Oregon Second District Congressman Greg Walden says he has introduced a bill to stop what he terms a problematic travel management rule on national forests in the West and promote local control over future proposals that might restrict forest access.  Walden’s Forest Access in Rural Communities Act would prohibit enforcement of the U.S. Forest Service Travel Management Rule for national forests derived from public domain lands, and requires the Forest Service to consult with affected counties and get concurrence from them before implementing a proposed road closure, decommissioning or change in road densities in forests.  The Hood River Republican announced his legislation at a meeting in LaGrande.  When the Forest Service released a travel management plan on the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest two years ago, Walden, local officials and citizens pushed back hard on the plan, eventually forcing the agency to withdraw it.