[ODF_Private_Forests] Tree Farmer Workshop Nov 22 in Portland

[WEEKS Kevin]

The Oregon Tree Farm System - of which the Oregon Department of Forestry is a partner - is reminding people that it's time to recognize Oregon's Tree Farmer of the Year during the Oregon Tree Farm System annual meeting on November 22, 2010 at the World Forestry Center in Portland.
The event is scheduled from 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. The morning begins with a Tree Farmer Workshop from 9:00-11:00 focusing on "Updates on Log Markets, Taxes & American Forest Foundation"
Log markets are very different than when the recession hit; Estate taxes, income taxes and property taxes are in flux; and the American Forest Foundation is in the process of changing its structure. This workshop will cover all of these subjects.
>From Noon until 2:00 p.m. is the Tree Farm Recognition Luncheon.
The morning workshop will be followed by a brief Oregon Tree Farm System business meeting and then a lunch honoring the County Tree Farmers of the Year by USDA Forest Service regional forester Mary Wagner (invited), and Oregon's State Forester Marvin Brown (invited). The high point of the day will be the showing of a video featuring all of the county tree farmers of the year and the announcement of the Oregon Tree Farmer of the Year for 2010.
Sponsors for the event include Oregon Tree Farm System, Oregon Small Woodlands Association, Oregon Forest Resources Institute, OSU Forestry Extension, and the USDA Forest Service.
The workshop is free and the lunch cost is $25 per person. For more information, contact Anne Hanschu, at (503) 357-2551 or e-mail: netvetrdh at gmail.com
Kevin Weeks - Oregon Department of Forestry
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