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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=510030317-16112009>Oregon
Department of Forestry</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=510030317-16112009></SPAN><SPAN
class=510030317-16112009><FONT face=Arial>NEWS RELEASE</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK10"><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>Committee for Family
Forestlands meets November 19 in </STRONG></FONT></SPAN></A><FONT
face=Arial><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK10"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK9"><STRONG>Salem</STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></st1:City></st1:place><SPAN
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style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK9"><FONT
face=Arial>November 1<SPAN class=635071416-16112009>6</SPAN>,
2009</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK17"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK18"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK9"><FONT
face=Arial>Contact: Kevin Weeks (503)
945-7427</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK17"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK18"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK9"><FONT
face=Arial>Family forest owners have a voice in <st1:State
w:st="on">Oregon</st1:State>’s forest policy development through the 10-member
Committee for Family Forestlands, which 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.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK17"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK18"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK10"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK9"><o:p><FONT
face=Arial> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK17"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK18"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK9">The
Committee for Family Forestlands will meet at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday November 19,
2009 at the Oregon Department of Forestry headquarters, <st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">2600 State Street</st1:address></st1:Street>
(Operations Building D, Santiam meeting room)<SPAN class=635071416-16112009> in
Salem</SPAN>. </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK17"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK18"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK9">The
agenda for the meeting includes reports from ODF staff regarding the impacts to
family forest owners of budget reductions in the 2009-2011 budget for the Oregon
Department of Forestry.</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK17"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK18"><SPAN
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face=Arial> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK17"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK18"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK9"><FONT
face=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.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK9"><FONT
face=Arial>Members of the public are invited to <SPAN
class=635071416-16112009>attend and </SPAN>participate in the meeting. </FONT><A
name=OLE_LINK3></A><A name=OLE_LINK4></A><A name=OLE_LINK5></A><A
name=OLE_LINK6></A><A name=OLE_LINK7></A><A name=OLE_LINK8><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK7"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK5"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK4"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK3"><FONT face=Arial>The meeting location is
accessible to persons with disabilities. Requests for an interpreter for the
hearing impaired or other accommodations for persons with disabilities should be
made at least 48 hours prior to the meeting. Questions about accessibility or
special accommodations for the meeting can be directed to the Oregon Department
of Forestry at</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></A><FONT face=Arial>
(503) 945-7427.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK9"><FONT
face=Arial>Small-acreage private woodland owners and forest-owning families
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. More than half of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on">Oregon</st1:State></st1:place>’s family forest owners are over 65,
with many in their 70’s and 80’s. Many thousands of acres of Oregon’s forest
land are poised to change ownership within the next decade, with economic
pressures driving both new and long-time forest owners to consider converting
their forest to other uses, including residential development or commercial
land.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK9"><FONT
face=Arial>Additional information about the Oregon Department of Forestry is
available on ODF’s web site, </FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><A
href="http://www.oregon.gov/ODF"><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK17"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK18"><SPAN
style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK9"><SPAN
style="COLOR: windowtext">www.oregon.gov/ODF</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
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face=Arial>Kevin Weeks</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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