Lower Post Cayon Trails Open House 6-8PM on October 20th, 2009

Hood River County Forestry Department (HRC), Oregon Parks and Recreation
Department (OPRD) and the USDA Forest Service, Columbia River Gorge
National Scenic Area (USFS) are working collaboratively to plan the lower
Post Canyon trail area. USFS, OPRD and HRC are working with the National
Park Service’s Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance Program (RTCA)
through a grant of technical assistance to develop the concept plan. RTCA
will facilitate the planning process and will work with the other land
managers over the course of approximately a year on developing a concept
plan for the lower Post Canyon trails which are primarily on OPRD and USFS
lands.
These are not the trails which are managed by Hood River County
Forestry Department. For a project area map go to

http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll246/rtcasea/LPC_projectarea.jpg

The planning effort to date has involved inventorying the existing
user-made social trails (unmanaged, unsanctioned) and the natural resources
of the project area. The next step is to form a planning team that will
make recommendations and help shape the concept plan for the trails. After
the completion of the Lower Post Canyon Trails Concept Plan, USFS and OPRD
will use the document as a starting point for the formal NEPA and SEPA
processes (environmental analysis). We are contacting you specifically
because we want to know the interest of your trail-based organization in
being a part of the planning team.

OPRD, USFS and HRC will be hosting an open house for the lower Post Canyon
trails project from 6-8PM on October 20th, 2009 at the Gorge Room at the
Hood River Inn. We will be explaining the background of the project,
detail the goals of the effort, seek initial input, and determine who is
interesting in “rolling up their sleeves” and committing to being an active
member of the planning team that will develop the concept plan.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or concerns about
the project. I can be reached at dan_miller@nps.gov or (ph) 360-816-6232.
I look forward to seeing you at the open house.

Sincerely,


Dan Miller
Community Planner
Rivers, Trails & Conservation Assistance Program
National Park Service - Pacific West Region
Phone (360) 816-6232 Cell (509) 281-1100
www.nps.gov/rtca
Posted by: dvz on Monday, October 19, 2009 - 05:19 AM