The Columbia River Gorge Commission unanimously passed amendments to the National Scenic Area Management Plan to expedite the review process to replace homes and other structures destroyed in disasters, including this past summer’s Rowena and Burdoin fires.  A vote on the amendments had been delayed from late fall to get input from tribal governments.  That resulted in provisions to do cultural resource inventories when necessary, which NSA Deputy Forest Supervisor Casey Getz says would be expedited.  Gorge Commissioner Alex Johnson noted natural disasters will happen again, and the Commission needs to prepare for it.  Part of the amendment expressly allows a rebuilding landowner to place a recreational vehicle and a storage structure on the property on a temporary basis.  The amendment now goes to the Secretary of Agriculture for concurrence.