Committee backs resolution recognizing Friends of Timberline’s 50 years of stewardship of Timberline Lodge
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The Senate Rules Committee heard testimony from Friends of Timberline and sponsors and recommended House Concurrent Resolution 30 be adopted; testimony highlighted restoration projects, partnerships with the U.S. Forest Service and efforts to secure federal funding for sprinkler and seismic upgrades.
House Concurrent Resolution 30, which recognizes Friends of Timberline for five decades of work preserving Timberline Lodge, was advanced out of the Senate Rules Committee with a Be Adopted recommendation.
Senator Daniel Bonham introduced the testimony and called attention to Timberline Lodge as an Oregon landmark. Bruce Mitchell, president of Friends of Timberline, described the lodge’s origins as a 1937 Works Progress Administration project and recounted the nonprofit’s restoration work and partnerships. "Timberline Lodge National Historic Landmark is an American treasure," Mitchell said, summarizing the partners’ collaborative stewardship.
Mitchell and Brent Dahl, board director and past president, described projects completed with partners — the U.S. Forest Service and ROK and Company (the site operator under a special use permit) — including boiler replacement, seismic upgrades, roof work and plans to pursue congressionally directed spending for sprinkler repairs. Mitchell said the sprinkler system dates to 1937 and that a 2024 fire raised urgency for repairs.
Committee members praised the volunteer partnership model and the motion to move HCR 30 to the Senate floor with a Be Adopted recommendation carried in committee. Senator Bonham was asked to be the carrier of the measure to the floor.