Last week, we joined our friends at Bird Alliance of Oregon to host a webinar discussing our perspectives and concerns regarding PGE’s Harborton Reliability Project. This project, if allowed, would permit the removal of 4.7 acres of trees in the northern part of Forest Park, with future phases potentially removing an additional 15 acres.
Many in our community have asked for ways to become involved, and so we are compiling some resources in this blog post for you to utilize and reference.
- FPC Statement: FPC board member and forest ecologist Carole Hardy prepared a statement on behalf of our organization to share our stance regarding the project. This includes concerns we have discussed over the past year, such as conflicts with the Forest Park Natural Resources Management Plan, as well as new concerns that arose with the newly submitted version of the proposal, such as an alternatives report showing potential alternatives that PGE had not previously mentioned to the public. Click here to read this blog post.
- Public Comment Guide: One way to help push back against this project is to submit a comment to the Bureau of Development Services. To help you craft a comment to submit, our friends at Bird Alliance of Oregon put together this public comment guide with instructions on where to submit your comment. For this stage of the proposal process, comments are due December 4th. Click here to read the guide.
- Webinar Recording: If you missed last week’s webinar, you can still view a recording of it. It’s a great webinar with local guests like photographer Scott Carpenter and wildlife biologist Marcy Couttrell Houle. Click here to view the recording.
- PGE’s Proposal: You can view the proposed project as well as related documents, including the Toth report which outlines additional viable alternatives PGE could pursue, on the city’s website. Click here to view these materials.
In addition, we encourage you to sign up for the FPC and Bird Alliance of Oregon newsletters to get updates as this proposal process continues.