OUR MEETINGS
FULL GROUP MEETINGS:
Monthly on the third Thursday from 1-3:30pm PST (unless noted otherwise).April-October: In-person, hybrid (in-person with Zoom option), or field trips.
November-March: Remote (Zoom).
SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS:
Quarterly or more often as-needed.Steering Committee (remote)
Zones of Agreement (remote or hybrid)
Recreation (remote)
FIELD TRIPS
USFS Trout Lake Planning Area Field Tour
At this field trip, we will tour the next USFS (Mt. Adams Ranger District) planning area near Trout Lake. Potential topics of discussion might include proposed management actions such as fuel breaks and the use of Emergency Situation Determination and Categorical Exclusions.
Note: RSVP required for planning purposes. All proposed summer field trips are subject to change/cancelation due to wildfires or other unforeseen circumstances.
Joint Collaborative Tour of USFS East Fork Lewis River Plantation Thin
UPDATE: RESCHEDULED FROM 8/19! This joint field trip with the Pinchot Partners, our collaborative counterparts on the north zone of the Forest, will consist of a tour of planned timber sales coming out of East Fork Lewis (i.e., Forest-wide Plantation Thinning) with a social hour afterwards (details TBD).
Notes:
RSVP required for planning purposes.
All proposed summer field trips are subject to change/cancelation due to wildfires or other unforeseen circumstances.
Yakama Nation Field Tour
This field tour of the sovereign lands of the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation reservation was aimed at learning about ongoing tribal natural resource management efforts. This trip was one component of our tribal engagement work funded by the National Forest Foundation’s Collaborative Capacity Program for Forests & Communities. This broader tribal engagement work will result in a SGPC Tribal Engagement Plan to be published in 2027. See the Agenda below for trip details.
Notes:
Photo credits: Ryan Ernst and Josh Petit.
Any use of these photos in social media or otherwise must tag/credit ‘Yakama Nation Tribal Forestry.’
Little White Salmon Monitoring Tour
Our final field trip of 2025 featured a field tour of pre-treatment monitoring work on the Little White Salmon watershed, part of the USFS’ Little White Salmon Forest Resiliency and Fire Risk Mitigation Project and a focus of SGPC discussion between 2022-25. Cascade Forest Conservancy (CFC) and Mt. Adams Resource Stewards (MARS)—longtime SGPC partner organizations—are spearheading this work using WA Dept. Natural Resources’ monitoring protocol.
Active Logging Tour with High Cascade
This field trip featured a tour of High Cascade’s active logging operations and was led by Jon Paul Anderson of High Cascade, a longtime SGPC member. Those in attendance enjoyed stops to observe a thinning unit as well as the ins and outs of wood processing. The group also discussed and flagged the process of tethered logging for future collaborative discussions.
Williams Mine Fire & MARS Prescribed Fire Tours
This field trip featured tours of both the Williams Mine Fire (coordinated by the USFS) and prescribed fire work conducted by Mt. Adams Resource Stewards. This fire-themed trip allowed SGPC members to observe important management efforts and consider how prescribed fire and other tools can help control/mitigate the impacts of large fires on and near GPNF.
Carson National Fish Hatchery Tour
This field trip featured a tour of the Carson National Fish Hatchery led by Larry Zeigenfuss, hatchery manager. This involved hearing about the hatchery’s formation, salmon recovery efforts and associated management practices, and how the hatchery faces and overcomes various challenges such as fish depredation, funding uncertainties, and staffing.
