Eric Aldinger

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> Starting July 26, 2014 (this Saturday) the private lands controlled
by the following land owners will be Closed to ALL recreation until further
notice.
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> SDS - Stevenson Lumber
> BLC - Broughton Land Company
> SLC - Stevenson Land Company
> Kreps Ranch
> Weyerhauser
> Hancock Forest Management
> American Forest Management
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> This is a list of basically all of the private timber land in the Gorge
area
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> The core areas/trails affected by the closure are:
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> Hospital Hill
> Underwood Mountain
> Whoopie
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> The three area's listed above are the most popular affected by the
closure, however there are many more areas and trails to numerous to list
affected by the closure as well. It is the Individual recreationalist
responsibility to know who's property they are on and stay out if that land
is included in this closure. All the companies involved are very serious
about this closure.
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> In short they doing everything they can to prevent the devastation, on
their lands, that is affecting the central Washington area's by fire - over
300 sq miles of land up in smoke. To give you perspective Hood River
County is 534 sq miles.
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> This closure comes out of the The Industrial Fire Precaution Level (IFPL)
being elevated to level 3 for both the Washington and Oregon zones.
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> SLC (Stevenson Land Company) has worked with the other large landowners
in the Gorge to agree on a private lands recreational closure in the Gorge.
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> For further information one can go to http://stevensonlandcompany.com
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> Douglas Van Zandt