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class=750084915-10042009><FONT face=Arial size=3><STRONG>NEWS
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Committee for Family Forestlands to
meet April
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">April 1<SPAN
class=750084915-10042009>3</SPAN>,
2009<o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Contact: Kevin Weeks (503)
945-7427</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The Committee for Family Forestlands
will meet at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday April 16, 2009 at the Oregon Department of
Forestry headquarters in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Salem</st1:City></st1:place>, <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address
w:st="on">2600 State Street</st1:address></st1:Street> (Operations Building D –
S<SPAN class=750084915-10042009>un Pass</SPAN> meeting room). The public is
invited to attend and participate in the advisory committee
meeting.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Committee members will hear reports
from ODF staff regarding issues of concern to family forest landowners in
<st1:State w:st="on">Oregon</st1:State>, and discuss the impacts of proposed
2009-2011 budget reductions for the Oregon Department of Forestry on services to
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Oregon</st1:State></st1:place>’s
forest
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The membership of the Committee
includes 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. The 10-member Committee for Family Forestlands
serves an advisory role to the Oregon Board of Forestry regarding issues of
concern to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">Oregon</st1:State></st1:place>’s family-owned
forests.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Questions about accessibility or
special accommodations for the meeting can be directed to the Oregon Department
of Forestry at 503-945-7472.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Small-acreage private woodland
owners and forest-owning families actively manage 4.7 million acres of
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Oregon</st1:State></st1:place>’s
forests, about 15 percent of the state’s forest footprint.
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Additional information about the
Committee for Family Forestlands is also available on the Oregon Department of
Forestry’s web site at: </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><A
href="http://www.oregon.gov/ODF/BOARD/CFF/cff.shtml"><SPAN
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