[ODF_Private_Forests] Forestry Department mtg on fire budget 4-12 in John Day

[WEEKS Kevin]

Oregon Dept. of Forestry issued this news release today.

Forestry Department to hold meeting on fire budget April 12, John Day

For immediate release                                                                  Local media distribution
April 5, 2011                                                                Contact: Angie Johnson, 541-575-1139

The Oregon Department of Forestry's (ODF) John Day Unit of the Central Oregon District will host a public information meeting on its proposed fire protection budget at 6 p.m. on April 12 at the John Day Unit office located at 415 Patterson Bridge Rd., in John Day.

The annual budget provides for personnel and equipment to protect 2.2 million acres of private and public forestlands from wildfire across 11 counties in north-central Oregon. At the meeting, ODF will present its proposed budget for the 2012 fiscal year which begins on July 1, 2011. The proposal includes an operating budget of $5.7 million for wildland fire protection services.

Forest landowners who pay ODF's annual Forest Patrol Assessment with their property taxes will have an opportunity to review and comment on the level of fire protection and associated fire patrol assessment rates that forest landowners can expect to pay if the proposed fire protection budget is approved by Oregon's Board of Forestry.

District staff will be on hand to answer questions regarding the proposed budget. Forest landowners who pay ODF for wildland fire protection services and other interested parties are encouraged to attend.

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