A draft decision for the Polallie Cooper Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project released this week divides the proposal into two phases. Mount Hood National Forest District Ranger Janeen Tervo said the decision is based on threats to neighboring communities within and adjacent to the wildland-urban interface and concerns over the pending designation of the Crystal Springs Watershed Special Resources Management Unit.  The first phase will be a 1,200 acre fuels reduction treatment outside of the Crystal Springs Watershed and the East Fork Hood River Wild and Scenic River corridor.  Tervo says given strong public and congressional interest to wait until the Cooper Spur-Government Camp Land Exchange is complete, much of the wildland urban interface will not be treated in this first phase.  She does add reducing the risk of fire continues to be a high priority for that area, which is the last untreated wildland urban interface area in Hood River County.  The second phase will address those concerns, which will be delayed until land exchange is finished and the East Fork Hood River Wild and Scenic River management plan is adopted.