WHITE SALMON — A free program on the future of the Cougar Creek Burn area on Mount Adams will begin at 7 p.m. Dec. 11 at Henkle Middle School, 480 N.W. Loop Road.
A seven-person panel will include Steve Andringa, administrative forester of the Yakama Nation; Mark Neutzmann, wildlife biologist for the Yakama Nation; Mose Jones-Yellin, Mount Adams district ranger; Jessica Hudec, Mount Adams district fire ecologist; Ken McNamee, southeast region manager for the state Department of Natural Resources; Albert Durkee, southeast region forester for the state Department of Natural Resources, and Jay McLaughlin, executive director of the Mount Adams Resource Stewards.
Darryl Lloyd, conservation chair of the Friends of Mount Adams, will present a short slide presentation giving a geographic overview of the fire.
Discussion topics will include ongoing and planned restoration projects, resource losses and costs to the land-managing agencies and the impact of the fire on surrounding communities.
The fire burned more than 53,000 acres on the south, east and north sides of Mount Adams.
