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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=734163022-29092009>Oregon
Department of Forestry</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=734163022-29092009>NEWS
RELEASE</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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immediate release<SPAN
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face=Arial>September 29, 2009<SPAN
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</SPAN>Contact: Rod Nichols, 503-945-7425, or</FONT></P>
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face=Arial>09-42<SPAN
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</SPAN>Dan Postrel, 503-945-7420</FONT></P>
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align=left><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT face=Arial>Forestry
Board to hold retreat to explore strategic issues Oct.
5<o:p></o:p></FONT></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"
align=left><FONT face=Arial>The state Board of Forestry will hold a retreat on
Oct. 5 to explore key issues facing <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Oregon</st1:place></st1:State>’s forests and to consider means of
addressing them. </FONT></P>
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align=left><FONT face=Arial>The session is scheduled for 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. in
the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Great</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Hall</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Conference</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address
w:st="on">17600 Center Drive</st1:address></st1:Street>, in Sunriver. The
following day, board members will tour nearby forestlands, in the Gilchrist
area, that the board and the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) are working to
purchase as a new state forest.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"
align=left><FONT face=Arial>The informal retreat will include a variety of
presentations and discussions among board members and ODF staff. Discussion
topics will include review of a basic premise of the board’s current vision of
forest sustainability.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"
align=left><FONT face=Arial>This view holds that different parts of the forest
landscape fulfill distinct social, environmental or economic needs.
Sustainability therefore requires a full range of forest ownerships and
management objectives, with some owners managing primarily to produce wood
products, for instance, while others emphasize conservation values, and yet
others manage for a combination of emphases.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"
align=left><FONT face=Arial>The discussion will cover whether the board still
accepts this vision of sustainability, and if so, how to best help in achieving
it.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"
align=left><FONT face=Arial>The session is open to the public. Since no policy
or business decisions will be made, public comment will not be
received.</FONT></P>
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align=left><FONT face=Arial>Accommodations for people with disabilities, and
special materials, services or assistance can be arranged by calling the ODF
Agency Affairs Office at least 48 hours before the meeting - 503-945-7200, text
telephone 503-945-7213. </FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=left><FONT face=Arial>More
information on the Board of Forestry can be found at </FONT><A
href="http://www.oregon.gov/ODF/BOARD/"><FONT face=Arial
color=#000000>www.oregon.gov/ODF/BOARD/</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial>. Background
information on the agenda for the Oct. 5 retreat is available through the 2009
Meeting Schedule link.<SPAN class=734163022-29092009> </SPAN></FONT></P>
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class=734163022-29092009>Questions regarding the Private Forests News
service?</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=left><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
class=734163022-29092009>Contact:</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=left><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
class=734163022-29092009>Kevin Weeks</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=left><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
class=734163022-29092009>Oregon Department of Forestry</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=left><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
class=734163022-29092009>(503) 945-7427</SPAN></FONT></P></BODY></HTML>