[ODF_Private_Forests] Guide to help private forestland owners with stream improvements available

[WEEKS Kevin]

Oregon Department of Forestry - NEWS RELEASE
Guide to help private forestland owners with stream improvements available
March 22, 2012
Contact:           Kevin Weeks, ODF Public Affairs (503) 945-7427
An updated 24-page guide to help private forestland owners to improve fish habitat in their streams was recently released by the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF).
The 2012 edition of the "Private Forest Landowners and the Oregon Plan" guide is available in electronic form on the ODF web site: http://www.oregon.gov/ODF/privateforests/docs/Oregon_Plan_PFguide.pdf
The publication lists several voluntary measures that forest landowners can take, beyond the basic requirements in the Oregon Forest Practices Act, to accelerate improvements in stream health and promote conditions that can help potentially threatened and endangered fish species thrive.
Four categories of recommendations are offered: improvements within a stream, improvements on stream banks, upland improvements to ensure healthy watersheds, and improving forest road or stream crossings.
During the first decade of the Oregon Plan, Oregon's private forest landowners have made $ 84 million in voluntary improvements to build better habitats for threatened and endangered fish species. Additional information about the Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds is available at: http://www.oregon.gov/OPSW/index.shtml
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Kevin Weeks

Public Information Officer

Oregon Department of Forestry

Public Affairs Office

(503) 945-7427

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