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Bark is the only nonprofit focused on the ceded lands now known as Mt. Hood National Forest.

We use volunteer power and legal tools to monitor, document, and influence logging and restoration activities in Mt. Hood National Forest. Since 1999, Bark has saved tens of thousands of acres from destructive logging projects that would have harmed Mt. Hood's forests and watersheds.

What's Happening on Mt. Hood

News

Press Release: Public Shut Out as Trump Administration Guts Bedrock Environmental Protections  

Sweeping changes and loopholes impact public oversight of threatened ecosystems in the Pacific Northwest.  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:  Jade Hagan, PhD, Bark , jade@bark-out.org.

Action Alert News

Budget bill, changes to NEPA intended to drastically increase timber production and limit public input

BREAKING NEWS: Budget bill requiring increase in timber production and long-term timber contracts passes the House, headed to Trump’s desk Just as this email was…

News Program Updates

Changes to Forest Service Policy will have far-reaching impacts

Plus, the Stone Creek comment period is now open and other important updates from behind the scenes at Bark Updates to Forest Service Policy By…

Protect public access to public lands!

New NEPA regulations governing the U.S. Forest Service would cut the public out of public land management. Submit a public comment today and fight for your right to make your voice heard!

Color photo of a group of Bark Volunteers posed for the camera sitting on a pile of logged, branchless trees. The looks on each of their faces are stern, as the entire scope of the camera is filled by these giant piles.

Bark's forest activism depends on volunteers like you

Learn how you can make an impact on Mt. Hood National Forest by volunteering with Bark.

Give a dam!

Bark's beaver program focuses on increasing beaver habitat in Mt. Hood National Forest to protect this keystone species and build climate resilience. Help us help these climate allies return to Mt. Hood.

Bark affirms that these are the rightful lands of the Multnomah, Kathlamet, and Clackamas bands of the Chinuk, Tualitin, Kalapuya, Molalla, Tenino, Wasco, Wishram, Paiute, and the many other Native people who live here and who have always lived here. These Tribal Nations belong to and care for this land and we honor these Nations’ continued existence and resilience, as their sacrifices are still ongoing. We acknowledge their long-lasting and tireless work to nurture, advocate, and protect these lands in the Pacific Northwest.