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<p class=MsoNormal>Private Forests News list subscribers-<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>This news release is forwarded at the request of the Oregon
Forest Resources Institute.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Kevin Weeks<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Oregon Department of Forestry<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>(503) 945-7427<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>OREGON FOREST RESOURCES INSTITUTE<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>News Release<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Contact:
Dave Kvamme – 971-673-2948<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif"'>May 26, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><a name="OLE_LINK1"><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>For immediate release<o:p></o:p></span></a></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif"'>.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:17.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif"'>New OFRI report
examines federal forests</span></b><span style='font-size:17.0pt;font-family:
"Arial Black","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>PORTLAND,
Ore.</span></b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> – A
new special report on federal forests released by the Oregon Forest Resources
Institute this month documents a growing consensus that many forests are sick
and require immediate help.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The
special report, <i>Federal Forestland in Oregon, </i>points out the unhealthy
conditions of federally managed forests, particularly those in the dry, eastern
and southwestern portions of the state. The report catalogs the causes of the
problem, including insects, disease, overstocking and often little or no
management beyond fire suppression. But it also finds growing support for large
scale forest restoration among scientists, conservationists and land managers
for actively managing these sickly forests using techniques such as thinning,
fuels reduction and prescribed fire on a landscape level.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The
report fills a longstanding need for a primer on federal forest issues, says
Paul Barnum, OFRI executive director. “I began talking a year ago with a
broad cross-section of people about whether this was a topic OFRI should address,
and I heard a unanimous ‘yes.’”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The
24-page report benchmarks what is known about Oregon’s publicly owned
forestlands managed by the federal government. It also provides historical
context for the 18.2 million acres of federal forests here, details current
conditions, and lays out in frank terms the impact of federal forest management
policies on ecosystems, budgets and communities. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>The
report highlights consensus among scientists, lawmakers, policymakers and
conservation groups that passive management – letting nature take its
course – especially with forests in Oregon’s dry eastern and
southwestern areas, is not a viable option. Recommended solutions go by
different names, such as active management, ecological forestry and whole-landscape
approaches, but all entail prescriptions such as thinning young trees and
removing underbrush to restore forest health. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>“Forest
restoration activities, conducted on a landscape-wide basis, can both supply
forest products and leave forests healthier and more fire resilient,”
Barnum concluded.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Federal
Forestland in Oregon </span></i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>is
available by downloading or ordering from the OFRI website, oregonforests.org.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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