Mount Hood National Park Links

Protecting
the Mountain

A variety of
organizations have banded together to propose expanding Wilderness
designations around Oregon in the Oregon Wild Campaign. You can learn the specifics
about their proposal for the Mount Hood area over here.
The Cooper Spur Wild and Free Coalition is doing
the heavy lifting to prevent Mount Hood Meadows from defacing
the north side of Mount Hood. Consider a much-needed donation
when you visit their Get Involved page.
The Friends
of Mount Hood have been keeping Mount Hood Meadows on a short
leash since the 1980s, when the Forest Service approved yet another
sprawling expansion of the ski area in some of the most pristine
terrain on the mountain. Portland's venerable
Mazamas
have a long history of taking on the Forest Service in defense
of Mount Hood. You can read their opposition to the Cooper Spur
proposal here.
Bark is an Oregon-based citizen group dedicated
to better forest management. The group monitors every timber
sale in Mount Hood National Forest, maintains an online database
of timber sales on their website, leads monthly Bark-about
fields trips to "ground-truth" planned sales and produces
Bark
T.V. on cable television. No other group
has been as sucessful in protecting wild Oregon as the Oregon Natural Resources Council. They are
leading partners in the Oregon Wild Campaign, and active on many
other fronts, as always.
The Wilderness Society is a national organization
with an interest in protecting Mount Hood as partners in the
Oregon Wild
Campaign.
The Sierra Club is another national group dedicated
to protection of Mount Hood, with proposals to convert the entire
national forest into a National Recreation Area and to strengthen
protections in the Columbia River Gorge. The Sierra
Club also maintains an excellent history of John
Muir and early attempts to protect Mount Hood as a national park.
The Friends of the Columbia Gorge has been the
foremost advocate for preserving the Columbia River Gorge
for more than 20 years, and was instrumental
in creation of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area
in 1986.

Read ABOUT the National Park
proposal in Elizabeth Mitchell's About.com
guide to Portland.

National
Parks

The National Park Service - guardians of Americas
natural and historic shrines.
The National Parks Conservation Association -
watchdog of the National Park System since 1918.
The National Park Foundation - created by Congress
to bring private funds and innovative partnerships to the National
Park System.
The National
Park Trust is the only land conservancy uniquely dedicated
to preserving America's national system of parks, wildlife refuges,
and historic monuments.

The green blood still runs deep
for the Coalition of Concerned
National Park Service Retirees. The affiliated Campaign
to Protect America's Lands seeks to conserve our natural
and historical heritage by exposing policies that permit destruction
of our parks and public lands for private profit.

National Parks.com - the leading online commercial
guide to the nation's National Parks.
Fodors.com
- commercial guide to the National Parks.
The Library of Congress Collection on mapping
the National Parks.

Agencies

Mount Hood National Forest, hopelessly conflicted
steward of Mount Hood's legacy.
The Oregon Department of Transportation, builder
of ever faster, wider roads continues to overbuild its way into
the future on Mount Hood. Read their list of planned "improvements"
and weep.
The Columbia Gorge Commission continues to struggle
valiantly to enforce the complex laws of the Columbia River,
while the Forest Service gradually implements the legislation
on the ground.
The Bureau
of Land Management is steward to a patchwork of lands along
the west edge of the Mount Hood forest, including
the Cascade
Stream Watch in the Wildwood Recreation Site. The
National
Marine Fisheries Service is overseeing the protection and
restoration of endangered salmon and steelhead species
in Oregon through their Pacific
Northwest office.
The sleepy Clackamas County planning program has produced
a decidely mixed bag in the Mount Hood corridor, but continues
to be the only game in town on private developments
along Highway 26. In 1989, the County enacted an urban renewal
district for ailing Government Camp, with some progress on a
long list of planned improvements. On the east
and north sides of the mountain, the Hood River County planning program has successfully
protected the orchards of the Upper
Hood River Valley -- until now. Sadly, the Commission signed
on to the controversial land swap at Cooper Spur in the name
of economic development... which means we should probably worry
that the top of Mount Hood has been decapitated on their web
site!

	Protecting the Mountain
A variety of organizations have banded together to propose expanding Wilderness designations around Oregon in the Oregon Wild Campaign. You can learn the specifics about their proposal for the Mount Hood area over here. The Cooper Spur Wild and Free Coalition is doing the heavy lifting to prevent Mount Hood Meadows from defacing the north side of Mount Hood. Consider a much-needed donation when you visit their Get Involved page. The Friends of Mount Hood have been keeping Mount Hood Meadows on a short leash since the 1980s, when the Forest Service approved yet another sprawling expansion of the ski area in some of the most pristine terrain on the mountain. Portland's venerable Mazamas have a long history of taking on the Forest Service in defense of Mount Hood. You can read their opposition to the Cooper Spur proposal here. Bark is an Oregon-based citizen group dedicated to better forest management. The group monitors every timber sale in Mount Hood National Forest, maintains an online database of timber sales on their website, leads monthly Bark-about fields trips to "ground-truth" planned sales and produces Bark T.V. on cable television. No other group has been as sucessful in protecting wild Oregon as the Oregon Natural Resources Council. They are leading partners in the Oregon Wild Campaign, and active on many other fronts, as always. The Wilderness Society is a national organization with an interest in protecting Mount Hood as partners in the Oregon Wild Campaign. The Sierra Club is another national group dedicated to protection of Mount Hood, with proposals to convert the entire national forest into a National Recreation Area and to strengthen protections in the Columbia River Gorge. The Sierra Club also maintains an excellent history of John Muir and early attempts to protect Mount Hood as a national park. The Friends of the Columbia Gorge has been the foremost advocate for preserving the Columbia River Gorge for more than 20 years, and was instrumental in creation of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area in 1986. Read ABOUT the National Park proposal in Elizabeth Mitchell's About.com guide to Portland.
	National Parks
	The National Park Service - guardians of Americas natural and historic shrines. The National Parks Conservation Association - watchdog of the National Park System since 1918. The National Park Foundation - created by Congress to bring private funds and innovative partnerships to the National Park System. The National Park Trust is the only land conservancy uniquely dedicated to preserving America's national system of parks, wildlife refuges, and historic monuments. The green blood still runs deep for the Coalition of Concerned National Park Service Retirees. The affiliated Campaign to Protect America's Lands seeks to conserve our natural and historical heritage by exposing policies that permit destruction of our parks and public lands for private profit. National Parks.com - the leading online commercial guide to the nation's National Parks. Fodors.com - commercial guide to the National Parks. The Library of Congress Collection on mapping the National Parks.
	Agencies
	Mount Hood National Forest, hopelessly conflicted steward of Mount Hood's legacy. The Oregon Department of Transportation, builder of ever faster, wider roads continues to overbuild its way into the future on Mount Hood. Read their list of planned "improvements" and weep. The Columbia Gorge Commission continues to struggle valiantly to enforce the complex laws of the Columbia River, while the Forest Service gradually implements the legislation on the ground. The Bureau of Land Management is steward to a patchwork of lands along the west edge of the Mount Hood forest, including the Cascade Stream Watch in the Wildwood Recreation Site. The National Marine Fisheries Service is overseeing the protection and restoration of endangered salmon and steelhead species in Oregon through their Pacific Northwest office. The sleepy Clackamas County planning program has produced a decidely mixed bag in the Mount Hood corridor, but continues to be the only game in town on private developments along Highway 26. In 1989, the County enacted an urban renewal district for ailing Government Camp, with some progress on a long list of planned improvements. On the east and north sides of the mountain, the Hood River County planning program has successfully protected the orchards of the Upper Hood River Valley -- until now. Sadly, the Commission signed on to the controversial land swap at Cooper Spur in the name of economic development... which means we should probably worry that the top of Mount Hood has been decapitated on their web site!
	Other Mount Hood Links
	Mount Hood Guide.com will soon be unveiled as the companion site to Mount Hood National Park.com - check back often for updates! The Hood River News is the best online source for the lastest on Mount Hood happenings. They have continued to provide outstanding coverage of the Cooper Spur development controversy that the state's largest daily could learn from! Mount Hood History.com - a growing archive of rare historic images and background on Mount Hood and the Columbia Gorge. Mount Hood Visualization is a super cool digital version of the mountain, complete with virtual fly-overs! Sigh... complete with virtual clearcuts, right where Smokey planned them... National Geographic's driving tour of the Mount Hood Loop covers all the great spots. The AAA's Via Magazine published this fine article on the Queen of the Cascades. The William Joseph Gallery in Portland features photography of Mount Hood. Who can blame the second and third graders at Orchard School in South Burlington, Vermont for having Mount Hood on their National Park Page? They just know a national shrine when they see one!
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