Date: January 24th 2012

The Gifford Pinchot NF Wilderness Stewardship Working Group meeting in Hood River has been canceled due to weather. Apologies for any of you who were planning to attend.

Steve Queen

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From: "Dana Hendricks" <dhendricks@pcta.org> Date: Tue, January 24, 2012 11:54 am To: caretaker-list@longtrails.com

Dana Hendricks
Regional Representative, Columbia Cascades Pacific Crest Trail Association
PO Box 359, Cascade Locks, OR 97014
dhendricks@pcta.org
541 844 9133

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From: Jessica Walz [mailto:jessica@gptaskforce.org] Sent: Tue 1/24/2012 9:24 AM
To: jessica@gptaskforce.org
Cc: Snider, Gabe -FS; brendanmnorman@gmail.com; Ruchty, Andrea -FS; bob@gptaskforce.org
Subject: MEETING CANCELED - Gifford Pinchot National Forest(GPNF) Wilderness Stewardship Working Group

All,

After receiving several weather advisory notifications for the Gorge and Hood River we have made the decision to CANCEL today's meeting 1 p.m. meeting in Hood River for the Gifford Pinchot National Forest Wilderness Stewardship Group. We apologize about the inconvenience of the last minute notification.

Gabe, Brendan and I will work on organizing another meeting for a later date. I will notify you all with the new meeting date, time and location when we have that information. If any of you would like to contact me in the meantime please feel free to call me at 503-221-2102 ext. 101 or e-mail me at jessica@gptaskforce.org.

I hope you all stay safe in this weather and I look forward to meeting everyone at the rescheduled meeting.

Thank you,

Jessica Walz Schafer

Conservation Director

Gifford Pinchot Task Force

917 SW Oak Street Ste. 410

Portland OR 97205

jessica@gptaskforce.org

503-221-2102 ext. 101

From: Jessica Walz [mailto:jessica@gptaskforce.org] Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 5:42 PM To: jessica@gptaskforce.org
Cc: 'Snider, Gabe -FS'; brendanmnorman@gmail.com; 'Ruchty, Andrea -FS'; bob@gptaskforce.org
Subject: RE: Gifford Pinchot National Forest(GPNF) Wilderness Stewardship Working Group

Good Evening,

Thank you for completing the doodle pool for the first meeting of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest Wilderness Stewardship Group.

Along with Gabe Snider, Wilderness Program Manager for the Mount Adams District of the GPNF Forest Service, and Brendan Norman of the Mount Adams Institute, I invite you to attend the first meeting of the GPNF Wilderness Stewardship Group. The first meeting will take place Tuesday, January 24th from
*1- 4p.m. *in the board room at the Port of Hood River.

Gabe, Jessica, and Brendan will co-lead the first meeting. The meeting is designed to introduce you all to the idea of the Wilderness Stewardship Group and discuss concepts for our first on the ground project- Invasive Weed Treatment Program. There will be time during the meeting to discuss ideas for other projects and Wilderness needs. Please review the attached agenda. If there is something you would like me to add to the agenda please let me know as soon as possible.

We hope to see you all at the meeting and look forward to establishing the GPNF Wilderness Stewardship Group focused on valuable on the ground projects in the GPNF wilderness areas. If you have any questions regarding the first meeting please call Jessica Walz Schafer at 503-221-2102 ext. 101 or e-mail jessica@gptaskforce.org.

Thank you,

Jessica Walz Schafer

Conservation Director, GPTF

503-221-2102 ext. 101

jessica@gptaskforce.org

www.gptaskforce.org

From: Jessica Walz [mailto:jessica@gptaskforce.org] Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 11:11 AM To: jessica@gptaskforce.org
Cc: 'Snider, Gabe -FS'; brendanmnorman@gmail.com; 'Ruchty, Andrea -FS' Subject: Gifford Pinchot National Forest(GPNF) Wilderness Stewardship Working Group

Good Morning,

My name is Jessica Walz Schafer and I am writing this morning because you or your group has been identified as an organization that may want to learn more about an exciting new wilderness stewardship group on the Gifford Pinchot National Forest(GPNF).

Congressionally designated wilderness areas are special places set aside to provide an alternative to an increasingly developed and populated society. And while wilderness provides a plethora of ecological and social benefits, we need your help to steward these valuable resources.

Along with Gabe Snider, Wilderness Program Manager for the Mount Adams District of the GPNF Forest Service, and Brendan Norman of the Mount Adams Institute, I invite you to attend the first meeting of the GPNF Wilderness Stewardship Working Group in January or early February 2012.

If you are interested in joining us in January or early Feb. please fill out the doodle pool (link below) by January 11th as to the date/dates you are available for a half-day meeting in late January or early February.

http://www.doodle.com/7896mvnerpagcew6

Details for the first meeting will be sent out in the third week of January.

The first meeting will take place in Trout Lake, Washington and will cover the basics of the group including why the group is being established and what the first project will be focused on for the year. Gabe, Jessica, and Brendan will co-lead the first meeting. We hope to see you at the meeting and look forward to establishing the GPNF Wilderness Stewardship Working Group focused on valuable on the ground projects in the GPNF wilderness areas.

If you have any questions regarding this new group or the first meeting please call Jessica Walz Schafer at 503-221-2102 ext. 101 or e-mail jessica@gptaskforce.org. I hope to see you all at our first meeting.

Jessica Walz Schafer

Conservation Director

Gifford Pinchot Task Force