Produced by:
KBOO
Program::
Air date:
Mon, 02/27/2012 - 12:00am
Inerviews w. Bark-Out on Bagby plus Occupy Oregon kicks OWS into F-29 gear, Wikileaks & more
Welcome to Oregon!
Last week the Forest Service rather disingenuously released a decision (Actually make last year at the time this travesty was first announced) to grant a private concessionaire permit for management of Bagby Hot Springs. No less than 27 other other developed recreation sites in Mt. Hood National Forest, the last remaining sites under public management, are also on the block. This decision comes one year after a public backlash over the contentious proposal to transfer management to private companies was first announced. As said above: the ink was dry a year ago. Bark, the local environmental group dedicated to protecting and restoring Mt. Hood National Forest, plans to appeal the decision.
Last year the Forest Service, which is charged with managing recreation on national forest lands like Mt. Hood, renovated the historic Bagby Hot Springs with no notice or public process, dismissing volunteers who helped maintain the site for decades. It then announced plans to grant management of 27 campgrounds to California Land Management Services Corporation with no public process or notification. After a clamoring public raised vocal concern regarding the lack of public input on the decision to change the iconic Bagby site and transfer management of popular campgrounds, Mt. Hood staff agreed to hold an “open house” and open a public comment period. Public comments were overwhelmingly opposed to the change in management, identifying several concerns at the outcome of concessionaire management.- KBOO
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