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.
Have you read the handbook? Let us know what you thought. Follow this link to fill out our short online survey. We value your feedback!
We will also be hosting six workshops during 2008 and early 2009 on topics from the handbook. Follow this link to check out the workshop descriptions below.
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...
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.
The Hood River Soil & Water Conservation District is hosting a total of six workshops over the next year covering topics from the Hood River County Rural Living Handbook. The first four workshops in this series are described below.
You can register for any of these workshops through
Hood River Community Education at 541-386-2055
Weed Warriors: Identification and Control
Saturday, May 17, 2008; 10:00am to 12:00pm
Are
you a local weed warrior? Battling weeds without understanding their growth
habits can be a long frustrating fight. Join the Hood River Soil & Water
Conservation District for a workshop designed to help you get the scoop on
our area’s worst weed invaders. We’ll cover weed management, identification
tips with live weed specimens, plus we’ll give you the opportunity to bring in
some of your unknown weeds to identify.
Location: OSU Extension Service (2990 Experiment Station Rd, Hood River)
Limit: 30
Class Fee: $5.00
Landscaping With Less
Saturday, June 21, 2008; 10:00am to 12:00pm
Want
a great lawn that stays green without constant watering? Looking for attractive
landscape plants that need minimal inputs and attract wildlife? Ready to
disconnect the downspout and create a “rain garden”? Spend an educational
Saturday morning at the OSU Master Gardener Learning Garden with experts from
Oregon State University, Master Gardeners, and the Hood River Soil & Water
Conservation District. Topics will include ecolawns, native and xeriscape
plants, bioswales (“rain gardens”) and mulches.
Location: OSU Extension Service (2990 Experiment Station Rd, Hood River)
Limit: 30
Class Fee: $5.00
Pondering a Pond?
Saturday, July 12, 2008; 10:00am to 12:00pm
Are
you considering installing a pond? Who wouldn’t want a backyard pond for
sparkling water, dockside fishing or enhanced property values? But before you
start moving in the heavy machinery you might want to attend this workshop.
Local Watermaster Bob Wood will help you understand what is involved in
constructing a pond from permits that might be required to understanding your
water rights. A professional from Aquascape, Inc., the nation’s largest
supplier and innovator of water feature products will share their expertise on
options and alternatives for low maintenance water features and present ideas to
bring the water gardening lifestyle into your own backyard for the entire family
to enjoy. This could be the class that saves you from digging a very expensive,
dry hole in your yard!
Location: OSU Extension Service (2990 Experiment Station Rd, Hood River)
Limit: 30
Class Fee: $5.00