Groundtruthing Field Day
Join us for a Groundtruthing Field Day on Mt Hood! No experience required! Bark monitors every timber sale (logging project) proposed on Mt. Hood and uses groundtruthing to document the forest conditions within the proposed project areas. With this information, Bark and our members engage the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to participate in the decision-making process for public forests. NEPA requires that the Forest Service analyze the environmental impacts of proposed timber sales, provide this information to the public, and accept feedback (public comment) on the proposal.
Check out our Field Day Preparation page for information on what to expect and what to pack for a field day: https://bark-out.org/typical-field-day/
We will meet at Gateway/NE 99th Ave. at 9 am. Make sure to meet us at the entrance to the parking garage! From there we will coordinate carpooling to our secondary location. This location will vary depending on the final survey site so keep an eye out for an update/reminder email a few days before the event. At the secondary location, I will share the coordinates for our final destination, and we will caravan together to the site. At the final site, we will do our Land Acknowledgement writing practice, share safety info, talk about the site and then head into the field for some surveying!