Cascade Volcanoes • Entered by Laurie Kerr on June 13, 2021
Solitude Monitoring
June 12, 2021
Participants and Hours
| Pre Planning hours | 10 |
| Post Admin hours | 0.5 |
| Activity Hours | 4 |
| Participants | 2 |
| Total Hours | 18.5 |
Key Issue: Wildlife Protection
Activity Type: Stewardship (monitoring, sampling, planting, etc.)
Key Partners: Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area FS
Landscape/area: Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness (65420 acres)
Measurable Outcomes
Outcome 1: Trail/land monitored (2 miles)
Short Description of Activity
Jean and Laurie monitored Bear Lake trail 413a for solitude.
Reflection/Evaluation
We had a marvelous time and met a women backpacking with her 3-year old daughter at Bear Lake. We noted 11 hikers and 0 dogs. One low elevation airplane and one occupied campsite with a score of 0 was also recorded. We also noted road conditions to Rainy Lake Campground were very poor with high clearance 4X4 trucks even unable to drive the road. This will have a huge impact on our monitoring this season if the FS does not fix the road soon. We have 9 monitoring sessions due at Cedar Swamp. I took pictures of the road and will send them and a long email to Casey, my FS ranger. It was good that I went up there for the day to monitor Bear Lake as we were able to access that monitoring area.
Photos/Uploads
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Photo Captions
1-Jean Brodahl alongside washout on Dead Point Road