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class=103230117-29122008><FONT face=Arial size=3>NEWS RELEASE</FONT></SPAN></P>
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</SPAN>Contact: Rod Nichols, 503-945-7425,
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><FONT size=3>Forestry Board begins
2009 with new members<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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face=Arial><FONT size=3>The Oregon Board of Forestry will begin 2009 with a
changed lineup when it meets on Jan. 7 in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Salem</st1:place></st1:City>. Former World Forestry Center President
John Blackwell will fill the board’s vacant chair position, joined by new member
Steven Wilson, secretary of the labor group, Woodworkers District Lodge No. 1.
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face=Arial><FONT size=3>Appointed by Gov. Ted Kulongoski and confirmed earlier
this month by the Oregon Senate in an action that also included the
reappointment of Jennifer Phillippi to a second term, the two new members fill
vacancies left by former Board Chair Stephen Hobbs, Corvallis, and member
Barbara Craig, Portland.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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face=Arial><FONT size=3>Blackwell cited a record in leadership positions with
the World Forestry Center, Oregon Parks and Recreation Commission and other
organizations as evidence of his ability to bring disparate interests together
to build upon common conservation
values.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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face=Arial><FONT size=3>“I hope to apply my experience, accomplishments and
values to sustaining <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Oregon</st1:place></st1:State>’s forests,” he said, “while leaving a
legacy to those who will rise above
conflict.”<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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face=Arial><FONT size=3>As secretary-treasurer of the Gladstone, Oregon-based
branch of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers,
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Wilson</st1:place></st1:City> has
represented workers in the wood products industry for the past 23 years. A
former mayor and city councilman in Reedsport, he has a strong commitment to
<st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oregon</st1:place></st1:State>’s
forest-dependent towns.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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face=Arial><FONT size=3>“I believe I have a good grasp of the interests of
timber industry communities and the effects of how the forests are managed,” he
said, “along with a keen interest in the environmental issues surrounding
<st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oregon</st1:place></st1:State>
today.”<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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face=Arial><FONT size=3>President of Perpetua Forests Company and an owner of
Cave Junction-based Rough & Ready Lumber Company, Phillippi is a
fourth-generation Oregonian and third-generation family sawmill owner. In her
first term on the board, she took an active role in developing the <I>Forestry
Program for Oregon</I>, the board’s strategic policy. The 2003 policy update was
distinguished by the inclusion for the first time of a sustainable forest
management framework.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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face=Arial><FONT size=3>“I have found my fellow board members to be remarkable
champions of <st1:State w:st="on">Oregon</st1:State> and <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oregon</st1:place></st1:State>’s forests,” she
said. “I believe that both my personal and forest business experience offer a
useful perspective to the board.”<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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face=Arial><FONT size=3><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Wilson</st1:place></st1:City> and Blackwell’s terms on the board will
run through Dec. 31, 2012, with Phillippi’s term ending Jan. 31 of that
year.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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face=Arial size=3>More information about the Oregon Board of Forestry can be
found at: </FONT></SPAN></SPAN><A
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size=3><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1"><SPAN
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