[ODF_Private_Forests] Invitation to comment on the Forestry Program for Oregon

[WEEKS Kevin]

Private Forests News list members:

Board of Forestry chair John Blackwell requests that this information be distributed to anyone who may have an interest in providing comment on the 2011 Forestry Program for Oregon. Additional information on the draft plan should be provided to ODF before December 31, 2010.

Kevin Weeks
Oregon Department of Forestry
(503) 945-7427

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October 22, 2010

A message from the Chair of the Oregon Board of Forestry

Greetings -

Forests are inseparably tied to our state's identity and wellbeing. Managed soundly, they can produce sustainable flows of many benefits - clean water, jobs, forest products, wildlife habitat, recreation opportunities and more.

But we can realize these benefits only with careful planning. That planning must take a long view, as the wisdom of the decisions we make today will be measured across decades. And it must acknowledge the diversity of our forests - their various types and conditions, and the differing aspirations of their owners.

The Oregon Board of Forestry undertakes just this kind of strategic planning, with its Forestry Program for Oregon. We are now revising this document, and I invite your participation. A public comment period is open through December 31, 2010.

I encourage you to visit www.oregonforestry.gov/ODF/BOARD/fpfo2011.shtml<http://www.oregonforestry.gov/ODF/BOARD/fpfo2011.shtml>. There, you'll find reference materials, a draft of the revised Forestry Program for Oregon, and information about how to comment - electronically or on paper.

One of the references there is a set of indicators intended to help Oregonians monitor our progress toward sustainable management of our forests. The indicators provide a sense of the many challenges - but also of the great potential - that our forests hold.

Your views will enrich the process as we work toward forest sustainability, and I hope you will join us in charting the course.

If you have questions about the Forestry Program for Oregon or the revision process, please don't hesitate to contact David Morman, the Department of Forestry's Forest Resources Planning Program Director, at (503) 945-7413, or dmorman at odf.state.or.us<mailto:dmorman at odf.state.or.us>

Sincerely,

John L. Blackwell, Chair
Oregon Board of Forestry




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