Hood River County Commissioners have sent a letter to the Oregon Department of Forestry over a new draft of forest practices rules being applied to local governments, after being told initially local governments would not be impacted by the agreement reached between large private forestland holders, the state, and environmental groups.  County Commission Chair Mike Oates said in a letter to ODF the County only recently learned it would be impacted by rules he says would result in a drop of five-to-ten percent in harvest and road requirements that would limit recreational uses.  Oates says the state got a chance to do its own habitat conservation plan, and local governments should get the same opportunity.  He notes much of what the state wants is already being done by the County on its own.  Hood River County currently manages 34,500 acres of designated forest for sustainable harvest to provide revenue to the County’s general fund.