Editing Mount Hood (section)

===Monitoring controversy===
[[File:Mount Hood monitoring station.jpg|thumb|New seismic/GPS station (LSON) installed at Mount Hood]]
[[File:Installation-gps-mast-station-brsp-mount-hood.jpg|thumb|Installation of GPS mast at station BRSP on Mount Hood]]
[[File:Mount Hood air delivery.jpg|thumb|A helicopter delivers equipment to station BRSP on Mount Hood.]]
A conflict exists between protecting public safety and protecting the environment. In 2014, a [[USGS]] employee, Dr. Seth Moran, proposed installing new instruments on Mount Hood to warn of volcanic activity. The instruments were installed at four different locations on the mountain, including:
*three seismometers to measure earthquakes
*three [[Global Positioning System]] (GPS) instruments to measure ground movement
*one instrument to measure gas emissions
The proposed locations were in a protected wilderness area, tightly controlled by the [[United States Forest Service]]. The project was opposed by Wilderness Watch, a conservation group.<ref>{{cite news |title=We're Barely Listening to the U.S.'s Most Dangerous Volcanoes—A thicket of red tape and regulations have made it difficult for volcanologists to build monitoring stations along Mount Hood and other active volcanoes.  |author=Shannon Hall |date=September 9, 2019 |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/09/science/volcanoes-cascades-monitoring.html |access-date=January 2, 2023}}</ref>

Three monitoring stations were eventually installed on Mount Hood in 2020.<ref>{{cite news |title=Three new monitoring stations installed at Mount Hood |date=November 13, 2020 |url=https://www.usgs.gov/news/three-new-monitoring-stations-installed-mount-hood |access-date=January 2, 2023}}</ref>