Comments on: Goodbye to Oregon’s National Forests… http://blog.onwardoregon.org/goodbye-to-oregons-national-forests/ Here are snippets from the three most-recent postings. Click an article title below to read more. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:37:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Peter Bray http://blog.onwardoregon.org/goodbye-to-oregons-national-forests/#comment-1641 Peter Bray Mon, 13 Feb 2006 19:28:55 +0000 http://blog.onwardoregon.org/goodbye-to-oregons-national-forests/#comment-1641 Here's a list of <a href="http://www.fs.fed.us/land/staff/spd.html" rel="nofollow">"some" of the lands for sale</a>... Here’s a list of “some” of the lands for sale…

]]> By: Rick Ray http://blog.onwardoregon.org/goodbye-to-oregons-national-forests/#comment-1640 Rick Ray Mon, 13 Feb 2006 19:15:58 +0000 http://blog.onwardoregon.org/goodbye-to-oregons-national-forests/#comment-1640 Just saw this press release from Friends of the Columbia Gorge: Approximately 730 acres of public land in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area will be up for sale to the highest bidder under President Bush’s 2007 budget proposal. Despite a statement from Forest Service Spokesperson Heidi Valetkevitch that "the lands in question aren’t environmentally sensitive wilderness or protected scenic areas,” the Columbia Gorge is one of the country’s only National Scenic Areas, passed into law in1986 with bi-partisan support and signed by President Ronald Reagan. Properties on both sides of the Columbia Gorge are named on the potential sale list. These include lands in Corbett, above Sheppard’s Dell and near Cascade Locks in Oregon. On the Washington side, land near Cape Horn, Wind Mountain and above the flooded Celilo Falls would be available to the highest bidder. “After two decades of protecting and investing in the Gorge, this sell-off amounts to robbing the public of its crown jewel,” said Michael Lang, Conservation Director of Friends of the Columbia Gorge. “Places like the Columbia Gorge should not be treated as ‘disposable land.’” Just saw this press release from Friends of the Columbia Gorge:

Approximately 730 acres of public land in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area will be up for sale to the highest bidder under President Bush’s 2007 budget proposal.

Despite a statement from Forest Service Spokesperson Heidi Valetkevitch that “the lands in question aren’t environmentally sensitive wilderness or protected scenic areas,” the Columbia Gorge is one of the country’s only National Scenic Areas, passed into law in1986 with bi-partisan support and signed by President Ronald Reagan.

Properties on both sides of the Columbia Gorge are named on the potential sale list. These include lands in Corbett, above Sheppard’s Dell and near Cascade Locks in Oregon. On the Washington side, land near Cape Horn, Wind Mountain and above the flooded Celilo Falls would be available to the highest bidder.

“After two decades of protecting and investing in the Gorge, this sell-off amounts to robbing the public of its crown jewel,” said Michael Lang, Conservation Director of Friends of the Columbia Gorge. “Places like the Columbia Gorge should not be treated as ‘disposable land.’”

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