The Mt. Hood National Forest occupies 2/3 of the Sandy River Basin. As steward of the basin's headwaters, the Mt. Hood National Forest is committed to restoring and maintaining the basin's ecosystem health and aquatic habitat.
The Forest Service works with communities, private sector entities, and other agencies to provide opportunities for employment and economic growth in the regions surrounding the forest through timber sales. Stewardship contracts are special timber sales where a portion of the revenues go directly back to restoring streams and forest lands.
A report produced by the Pinchot Institute for Conservation documents a study in which third-party auditors evaluated current forest management practices on five study national forest units inclu...
