Transportation Observations,
Considerations, and Recommendations for
Mt. Hood National Forest

Provided by the Interagency Transportation Assistance Group (TAG)
in session conducted in Sandy, Oregon on June 24–26, 2009


Transportation Solutions, Mt Hood National Forest (564kb)

Greetings,

Please find a copy of the report titled "Transportation Solutions, Mt Hood National Forest", prepared by the Interagency Transportation Assistance Group (TAG).  The report is the result of field visits, interviews and a stakeholder forum held during late June of 2009.  The report provides background information, summarizes previous planning documents, identifies relevant issues and offers a range of recommendations for managing access to and within public lands around the Mt Hood Region, primarily the Hwy 26 and 35 corridors.

The TAG group was sponsored by the Mt Hood National Forest in cooperation with Oregon Dept of Transportation.  The purpose of the report will be to further inform continuing work among the multiple public agencies responsible for transportation within and around the Mt Hood National Forest.  This work includes any further efforts among partner agencies working on Multi-Modal Transportation Planning.

To those of you who provided input during the field visit last summer and/or participated in the Stakeholder Forum held on June 25: Thank You for your participation.  Your input was critical in helping identify issues and developing possible solutions.  

If you have any questions or wish to provide comments about the report's content, feel free to contact Tom Torres (Mt Hood Forest Engineer) at ttorres (at) fs.fed.us

Thanks for your continued interest and support of this important work.


Thomas Torres, P.E.            for
      Mt Hood Forest Engineer
 
-glarsen (at) fs.fed.us

Gary L. Larsen, PhD   (503) 668-1750 Desk
Forest Supervisor     (503) 703-1599 Cell
Mt. Hood National Forest    (503) 668-1794 Fax


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Thomas A. Torres, P.E.
USFS R6 Sub-Regional Engineering Group
Columbia River Gorge NSA & Mt Hood National Forest
Cell Ph. 503-729-4683
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