Mt. Hood National Forest

In the Clackamas District of the Mt Hood National Forest, about thirty miles east of Estacada, there are over 4600 acres of unprotected roadless forests in the Eagle Creek and South Fork Eagle Creek Watersheds. Immediately adjacent to the Salmon Huckleberry Wilderness area, much of this pristine forest is a Forest Service inventoried roadless area. Due to the fact that it is contiguous with surrounding Wilderness areas, it it land that should be kept in mind for future Wilderness additions. 

The historic Old Baldy Trail winds through the roadless forests and provides access into the Salmon Huckleberry Wilderness. The Douglas Fir and Noble-Fir dominated forest provides critical winter range for deer and elk. The wet slopes and healthy soil provide habitat for dozens of species of mushrooms, from Ramaria to Chanterelle.

Eagle Creek is a major tributary of the Clackamas River. The Clackamas River is a municipal watershed for 185,000 Oregonians and a back-up source of drinking water for over a million people in the Portland Metro area.