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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><A name=OLE_LINK4><SPAN
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size=3><STRONG>Oregon</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3><STRONG> <SPAN
class=507550315-03102008>Department of
Forestry</SPAN></STRONG></FONT></FONT></P>
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class=507550315-03102008><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>NEWS
RELEASE</FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK4"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>Susan Watkins named to Forestry advisory
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style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK3"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK4"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>October 3,
2008<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK3"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK4"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>Contact: Kevin Weeks, ODF Agency Affairs
(503) 945-7427<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK3"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK4"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>McMinnville small woodland owner Susan
Watkins has been named to the Committee for Family Forestlands, which advises
the Oregon Board of Forestry on issues of concern to family forest
landowners.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK3"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK4"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>Watkins moved to <?xml:namespace prefix =
st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:State
w:st="on">Oregon</st1:State> following a thirty-year career in municipal law in
<st1:State w:st="on">Washington</st1:State> and California. After Susan and
husband Arnie Hollander planted their small forest in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Yamhill</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> in 1994, Susan became a Master
Woodland Manager and is responsible for managing her family woodland.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Watkins also helped found the Family
Forest Project, a public-private initiative that produced the award-winning
“Ties to the Land” succession planning program for landowning families.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK3"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK4"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>Susan serves on the Board of the Yamhill
County Small Woodlands chapter and was an early member of Women Owning Woodlands
Network.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In 2007, she testified on
behalf of small forest owners before the Economy Work Group of <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Oregon</st1:State></st1:place>’s "Big Look"
land-use planning task force.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Susan
received both her BA and JD from <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Stanford</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.<SPAN
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</SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK3"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK4"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>The 10-member </FONT><A name=OLE_LINK2></A><A
name=OLE_LINK1><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Committee for Family Forestlands
</FONT></SPAN></A><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>serves in an
advisory role to the Oregon Board of Forestry. The committee’s members include
family forest landowners, forest industry representatives, environmental
community and public members, and staff representing the Oregon Department of
Forestry, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Oregon</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> and the Oregon Forest Resources
Institute. Watkins was selected for the advisory committee during the Board of
Forestry’s September meeting in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Astoria</st1:City></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3>More than 4.6
million acres of trees – 15 percent of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">Oregon</st1:State></st1:place>’s forest land – are actively managed by
private small forest and family forest owners. The diversity of forest
management approaches ensures that <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">Oregon</st1:State></st1:place>’s forests remain among the state’s most
valued natural resources.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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information about the </SPAN>Committee for Family Forestlands is available on
the website for the Oregon Department of Forestry,
</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://www.oregon.gov/ODF"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK3"><SPAN
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