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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=050124715-11062009>Private Forests News
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=050124715-11062009>Policy information
on climate change that may be of interest to private forest landowners
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=050124715-11062009>On Thursday June
4th, </SPAN></FONT><SPAN class=050124715-11062009><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Rep. Collin Peterson (Minn.), chair of the U.S. House <SPAN
class=050124715-11062009><FONT face=Arial size=2>Agriculture Committee,
</FONT></SPAN>announced the publication of the Committee’s climate change
survey. The Committee received more than 200 responses to the questionnaire,
which was sent to conservation, forestry, research, energy, business, and
nonprofit groups and was also made available to the general
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In March 2009, the Agriculture Committee created
the climate change questionnaire and distributed it to over 400 organizations to
gather input on proposals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. For years,
farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners have been participating in programs
that result in carbon reduction, and the goal of the questionnaire was to
identify ways that these practices could be recognized and incorporated into
climate change legislation. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The survey results are available on the House
Agriculture Committee website's Publications page: </FONT><A
href="http://agriculture.house.gov/inside/publications.html"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>http://agriculture.house.gov/inside/publications.html</FONT></A><FONT
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=050124715-11062009>Kevin
Weeks</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=050124715-11062009>Public Information
Officer / Private Forests Division </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=050124715-11062009>Oregon Department of
Forestry</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=050124715-11062009>(503)
945-7427</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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