[ODF_Private_Forests] Log brand renewal period starts October 3

[WEEKS Kevin]

Oregon Dept. of Forestry issued this news release today.



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE



August 26, 2011

Contact: Cara Walker

503-945-7305

-or-

Cynthia Orlando

503-945-7421



Log brand renewal period starts October 3, 2011



The Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) reminds timber operators with current state-registered log brands that log brands must be renewed between October 3 and December 31, 2011.



Log brands discourage log theft



When transported on public highways, waterways, or railroads west of the crest of Oregon's Cascade mountain range, forest products and booming equipment must be impressed with a log brand, registered strictly through the Log Brand office in Salem. Log brands − the identifying symbols welded onto the face of a hammer and struck into the ends of logs for identification − discourage log theft and aid in the return of lost logs.



Under Oregon law, a log brand must be renewed every five years.  To ensure receipt of a renewal certificate, timber operators whose addresses have changed since their last registration/renewal need to submit current address information before the October 1 deadline. New mailing address information can be sent to the Oregon Department of Forestry's Log Brands Unit by mail, phone, fax or email:



Mail: 2600 State Street, Bldg E, Salem, Oregon 97310

Phone: (503) 945-7305

Fax: (503) 945-7314 (fax)

Email: cwalker at odf.state.or.us



“Timber operators whose mailing address has stayed the same since 2006 need not take any corrective action,” says ODF Log Brands Manager Cara Walker.



Renewal forms will automatically be mailed to registered log brand owners on October 3, 2011. Timber operators need to turn these in to ODF by Dec. 31.



Operators who registered in 2011 must still renew their brands for the new five-year (January 1, 2012 – December 31, 2016) period. The new log brands will be good through December 31, 2016.  Any log brands not renewed will be considered abandoned, and the registration number will expire.



For more information, please call: 503-945-7305.



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