Oregon Congressmen Greg Walden and Earl Blumenauer and Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley introduced legislation to get a long-discussed Mt. Hood land swap finalized.  Wyden and Merkley introduced the Mt. Hood Cooper Spur Land Exchange Clarification Act in the Senate to help resolve a decades-long dispute over proposed land development on the northeast side of Mt. Hood, while Walden and Blumenauer introduced the bill in the House of Representatives.  The bill would allow development of 107 acres of the mountain while protecting 770 acres – a land exchange that was approved eight years ago and should have been completed more than six years ago.  The Forest Service has taken steps to complete the exchange, including releasing a draft Environmental Impact Statement last November, but the legislators say this bill is still needed to ensure the process is completed without further delay.  In 2009 Congress passed a broad public lands bill that included the Mt. Hood land exchange as part of the Mt. Hood Wilderness designation.  The bill directed the U.S. Forest Service to complete the exchange within 16 months.  Multiple delays over the past several years have led to conservation and development uncertainty, community frustration, and a lawsuit against the Forest Service.