Bark monitors all timber projects proposed on Mt. Hood and uses the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) along with forest collaboratives to engage with the U.S. Forest Service in the decision-making process. NEPA requires the Forest Service to analyze the environmental impacts of proposed timber projects and provide information to the public to comment on the proposal. Here are the current projects that Bark and our dedicated volunteers are tracking and working to influence.
Proposed/Planning
Work In Progress
Once a project goes through the NEPA process and is approved by a Forest Service District Ranger, parts of the project are bundled into contracts to be bid on by 3rd party contractors. This could be for noncommercial thinning/fuels reduction work, commercial logging, road repair/maintenance, or a combination of all of these. Oftentimes, a project will be implemented over the course of many years and involve multiple contractors.
- Gibson Insect and Disease CE
- 27 Road System Fuel Break CE
- Clackamas Fires Roadside Danger Tree Abatement
- Gate Creek Insect and Disease CE
- Grasshopper Timber Sale
- South Five Mile Insect and Disease CE
Past Projects or Projects on Hold
- Bear Springs Timber Sale
- Bi-County Timber Sale
- Goat Mountain Timber Sale
- Grove Timber Sale
- Hole in the Road Timber Sale
- Hunter Timber Sale
- Jazz Timber Sale
- Lava Timber Sale
- Lemiti Butte Timber Sale
- North Clack Timber Sale
- North Fork Mill Creek Timber Sale
- North Fork Mill Creek Timber Sale Revised
- Red Hill Timber Sale
- Zigzag Timber Sale
Entirely Canceled Timber Sales
- Conehead Timber Sale
- Crystal Clear Timber Sale
- Dodger Timber Sale
- Escargot Timber Sale
- Granite Timber Sale
- Imp Timber Sale
- Juncrock Timber Sale
- Oscar Timber Sale
- Upper Eagle Timber Sale
- Tex Timber Sale
- Zan Timber Sale
For more information or to ask questions about our work in timber sale monitoring, contact Jordan, Bark’s Forest Watch Program Manager, at jordan@bark-out.org.
