The Hood River Forest Collaborative and the Oregon Department of Forestry is working with land management agencies and other partners to develop a coordinated approach to wildfire preparedness and hazardous fuels reduction.  The collaborative’s Andrew Spaeth told Hood River County Commissioners the group is being referred to as the Hood River All-Lands Partnership.  He notes part of the motivation for the partnership is to be able to influence on-going fire prevention planning efforts on the federal, state, and local level.  Spaeth says last month the partnership submitted a proposal to receive $8 million from a federal program to help fund wildfire prevention efforts.  In other business, the Commission unanimously approved the first reading of an ordinance to adopt the Parkdale Community Plan, with a public hearing scheduled for October 21 at 6 p.m.