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The structure of the Oregon Wilderness Bill has been carefully crafted over several of the last years and has been tied to the Mount Hood Meadows Land swap with their agreement. It has many compromises and has tried to respect all mountain user groups. The over-riding philosophy is that Mount Hood is a very limited resource, especially when it comes to a Wilderness area with the easy access of the Cooper Spur area, and areas like this must be preserved for future generations. If this is not done, wilderness will disappear and the entire mountain will one day resemble the Government Camp/Timberline/Meadows. Is that how we want to care for our Mountain?

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