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We are pleased to announce the completion and début of the Hood River County Rural Living Handbook!
This handbook is intended to introduce current and prospective rural landowners to available resources in our county. It will address general questions on land use planning, gardening, livestock management, and other land management concerns. In combination with the hardcopy publication (available from any of our many project partners, it is available for downloading below.
This project was funded through a grant from the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board (OWEB). It was written in cooperation with many contributing partners.
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Hood River County Rural Living Handbook
(All of the following files require Adobe Acrobat Reader)
Download the 7.5 MB pdf of the entire document here.
Download a pdf of the Table of Contents
here.
Download individual chapters here:
Note: While every attempt has been made to correctly paraphrase and/or quote laws, codes and regulations, if any discrepancy between this handbook and the official wording should arise, the official wording should prevail.
Please let us know what you think...
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Get Your Hardcopy at One of the Following Locations:
AmeriTitle City of Hood River Columbia Gorge Fruit Growers Copper West Crystal Springs Water District East Fork Irrigation District Elliot Glacier Public House Farmers Irrigation District Ginny Mooney Real Estate Gorge Grown Farmers Market Gorge ReBuild It Center Gorge Winds Real Estate Hershner & Bell Realty Hood River County Chamber of Commerce & Visitor's Council Hood River County Forestry Dept. Hood River County Public Works Hood River County Weed & Pest Dept. Hood River Garbage Inc. Hood River News Hood River SWCD Hukari Animal Shelter Ice Fountain Water District John L. Scott Realty McIsaac's Store Middle Fork Irrigation District Moondance Realty Mt. Hood Realty Mt. Hood County Store Nunamaker Realty Oregon Dept. of Fish & Wildlife Oregon Dept. of Forestry OSU Extension Service RE/MAX Results USDA Forest Service Windermere/ Glenn Taylor Real Estate |
Contributors to This Publication
Thanks to the many partners that made this publication possible!
Special thanks to the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board who funded this project.
· Gary Asbridge, USDA Forest Service
· Jacque Betts, Hood River Garbage, Inc.
· Chris Brun, Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation
· Henry Buckalew, Hood River County Forestry Department
· John Buckley, East Fork Irrigation District
· Steve Castagnoli, OSU Extension Service
· Dave Compton, Middle Fork Irrigation District
· Jeff Cook, Farmers Irrigation District
· Elizabeth Daniel, OSU Extension Service
· Anne Debbaut, Hood River County Planning Department
· Casey DePriest, Hood River County Animal Control
· John Dodd, USDA Forest Service
· Tim Donahue, Windermere/Glenn Taylor Real Estate
· Melanee Gillette, Hood River County Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Council
· Jean Godfrey, Columbia Gorge Fruit Growers
· Ellen Hammond, Oregon Department of Agriculture
· Carly Heron, Natural Resources Conservation Service
· Vern Holm, Northwest Weed Management Partnership
· David Jacobs, Oregon Department of Forestry
· Jess Jordan, Department of State Lands
· Marti Kantola, Six Rivers Community Mediation Services
· Jordan Kim, Hood River SWCD
· Nate Lain, Hood River County Weed and Pest Division
· Joe McCanna, Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation
· Denise McCravey, RE/MAX Results, Inc. Realtors
· Weisha Mize, Oregon Department of Agriculture
· Don Nunamaker, Nunamaker Realtors
· Shilah Olson, Wasco SWCD
· Pete Peterson, Westside Fire District
· Anne Saxby, Hood River SWCD
· Jason Seals, Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife
· Leo Segovia, USDA Forest Service
· Genevieve Scholl-Erdmann, Hood River County Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Council
· Kim Smolt, USDA Forest Service
· Steve Stampfli, Hood River Watershed Group
· Doug Thiesies, Oregon Department of Forestry
· Jeremy Thompson, Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife
· Bob Wood, Water Resources Department
Special thanks to Mark Nilsson (www.marknilsson.com) for allowing us to use his beautiful artwork on the cover of this handbook and to Jackson County SWCD for allowing us to use their Rural Living Handbook as a guide.