - January Bark hike video
Two dozen people participated in the January Bark About to the proposed Nestle water bottling plant site and its spring source in the scenic Columbia River Gorge.
More... - Obama proclaims 40th anniversary of NEPA
Despite Bush administration attacks, the National Environmental Policy Act continues to ensure transparent environmental decisions and government accountability.
More... - Taming Oregon's Backlog of Aging Forest Roads
Oregon contains 69,000 miles of National Forest roads. This vast network of roads harms our water supply and salmon, but now the Forest Service has the funding to do something about these roads. You can also listen to this story at
www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/11947-1
For more information about a current project proposing to decommission 223 miles of roads in Mt. Hood National Forest, visit http://bark-out.org/topic.php?id=collawash
More... - Judge upholds surveys for species before logging
The ruling Thursday from U.S. District Court in Seattle effectively strikes down the last surviving piece of the Bush administration's strategy to boost logging in spotted owl territory.
More... - Bills would push more national forest thinning
The bills drew support from Tom Partin, president of the American Forest Resource Council, a timber industry group.
More... - Nestle Bottling Plant Proposed for Columbia Gorge
Bottling a hundred million gallons annually, Nestle is seeking to turn a profit on our most valuable public resource.
More... - CLIMATE: Forest Service 'dramatically reshaping' plans in response to warming
Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell has directed the agency's regions and research stations to jointly produce draft "landscape conservation action plans" by March 1 to guide its day-to-day response to climate change.
More... - Tattooing an Icon
Icon Tattoo raises big money for Bark
More... - November Bark Mushroom Field Trip
Field trip to identify and collect edible mushrooms. This is the full length monthly "Bark for Mt. Hood" program produced for Public Access television here in Portland Oregon.
More... - This Bark has a Bite
Mountain Times Article about Bark's recent presentation on the Mt. Hood OHV Plan with the Rhododendron Community Planning Organization
More... - Mt. Hood National Forest on Path to Limit Off-road Vehicles
"We do believe people have a right to use the forest, but we don't think it's right for people to be going into the backcountry and abusing it," said Amy Harwood of the Portland group Bark.
More... - Oregonians speak out for a fair Mt. Hood OHV Plan
In the short 60-day comment period, nearly 1,000 Oregonians demanded a fair OHV Plan that protects clean water, quiet recreation, and wildlife habitat.
More... - Off-road vehicles, wilderness don't mix on Mount Hood
Oregonian Guest Column by Kate McCarthy
More... - Mt. Hood Off-Highway Vehicle Plan
As many as 325 miles of off-highway vehicle (OHV) routes will be designated in Mt. Hood National Forest. Help Bark groundtruth the proposed areas today...
More... - Fungi in Mt. Hood National Forest!
Every October Bark leads a very popular field trip to educate people about fungi in general and mushrooms in particular. Included in this report is a 5 minute video from that hike.
More... - Audio: Discussion of Mt. Hood Off Highway Vehicle Plan
Audio from October monthly Bark-About hike to La Dee Flats along Forest Service Road 4610, one of the many Off Highway Vehicle (OHV) sites recently proposed for Mt. Hood National Forest.
More... - Bark Celebrates Ten Years!
Thanks to all who made our tenth anniversary celebration such a great success
More... - Mt. Hood art auction- Auction is now closed
The sale of over 40 Mt. Hood sketches by prominent Portlanders like Ursula LeGuin, Commissioner Randy Leonard, and many more raised over $10,000 for Bark!
More... - National forest considers limits on off-highway vehicles
The Mount Hood National Forest ultimately could close many miles or roads and trails to operators of off-highway vehicles, but first it will gauge public opinion — which could be strongly divided.
More... - Court Strikes Down 2005 Change to Forest Roadless Rule
Today a federal court upheld protections for roadless forests.
More... - Bush-era Northwest logging plan withdrawn
Western Oregon Plan Revision (WOPR) was withdrawn by officials today. The plan would have increased old-growth logging on federal lands throughout Oregon, Washington, and northern California.
More... - Quiet Recreation Jeopardized by the Mt. Hood Off-Road Plan
With an off-road plan that leaves quiet recreation, clean water, and wildlife in the dust, a group of advocates begin work on a citizen's plan for Mt. Hood National Forest.
More... - Oregon's national forests and those in other states will see limits to where ATVs can ride
Off-highway vehicle planning in Oregon's national forests raise concerns about the expansive road system and the ability of land managers to effectively control motorized recreation.
More... - Studies foresee dilemma over forest carbon storage
Scientists conclude in two government-funded studies that forests in the Pacific Northwest have a huge potential to store more carbon to combat global warming, but not if they are heavily thinned to prevent wildfire.
More... - Bark Joins Lawsuit Against Bush-Era Energy Planning
Conservation organizations and a western Colorado county today filed a legal challenge to a Bush-era plan that designated energy corridors that promote coal-fired and other fossil-fuel power plants.
More... - Career forester named US Forest Service chief
Montana forester Tom Tidwell is the new head of the U.S. Forest Service.
More... - FERC Announces Palomar Pipeline Alternative Route
A 30-day public comment period opens up regarding a new alternative to the Palomar Pipeline route
More... - Making Noise About “Quiet Recreation” In National Forests
In the ongoing dispute between OHV riders and quiet users of national forests, a new report by an Oregon State University professor concludes"quiet recreation" plays a bigger role than OHV use in supporting local economies.
More... - Rep. Schrader introduces Wild and Scenic designation for the Molalla River
Rep. Schrader introduced a measure to designate segments of the Molalla River as part of the National Wild and Scenic River System.
More... - Obama puts halt on logging in roadless areas
Beginning to implement a campaign promise, the Obama administration puts a one-year moratorium on development in roadless areas
More... - LNG Opponents Stage Rally Against NW Natural
Yesterday, anti-LNG Oregonians rallied outside the NW Natural shareholder's meeting to say NO PALOMAR PIPELINE IN MT. HOOD!
More... - Notice Anything Different?
Bark's new website is launched!
More... - Dept. of Agriculture Names Head of Forest Service
Agriculuture Secretary Vilsack Names Jay Jensen as Deputy Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment
More... - Mt. Hood Wilderness Bill PASSES!
Ten years in the making, the historic legislation now goes to President Obama’s desk
More... - Congress Passes $50 Million for Watershed Restoration
The Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009 includes spending to improve watershed health in national forests.
More... - House Rejects Wilderness Bill
The House was unable to get a 2/3 vote on The Public Lands Omnibus Bill that would have added more than 2 million acres of wilderness
More... - New Name Unveiled for Bark’s Plan for Mt. Hood National Forest
In our March Bark-Alert, we asked you to help us chose the name for our plan to prioritize clean drinking water, wildlife habitat and diversity, and quiet recreation in Mt. Hood National Forest. Check out the results!
More... - Help create Bark's 10th Anniversary art exhibit
How connected are you? Do you know any prominent Portlanders? Conservation-minded celebrities?
More... - January 2009 Bark Program about LNG
The Bark for Mt Hood Public Access program for January 2009 features the January Hike to the LNG Palomar Pipe Line Clackamas River crossing site; speakers from the January Clean Energy Rally in Salem; and a Power Point presentation by Dan Serres on LNG
More... - More than 1,500 people take action against the Palomar Pipeline
Thank you to everyone who signed a postcard, sent in an email or wrote a letter in opposition to the Palomar Pipeline destroying Mt. Hood's forest ecosystems!
More... - Judge Rules In Favor of Logging Along Molalla River
Last Thursday, Judge Michael Mosman came out ruling against Bark in the Annie’s Cabin Timber Sale
More... - Coalition Challenges Bradwood Landing, Joined by State of Washington
Columbia Riverkeeper filed a challenge to the Bradwood Landing, State of Oregon's challenge is joined by neighboring State of Washington
More... - Clackamas County Passes an Anti-Pipeline Resolution
The five-member Board of Commissioners pass a resolution against the Palomar Pipeline
More... - Land Use Board of Appeals Haults LNG Terminal
Another victory for anti-LNG groups! The Land Use Board of Appeals overturns approval on the Bradwood LNG Terminal
More... - State asks court to toss Bradwood site's approval
The state of Oregon asked the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday to overturn federal regulators' approval of the Bradwood Landing liquefied natural gas terminal.
More... - BLM Issues Decision on WOPR
The BLM finalized a plan that would nearly triple the timber harvest on 2.6 million acres of land in western Oregon, despite objections from environmental groups and Gov. Kulongoski
More... - Forest initiative puts Mt. Hood on radar
Decaying Forest Service logging roads are marked for restoration in an initiative attached to the Economic Stimulus Package currently being planned by Congress and President-elect Obama’s transition team.
More... - Forest Service plans to clear legal path for pipeline in Mount Hood forest
The Oregonian reports that the Forest Service plans to loosen environmental laws in Mt. Hood National Forest for the Palomar Pipeline
More... - Wyden Objects to Planned Pipeline Through Mt. Hood
Senator Wyden has come out with a letter to the Forest Service, strongly opposing amendments to rules on Mt. Hood to allow for the Palomar Pipeline
More... - Obama Names Picks for Agriculture and Interior
Senator Ken Salazar of Colorado is picked to lead the Interior Department and former governor of Iowa, Tom Vilsack, will lead the Department of Agriculture
More... - Palomar files for FERC application, despite comment period extension
Palomar files application with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission weeks before public input is registered
More... - National Coalition Announces Push to Create a Forest Watershed Restoration Corps
Borrowing a page from history and one of the most popular New Deal programs, The Legacy Roads Restoration Initiative today proposed a program to create a $500 million Forest Watershed Restoration Corps within the National Forest Service.
More... - In our view Dec. 9: Protecting Pinchot
Fragile forest does not need more off-road vehicle trails.
More... - Obama's First One Hundred Days
Environmental groups announce their Hope for President-Elect Obama's first hundred days in office
More... - National Forest visitors down, no one knows why
Recreation in national forests has declined; land managers attribute it to outside circumstances, critics claim hiking and camping fees are the real deterrents.
More... - Oklahoma senator once again holds up Mount Hood legislation
An Oklahoma senator who makes frequent light of what he calls examples of Oregon "pork" spending once again blocked new Mount Hood wilderness legislation Friday, despite wide support in the rest of the Senate.
More... - Bark's Amy Harwood wins Skidmore Prize
Amy and three other local non-profit heroes have been chosen from dozens of nominations to receive this year’s Skidmore Prize from the Willamette Week.
More... - Video from Highland Fling Timber Sale
Seven minute video featuring the October Bark Field Trip to the Bureau of Land Managements Highland Fling Timber Sale.
More... - Bark's analysis of election and its impact on Mt. Hood National F orest
Bark assesses how five races: President-elect Barack Obama, Senator-elect Jeff Merkley, Congressman-elect Kurt Schrader, Oregon treasurer-elect Ben Westlund, and Oregon Secretary of State-elect Kate Brown, could change the future of Mt. Hood and America's
More... - Olympia Washington NO LNG Rally
Video of a Rally on the steps of the State Capitol in Olympia Washington, urging Governor Chris Gregoire to mount a legal challenge to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) approval of the Bradwood Liquefied Natural Gas terminal.
More... - The secret's out: Tons of water in Oregon's Cascades
The most valuable resource in the national forests atop the Oregon Cascades may not be the timber and recreation spots they're known for, but something else that's largely invisible: water.
More... - Forest Certification Considered for National Forests
The Forest Service has opened a public comment period for consideration of sustainable logging certification for our national forests -- good incentive or greenwashing?
More... - Groups gather to discuss Mount Hood recreation and ecology
Bark hosts the Mt. Hood Solutions Summit to bring together local stakeholders to discuss public lands trends and quiet recreation.
More... - LNG Opponents Will Challenge FERC Decision on Bradwood Landing
FERC approves permit for terminal connected to the Palomar Pipeline and opponents call on State to deny all additional permits
More... - Clatsop County voters reject proposed pipeline for LNG !!
In the first, and possibly only, public vote on LNG and pipelines, the overwhelming voice says NO
More... - Oregon's Forest Resources
The story behind the green forest talk
More... - Mt. Hood National Forest Releases Update on OHV Plan
After almost a year since the scoping period began for the Mt. Hood National Forest OHV Plan, the Forest Service released an update on the current status of the project.
More... - Removing roads key to keeping Portland's water source clean
City of Portland's water supply secured through Congressional appropriations for road decommissioning in sensitive watersheds.
More... - Forest Service Wants To Increase Camping Fees
If you like to camp out in the Columbia River Gorge, you might want to do it once more this summer. Because next year, the fees in certain campgrounds may be significantly higher.
More... - Firefighting tactics may be overkill
Some say fighting fires in remote areas puts crews in unnecessary danger
More... - Off-Road Rage' Climbs as Trails Get More Crowded
As more and more Americans light out for backcountry trails, officials are seeing a parallel rise in episodes of "off-road rage."
More... - Bark Art
Preview of the show and details on the opening reception
More... - Update: Mt. Hood Travel Plan
Much has happened with roads and off-road vehicles on Mt. Hood since Bark's 2007 Roadtruthing effort
More... - Proposed gas line through Solo old-growth stand spurs activists
Forest advocates gear up to fight the Palomar natural gas pipeline
More... - New report: Greatest value of forests is sustainable water supply
The forests of the future may need to be managed as much for a sustainable supply of clean water as any other goal, researchers say in a new federal report
More... - Hike the Pipe Week End
Members and supporters of the Forest Advocacy organization Bark (www.bark-out.org) recently hiked the 40 miles of the proposed Palomar pipe line, as it goes through 40 miles of the Mt. Hood National Forest.
More... - Bark Featured in Backpacker Magazine
Backpacker Magazine featured Bark's work to survey roads and advocate for quality recreation in Mt. Hood National Forest.
More... - How Does Wyden's Draft Legislation Impact Mt. Hood
Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) unveiled a draft legislative proposal – the “Forest Restoration and Old Growth Protection Act.” See what Bark thinks about it.
More... - Many Rivers to Cross
Anti-LNG Protest on the Clackamas River
More... - Hike the Pipe Update: Day 1-4
Despite rain and low snow, hikers are on schedule after successfully crossing the Clackamas River: their photos from the trail tell all...
More... - Multi-Media Report on Oregon Resistance to the Proposed Liquefied Natural Gas Terminals.
Audio and video files on the subject of the Liquefied Natural Gas terminals proposed for the coast of Oregon.
More... - Off-roaders, environmentalists to square off in Congress
Environmental groups and off-road vehicle advocates plan to square off Thursday in the U.S. Senate on the three-year-old U.S. Forest Service effort to restrict where motorcycles, four-wheelers and other backcountry vehicles can drive on public land.
More... - Press Advisory: Senate Oversight Hearing on Travel Planning and OHVs
Congress is about to hear what people in Mt. Hood National Forest and other western forests have been grappling with every day: Growing numbers of off-road vehicles are changing the face and sound of our national forests, potentially forever.
More... - Landowners File Trespass Suit Against Palomar
Two groups of property owners fighting proposed Palomar Pipeline are filing a lawsuit this morning in Washington County against Palomar Pipeline project to stop repeated trespassing by NW Natural’s employees and contractors.
More... - Department of Energy report says Oregon doesn't need LNG
NorthernStar says it still wants to build a liquefied natural gas terminal near Astoria, and Gov. Kulongoski asks federal regulators to redo their study
More... - Bark announces HIKE THE PIPE!
Bark announces plans to walk, climb and boat proposed 40-mile LNG pipeline route
More... - $1 billion timber slush fund or fair trade deal?
Lawsuit, U.S. senators want details on Bush administration deal
More... - Bark discusses stumps in the Oregonian
Representatives from Bark, Weyerhaeuser, and others speak about what a tree stump means to them...
More... - Proposed Liquefied Natural Gas Pipe Line to Cross Clackamas River
Video from a recent Oregon State Capital rally telling politicians that the people of Oregon say NO to Liquefied Natural Gas.
More... - Rahall Reacts to Forest Service’s Final 2008 Planning Rule
House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Nick J. Rahall (D-WV) released the following statement today...
More... - Forest Service tries again with revision of forest planning rule
The U.S. Forest Service on Wednesday adopted a new version of the basic planning rules
More... - Report Highlights Importance of Protecting Existing Forests:
Analysis Shows American Forests Contain Enormous Carbon Reserves, But Available Measuring Tools Reflect Gaps in Underlying Data
More... - Oregon's Elected Leaders Step Up The Fight Against LNG
Senator Wyden introduces legislation to protect state's rights against feds for LNG terminal sites
More... - Rep. DeFazio Lambasts BLM for Sitting on Latest Scientific Review of WOPR
Scientific Team Fails To Support Findings In WOPR
More... - A rough road to repair
The deterioration of decades-old roads on national forests is causing big problems for aquatic ecosystems across the West, especially in the Pacific Northwest, which has an estimated $1.3 billion backlog of roadwork on its tens of thousands of miles of de
More... - Forest Service May Move to Interior
Some see agency as out of place under the US Dept. of Agriculture
More... - Campaign begins to put pipeline to vote in Clatsop County
Clatsop County’s approval of LNG project now uncertain as community groups launch campaign to take decision to voters in ballot referendum
More... - Proposed Oregon natural gas pipeline raises environmental concerns
For the Palomar pipeline to be built across Oregon, timber would have to be clear-cut and rivers crossed
More... - Forest Grove Council Opposes Pipeline
In 6-0 vote, council says pipelines threaten region's water supply, air quality
More... - Recreation Fees Rising in Wake of Fires’ Costs
Reeling from the high cost of fighting wildfires, federal land agencies have been imposing new fees and increasing existing ones at recreation sites across the West in an effort to raise tens of millions of dollars.
More... - The Oregonian - Editorial
A deal that should have been wrapped up still undone Aide says Oklahoma senator cares more about "mountain of debt" than Mount Hood
More... - Mount Hood wilderness bill stalls; Oregon senators fume
Surprise objection - Republican Sen. Tom Coburn blocks the expansion
More... - News Release: USFS Funds road work in Mt. Hood National Forest
Oregon & Washington national forests receive road and trail funds but much more needed for cleaner water and better recreation access
More... - Old growth forests reducing climate change effects
The “Old Forests, New Management” conference in Tasmania has heard from imminent scientists that there is no justification for logging of old growth forests, and that re-growth forest logging could soon lose its social license under future carbon trading
More... - Major Landslide in Willamette National Forest Caused by 1992 Clearcut
Amtrak's train tracks will be out for weeks, causing major delays for the Pacific coast routes
More... - Governor ups ante against LNG sites
A letter tells federal regulators to back off and calls into question the quality of their reviews
More... - A Region's Vitality, Melting Away
Hood River farmers thought the water flowing from shrinking Mt. Hood glaciers was essential to their prized fruit crops; new OSU research shows just how essential
More... - Roads to restoration
Cooperative effort targets road removal in the San Juans in Colorado
More... - Guest Opinion: Better forest management needed now
Mount Hood National Forest the perfect place to start
More... - Environmentalists out on a limb
For a seat at the negotiating table, they are jeopardizing their true role.
More... - Top regional Forest Service official to retire
The U.S. Forest Service's top official in the Pacific Northwest announced her retirement on Tuesday, effective at the end of March.
More... - Senator Wyden writing bill to thin forests
Sen. Ron Wyden is working on legislation to overcome the gridlock in national forest logging projects designed to reduce the growing threat of wildfire.
More... - Surge in Off-Roading Stirs Dust and Debate in West
DURANGO, Colo. — In the San Juan National Forest here, an iron rod gate is the last barrier to the Weminuche Wilderness, a mountain redoubt above 10,000 feet where wheels are not allowed. But the gate has been knocked down repeatedly, shot at and generall
More... - Past OSU logging a setup for slide
The mudslide on Highway 30 this week was caused by logging on lands owned by Oregon State University, one of the leading forestry schools in the country
More... - Mudslide photo spurs look at logging practices
Major landslides in Washington force Weyerhaeuser to assess the risks of logging on slopes
More... - Road 63 Blowout on Mt. Hood
The road to the Bull of the Woods Wilderness is eroding into the Collawash River
More... - Off-road violations out of control, say federal rangers
Reckless off-road vehicle abuse of public lands is spinning out of control, say federal law enforcement rangers in a first-ever survey released today by Rangers for Responsible Recreation.
More... - Victory: 9th Circuit Court deals blow to "Healthy Forest" Initiative
The 9th Circuit Court just issued a decision ruling against "categorigal exclusions," the very exemption that led to the Eight Mile Meadow logging project
More... - Skyrocketing use of off-highway vehicles has officials scrambling to protect public land from overuse
The number of dirt bikes and all-terrain vehicles has nearly tripled across the country since 1993, a phenomenon critics and land managers said comes at increasing cost to a vulnerable landscape.
More... - Tension hangs over corridors
Eco-groups fret over fast-tracking pathways on public lands for power lines and pipelines.
More... - Oregonians Advocate for a Comprehensive Mt. Hood Travel Plan
The first comment deadline is over, but support for a comprehensive travel management plan on Mt. Hood is continuing to grow.
More... - Fire costs will again thin other budgets
U.S. Forest Service to pull funds from recreation, forest health
More... - USFS can't cut its way out of wildfire risk
Short of clearing all trees from the landscape, timber harvests will not stop fires nor will such harvests avert the causes or impacts of climate change.
More... - Rethinking camping
A Forest Service plan could dramatically change Mount Hood's offerings
More... - Bark Successfully Puts Pressure on Forest Service During Travel Planning Open House
The Forest Service recently held two travel planning “open houses” to unveil its proposal for six new off-road vehicle playgrounds.
More... - Top forestry official faces contempt hearing
A federal judge in Montana has ordered the Bush administration's top forestry official to explain why he should not be held in contempt of court for the U.S. Forest Service's failure to analyze the environmental impacts of dropping fish-killing fire retar
More... - Living -- For Now -- In Paradise
Forests owned by the federal Bureau of Land Management make good neighbors -- until the chain saws show up. The Oregonian gets the scoop on Annie's Cabin.
More... - Oregonians speak out about Mt. Hood
A recent collection of letters to the Oregonian about clearcutting Mt. Hood and increasing logging funding.
More... - Forest Service unveils new plans for National Forests
The Bush administration will attempt tomorrow to revive its highly touted national planning rule that governs how management plans are developed for 193 million acres of national forest.
More... - BLM proposes major upswing in logging
Western Oregon - The agency seeks to cut seven times as many older trees and says it would lift cash-strapped counties
More... - Cash infusion accelerates NW logging
National forests - The Bush administration action pushes cutting to a high not seen in years
More... - Study: More kids die on ATVs than bikes
Children under the age of 16 are seven times more likely to ride bicycles than all-terrain vehicles, yet ATVs cause more deaths among youngsters than their peddling counterparts, according to a new study.
More... - Old growth species mandate lifted from Northwest Forest Plan
Acting on an agreement with the timber industry, the Bush administration has decided to quit looking for little-known snails, lichens and other sensitive species before selling timber in Northwest national forests, setting up another round of litigation o
More... - Forest Service timber sale tracking inadequate
Field managers at national forests are planning and monitoring timber sales in the dark because the Forest Service doesn't maintain adequate records, the Government Accountability Office says in a new report.
More... - So much for saving the spotted owl
Two decades after the wrenching drive to save an obscure bird divided Oregonians, reshaped the economy and tore apart the political landscape, the northern spotted owl is disappearing anyway.
More... - Annie’s Cabin logging bid awarded
Molalla Pioneer Newspaper talks to Bark about the recent sale of the BLM's Annie's Cabin Timber Sale
More... - The Columbian Editorial- In our view: Closing Roads
Bush, owl, activists are among factors in cutbacks, which aren’t all bad
More... - Oregonian: Mt. Hood Forest draws lines around off-roaders
Wilderness damage - Rangers say they haven't had big problems so far but want to head off impacts of growing use
More... - State says feds should step up to the plate and fix Forest Service roads
Nearly 2,170 miles of primitive roads meander through the Olympic National Forest, but poor maintenance and inadequate funding have left nearly half of those roads one big storm away from a washout.
More... - Funding to repair Forest Service roads difficult to come by
Historic logging peaks has left a legacy of road maintenance and a question of how to pay for it.
More... - Oregonian Part IV: Riders throttle safety legislation
ATV enthusiasts and dealers make themselves heard in Salem, speaking up for a training bill but shouting down other proposals
More... - Oregonian Part III: ATV labels read: Rider beware
Damages become harder to recover in court as safety warnings intended for consumers end up shielding manufacturers instead
More... - Oregonian Part II: A loss they never saw coming
An Oregon couple considered ATVs safe for their young girls until an accident shattered that perception and so much more
More... - Oregonian Part I: Deceptively dangerous: Why ATVs keep killing
As regulators and companies look the other way, lax safety rules cost more lives
More... - Oregonian Editorial: Another trek up Mount Hood
This time, Oregon's entire congressional delegation should support a single plan to expand wilderness
More... - Senate questions Forest Service funding increases for fire suppression, logging, and roadbuilding
Bush administration officials are scheduled to pay a visit to the Senate Interior Appropriations Subcommittee this week to defend the $4.127 billion proposed fiscal 2008 budget for the Forest Service.
More... - Long-term county payments deal left out of war spending bill
A $5 billion deal that would have provided long-term payments to timber counties and states was left on the cutting room floor as House and Senate appropriators finished the conference report for the fiscal 2007 war supplemental yesterday.
More... - Environmental rulings lean against Bush?
Administration unduanted by what conservationists see as rebuke of its policies
More... - New study sheds light on long-term effects of logging after wildfire
Are severe reburns likely with or without logging? A new study on the effects of timber harvest following wildfire shows that the potential for a recently burned forest to reburn can be high with or without logging.
More... - Judge rejects Bush admin bid to rewrite fish protections in NW Forest Plan
A federal judge has rejected a Bush administration rule that would have made it easier to cut trees under the 1994 Northwest Forest Plan by allowing short-term negative impacts on salmon streams.
More... - Study: Reforestation Rich After Fires
Scientists looking at the aftermath of wildfires in the forests of southwestern Oregon and Northern California found that after five to ten years even the most severely burned areas had sprouted plentiful seedlings without any help from man.
More... - Judge: Administration suppressed scientists' views on forest plan
The Bush administration illegally suppressed and misrepresented the views of dissenting scientists when it eased logging restrictions under the Northwest Forest Plan, a federal judge has ruled.
More... - Federal judge tosses out new rules governing national forests
A federal judge tossed out Bush administration rules Friday that gave national forest managers more discretion to approve logging and other commercial projects without lengthy environmental reviews.
More... - Judge Suspends Administration Rules For Managing Forests
A federal district judge ruled yesterday that the Bush administration illegally rewrote the rules for managing 192 million acres of federally owned forests and grasslands in 2005 and must consider the environmental impact of its plan before offering anoth
More... - Judge stops Mount Hood forest timber sale
By Jeff Barnard The Associated Press Published: Thursday, March 8, 2007
More... - Ruling May Bring An End To Old-Growth Logging On Mt. Hood
A federal judge signed an order this week that environmentalists say effectively ends "old growth logging" on Mount Hood. By Rob Manning, OPB NEWS
More... - Judge blocks timber sale in Mount Hood forest
The ruling could mean the end of old-growth logging in the forest Thursday, March 08, 2007 MICHAEL MILSTEIN, THE OREGONIAN
More... - Blumenauer expects timber payments will be less
AP Newsmaker 2/21/2007, 4:38 p.m. PT By BRAD CAIN The Associated Press
More... - Lawmakers reintroduce Mt. Hood wilderness bill
Forest - Sens. Ron Wyden and Gordon Smith hope a new Congress will get different results Friday, February 16, 2007 PETER SLEETH THE OREGONIAN
More... - Senators try new master plan for Mount Hood
By RAELYNN RICARTE News staff writer HR NEWS February 17, 2007
More... - Pombo Finds a New Home
San Francisco Chronicle Politics Blog
More... - Dying on the fire lines
The Associated Press By JEFF BARNARD Associated Press writer Wednesday, February 21, 2007
More... - Bush again proposes selling national forest land
And for the second year, Western lawmakers and environmentalists blasted the plan By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press Writer February 6, 2007
More... - Experts see hope for timber industry
Oregon still is the nation's largest lumber producer The Associated Press February 4, 2007
More... - Westerners take pre-emptive strike at land-sales-for-schools concept
E&E Daily January 31, 2007 Dan Berman, E&E Daily senior reporter
More... - Senate Panel Examines Firefighting Costs
By CQ Staff NATIONAL JOURNAL. CQ GREEN SHEETS Jan. 28, 2007
More... - Bitterroot recreation sites up for review
By PERRY BACKUS of the Missoulian
More... - Bark Op-Ed in the Oregonian
NEW FOREST MANAGEMENT RULES A threat to our forests THE OREGONIAN Thursday, December 28, 2006 ALEX P. BROWN AND RALPH BLOEMERS
More... - Green Vs. 'Green'
Mount Hood Forest watchdogs worry that a federal study could lead to more logging. Willamette Week, IAN DEMSKY, December 13th, 2006. www.wweek.com/editorial/3305/8327/
More... - Forest Service: no more environmental analysis of forest plans
By JEFF BARNARD AP Environmental Writer December 12, 2006 Associated Press Newswires
More... - Old-Growth Forests 'Are Key Carbon Sinks'
SciDev.Net (London) December 1, 2006 HAWK JIA Beijing
More... - Salvage Logging Bill Dead For Year
Two GOP senators pledge to revive logging bill in '07 Forests - Time runs out on a proposal backed by Gordon Smith of Oregon and Idaho's Mike Crapo THE OREGONIAN Wednesday, December 06, 2006 MATTHEW DALY
More... - Departing Congress may ditch Hood bill
Land trade provision in current Mt. Hood protection bill may cause delay of vote until next session of congress.
More... - Studies Find Danger to Forests in Thinning Without Burning
Thinning forests without also burning accumulated brush and deadwood may increase forest fire damage rather than reduce it, researchers at the Forest Service reported in two recent studies.
More... - Pombo's ambitious agenda didn't yield much in the end
Controversial career of powerful California congressman Richard Pombo, sponsor of so-called "Healthy Forests Initiative," comes to a close.
More... - Bark's 2006 Post Election Review
Your guide to key election results that impact the future of our forests
More... - October Bark-Alert
TOPICS: Eightmile Timber Sale logged, fire ecology Bark-About in November, and your help needed to stop congress from gutting forest protections
More... - Bark saves 335 acres of forest from No Whisky Timber Sale!
Negotiations also led to a plan to decrease off-road vehicle abuse in the Clackamas River watershed
More... - Panel Suggests Breaking OSU's Ties to Timber Industry
Report faults OSU forestry dean, urges reforms Research - A panel cites poor judgment and urges a need for distance from timber interests
More... - New Wilderness for Mt. Hood: Bark analyzes new bill
Will new legislation introduced by Congressmen Earl Blumenauer and Greg Walden solve problems or create more?
More... - Oregonian Opinion: The OSU Forestry Controversy
At last week's oversight hearing on forest science in Medford, Daniel Donato, a graduate student at Oregon State University's School of Forestry, was taught a harsh lesson in political science...
More... - Research rattles forestry school
Timber - A graduate student's paper goes against the Oregon State college's beliefs on salvage logging and threatens funding
More... - Judge finds Bush anti-wildlife rule illegal
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press Writer
More... - Bark Defends Mt. Hood in Hood River News
New year could end decades of land disputes By RAELYNN RICARTE News staff writer Hood River News January 4, 2006
More... - Region's lumber production expected to top out this year
The region's lumber mills are on pace to set a 15-year production record this year, but a slowing national housing market will tamp down output next year, says a report Thursday by the Western Wood Products Association.
More... - Winter Solstice Volunteer of the Season - Paula Hood
Volunteers are essential to the work we do at Bark. It is largely because of their efforts that Bark is so successful. Volunteer of the Season acknowledgement is one way we say Thanks!
More... - Xerces Society Study on Logging to Control "Pests"
Learn more about forest insect "pests"! The Xerces Society has just released a report discussing the importance of native bugs to the forest ecosystem.
More... - The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA): A Precious Process
NEPA is a procedural Act, that requires a particular process, not outcome. NEPA requires federal agencies to assess the impact that their actions will have on the environment and is a bedrock environemtal law used to hold the government accountable.
More... - Report Back: Bark Hike To The Hipo Timber Sale
The October Bark Field trip was to the Hipo timber sale, one of four sales sold as part of the Hilynx Timber Sale
More... - As They Decay, Logs Tell A Story
"A Douglas fir, when it dies, hosts thousands of species," Harmon said.
More... - Northern Spotted Owl Factsheet
Findings of a September 2004 report delivered to US Fish and Wildlife Service regarding the Northern Spotted Owl
More... - Notes from the Guard Timber Sale
Twenty minutes from Estacada and moments from the popular Helens Lake Shore camp site the Guard timber sale on Mt. Hood National Forest is in its final stages of being logged.
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Forest puts new limits on off-roaders - Sandy Post
Mount Hood National Forest restricts off-road vehicles to four areas - OregonLive.com
Olallie Lake Resort in Mount Hood National Forest gets upgrade by new owners - OregonLive.com (blog)
Nestlé test sees good fish outcomes - Dalles Chronicle
Olallie Butte gives a bird's-eye view down onto Olallie Lake from it's 7222 ... - OregonLive.com (blog)
Forest fire causes evacuation of Olallie Lake Resort, campgrounds in Mount ... - OregonLive.com (blog)
Forest fires near Detroit grow to 3000 acres - Statesman Journal
Washout on Mount Hood's Timberline Trail will need expensive fix - OregonLive.com (blog)
Cloud Cap Inn on Mount Hood's north side site of open house on Aug. 21 - OregonLive.com (blog)
Three Sisters loop offers one of Oregon's most scenic backpack trips - OregonLive.com (blog)
