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| https://walden.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/after-greg-walden-calls-more-public-input-forest-plan-revisions-forest | After Greg Walden calls for more public input on forest plan revisions, Forest Service announces it will hold additional listening sessions in rural communities | 2015-04-13 | 2015 | 2015-04 | Republican | House | OR | Greg Walden | W000791 | walden.house.gov | legacy | After Greg Walden calls for more public input on forest plan revisions, Forest Service announces it will hold additional listening sessions in rural communities WASHINGTON, D.C. The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) has announced that the agency will hold at least 12 additional listening sessions on planned revisions to the Northwest Forest Plan, including in Hood River, Lakeview, Klamath Falls, and Bend or La Pine. The move comes after U.S. Rep. Greg Walden (R-Hood River) led 10 other members of Congress from the Pacific Northwest last month in urging the agency to allow more opportunities for public input in rural communities most affected by these revisions. This is a step in the right direction, and I urge the Forest Service to continue to gather public input from the communities that will be impacted most by these revisions. But it's not enough to just collect input. The agency must carefully listen to what they hear from residents of rural forested communities as they revise the Northwest Forest Plan. If they do, they will learn a lot, Walden said. In February, USFS announced that they had only planned listening sessions in three locations: Seattle, Wash.; Portland, Ore.; and Redding, Calif. In March, Walden and 10 other members urged the agency to hold additional sessions. The Northwest Forest Plan has profoundly impacted the communities within our districts and any revisions to the plan will have a similar effect. Holding only three listening sessions disadvantages our constituents in these rural communities. Many of our constituents would have to travel several hours and hundreds of miles to participate. The cost and time commitments involved would likely present an unacceptable hardship for many residents who would otherwise participate in these sessions, the members wrote. While incorporating the latest science and revising the Northwest Forest Plan is long overdue, the Forest Service should take all steps possible to ensure that the public has ample opportunities to participate. Led by Walden, the letter was also signed by every member of the Oregon delegation (Reps. Peter DeFazio, Kurt Schrader, Earl Blumenauer, and Suzanne Bonamici), five members from Washington State (Reps. Jaime Herrera Beutler, Derek Kilmer, Dan Newhouse, Dave Reichert, and Suzan DelBene), and Rep. Doug LaMalfa from California. ### | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |