The Columbia River Gorge Commission approved an amendment for its 2020 update of the National Scenic Area’s General Management Plan to adopt a 200-foot wide buffer along cold water refuge streams including the Wind, White Salmon, Little White Salmon, Hood, Klickitat, Deschutes, and Sandy rivers.  That would match what is already applied in the Special Management Area.  There was also language introduced that would have included tributaries, but that was removed over concerns about the impact of private landowners and the lack of opportunity for comment.  The approval vote was 8-3.