——=_NextPart_000_000C_01C60149.57C5D0A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=&quot;iso-8859-1&quot; Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable<br>,<br>=20<br>Terwilliger (Cougar) Hot Springs- Update<br>Submitted by: Shirley Gauthier<br>=20<br>One year ago we were informed that the United States Forest Service (USFS) had made the decision to contract out Terwilliger Hot Springs. Many of us refer to the springs as Cougar Hot Springs. Cougar hot springs located near Blue River are about a 1-=BD hour scenic drive from The Willamettans Family Nudist Resort located in Marcola, Oregon. Directions and ore information about Cougar can be located at<br>=20<br><a href=http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/willamette/recreation/tripplanning/d>http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/willamette/recreation/tripplanning/d</a> ayuse/terwilliger_hot_springs.html=20<br>=20<br>The announcement of privatizing the hot springs was met by concern and questions. The contract was awarded to Hoodoo Recreational Services. We immediately contact Greg Thorne of Friends of Cougar and Chuck Sheppard, President of Hoodoo Recreation.<br>=20<br>Chuck welcomed meetings and dialog and it was clear from the beginning that Chuck was a friend of AANR. A one- year probationary period contracted between Hoodoo Recreational Services and the USFS afforded everyone the time to voice concern, questions and compliments.<br>=20<br>We are very happy to report that Hoodoo Recreational Services has accepted another one-year contract with the USFS to manage Cougar Hot Springs. We value our working partnership with Chuck Sheppard and thank him for his commitment to maintaining Cougar Hot Springs. Learn more about Hoodoo and Chuck at <a href=http://www.hoodoo.com/.>http://www.hoodoo.com/.</a><br>Be sure to check out Chuck=92s page on the left hand side of the home page.<br>=20<br>Give some thought to visiting the Willamettans Family Nudist Resort, (1/2 price winter rate ground fees), skiing at Hoodoo and ending your day with a nice soak at Cougar Hot Springs. Remember when visiting Cougar the $5 day pass fee and bring a plastic bag for any litter you 05 find while hiking in or out of the springs. Check out the Willamettans at <a href=http://www.efn.com/~willies.=20>http://www.efn.com/~willies.=20</a><br> ——=_NextPart_000_000C_01C60149.57C5D0A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=&quot;iso-8859-1&quot; Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable<br>&lt;!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC &quot;-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN&quot;&gt; &lt;HTML xmlns:o =3D &quot;urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office&quot;&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt; &lt;META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D&quot;text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1&quot;= &gt; &lt;META content=3D&quot;MSHTML 6.00.2900.2722&quot; name=3DGENERATOR&gt; &lt;STYLE&gt;&lt;/STYLE&gt; &lt;/HEAD&gt; &lt;BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff&gt; &lt;DIV dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft&gt;&lt;FONT face=3DArial size=3D2&gt;,&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt; &lt;P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT face=3DArial size=3D2&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;Terwilliger (Cougar) Hot= Springs-=20 Update&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;Submitted by:&lt;SPAN=20 style=3D&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;Shirley Gauthier&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;One year ago we were inf= ormed=20 that the United States Forest Service (USFS) had made the decision to contr= act=20 out Terwilliger Hot Springs.&lt;SPAN style=3D&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN= &gt;Many=20 of us refer to the springs as Cougar Hot Springs.&lt;SPAN=20 style=3D&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;Cougar hot springs located near B= lue=20 River are about a 1-=BD hour scenic drive from The Willamettans Family Nudi= st=20 Resort located in Marcola, Oregon.&amp;nbsp; Directions and ore information abo= ut=20 Cougar can be located at&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;A=20 href=3D&quot;<a href=http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/willamette/recreation/tripplanning/dayuse/t=>http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/willamette/recreation/tripplanning/dayuse/t=</a> erwilliger_hot_springs.html&quot;&gt;<a href=http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/willamette/recreation/=>http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/willamette/recreation/=</a> tripplanning/dayuse/terwilliger_hot_springs.html&lt;/A&gt;=20 &lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;The announcement of priv= atizing=20 the hot springs was met by concern and questions.&lt;SPAN=20 style=3D&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;The contract was awarded to Hoodo= o=20 Recreational Services.&lt;SPAN style=3D&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;We=20 immediately contact Greg Thorne of Friends of Cougar and Chuck Sheppard,=20 President of Hoodoo Recreation.&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;Chuck welcomed meetings = and=20 dialog and it was clear from the beginning that Chuck was a friend of AANR.= &lt;SPAN=20 style=3D&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;A one- year probationary period=20 contracted between Hoodoo Recreational Services and the USFS afforded every= one=20 the time to voice concern, questions and compliments.&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;We are very happy to rep= ort that=20 Hoodoo Recreational Services has accepted another one-year contract with th= e=20 USFS to manage Cougar Hot Springs.&lt;SPAN style=3D&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;= =20 &lt;/SPAN&gt;We value our working partnership with Chuck Sheppard and thank him f= or=20 his commitment to maintaining Cougar Hot Springs.&lt;SPAN=20 style=3D&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;Learn more about Hoodoo and Chuck= at &lt;A=20 href=3D&quot;<a href=http://www.hoodoo.com/>http://www.hoodoo.com/</a>&quot;&gt;<a href=http://www.hoodoo.com/>http://www.hoodoo.com/</a>&lt;/A&gt;.&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;Be sure to check out Chu= ck=92s page=20 on the left hand side of the home page.&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt; &lt;P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;Give some thought to vis= iting the=20 Willamettans Family Nudist Resort, &lt;SPAN=20 style=3D&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;(1/2 price winter rate ground fees= ),=20 skiing at Hoodoo and ending your day with a nice soak at Cougar Hot=20 Springs.&lt;SPAN style=3D&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;Remember when visit= ing=20 Cougar the $5 day pass fee and bring a plastic bag for any litter you 05 f= ind=20 while hiking in or out of the springs.&amp;nbsp; 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