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RALPH O. BLOEMERS, OSB # 984172 BILLY J. WILLIAMS, OSB # 901366 

ralph@crag.org - (503) 525-2727 United States Attorney 

CHRISTOPHER G. WINTER, OSB # 984355 SEAN E. MARTIN, OSB # 054338 

chris@crag.org - (503) 525-2725 Assistant United States Attorney 

 Crag Law Center sean.martin@usdoj.gov 

3141 E. Burnside Street Office of the United States Attorney 

Portland, OR 97214 1000 S.W. Sixth Avenue, Suite 600 

Fax: (503) 296-5454 Portland, OR 97204 

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs HRVRC & Mike McCarthy Telephone: (503) 727-1010 

 Telefax: (503) 727-1117 

JONATHAN M. RADMACHER, OSB # 924314 Attorneys for Defendants 

McEwen Gisvold LLP 

jonathanr@mcewengisvold.com 

1100 SW 6th Ave, Suite 1600 

Portland, Oregon 97204 

Tel. (503) 412-3522 

Fax: (503) 243-2687 

 Attorney for Plaintiff Mt. Hood Meadows

LISA KNIGHT DAVIES, OSB # 03356 

lkdavies@gorgelaw.com 

Peachey Davies Myers & Dunn, P.C. 

430 Industrial-PO Box 417 

Hood River, Oregon 97031 

Tel. (541) 386-2221 

Fax: (541) 386-1381 

 Attorneys for Plaintiff Hood River County 

STEPHEN MADKOUR, OSB # 941091 

smadkour@clackamas.us 

Clackamas County Counsel 

2051 Kaen Road, Suite 460 

Oregon City, Or 97045

Tel. (503) 655-8362 

Fax: (503) 742-5397 

 Attorney for Plaintiff Clackamas County

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

DISTRICT OF OREGON 

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PORTLAND DIVISION 

HOOD RIVER VALLEY RESIDENTS 

COMMITTEE, an Oregon non-profit corporation; 

MIKE MCCARTHY, individually; HOOD 

RIVER COUNTY by and through the Board of 

County Commissioners of Hood River County, an 

Oregon municipal corporation; CLACKAMAS 

COUNTY, by and through the Board of County 

Commissioners of Clackamas County, an Oregon 

municipal corporation, and MT. HOOD 

MEADOWS OREGON, LLC, an Oregon LLC, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

GLENN CASAMASSA, Regional Director of 

Region 6 of the Forest Service; RICHARD 

PERIMAN, Supervisor, Mt. Hood National 

Forest; VICKI CHRISTIANSEN, Chief, Forest 

Service; & UNITED STATES FOREST 

SERVICE, an Administrative Agency of the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, 

 Defendants. 

Case No.: 3:15-cv-01397-BR 

TWENTY-NINTH

JOINT STATUS REPORT

 

In accordance with the scheduling order entered on Nov. 26, 2019 (ECF 129), and 

consistent with their agreement reflected in the Stipulated Order Staying Further Proceedings 

approved on Dec. 13, 2016 (ECF 83), the parties respectfully submit this further joint status 

report as to the ongoing implementation of the land exchange (“Land Exchange”) prescribed by 

Section 1206 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (“Act”), as amended by the 

Mount Hood Cooper Spur Land Exchange Clarification Act, Pub. L. No. 115-110 (Jan. 10, 2018) 

(“Clarification Act”) to supplement and update the information in their last report (ECF 127), 

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including their proposals for a timeline to resolve this matter, per the Court’s scheduling order 

(ECF 129) 

Since the parties’ last Joint Status Report, and by the end of November 2019, the U.S. 

Forest Service completed its review of the supplemental appraisal reports and approved the 

reports for conformity with applicable federal requirements and criteria. The reports have now 

been provided to the other participant in the Land Exchange, Mt. Hood Meadows Oregon, LLC 

(“Mt. Hood Meadows”), for its review of the values in the reports and any necessary redactions it 

believes need to be made to protect any of its confidential or proprietary information before such 

reports can be released to the other parties in this case. Mt. Hood Meadows’ review is nearing 

completion. Counsel for Plaintiffs Hood River Valley Residents Committee and Mike McCarthy 

has made a Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) request for the reports, and Defendants’ 

counsel will work with the Forest Service to expedite to the extent practicable the agency's 

response to the FOIA request. 

With regard to a timeline to resolve this matter, the parties are interested in re-convening 

mediation with the Honorable Edward Leavy and have targeted February 2020 for such 

mediation. The mediation may resolve this matter. That parties therefore would request that this 

Court continue the stay in this litigation, and the parties also propose to file a further joint status 

report within 7 days after the date of this mediation, and in any event no later than March 15, 

2020. If the mediation is not successful, the parties will in this further joint status report provide 

their proposals to resolve this matter. 

Jointly and respectfully submitted this 13th day of December, 2019. 

FOR PLAINTIFFS: FOR DEFENDANTS: 

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Crag Law Center Office of the United States Attorney 

 

s/ Ralph O. Bloemers s/ Sean E. Martin 

Ralph O. Bloemers, OSB # 984172 BILLY J. WILLIAMS, OSB # 901366

Christopher G. Winter, OSB # 984355 United States Attorney 

For Plaintiffs HRVRC & Mike McCarthy SEAN E. MARTIN, OSB # 054338 

 Assistant United States Attorney 

McEwen Gisvold LLP For Defendants 

 

s/ Jonathan M. Radmacher 

Jonathan M. Radmacher, OSB # 924314 

For Plaintiff Mt. Hood Meadows Oregon, LLC

Hood River County Counsel 

 

s/ Lisa Knight Davies 

Lisa Knight Davies, OSB# 03356 

For Plaintiff Hood River County 

Clackamas County Counsel 

 

s/ Stephen L. Madkour 

Stephen L. Madkour, OSB# 941091 

For Plaintiff Clackamas County

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