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<p class=MsoNormal>OREGON FOREST RESOURCES INSTITUTE<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>News Release<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>July 29, 2010<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Contact: Dave Kvamme, OFRI – (971) 673-2948 <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>For Immediate Release<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Greg Miller elected OFRI board chair<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>PORTLAND, Ore. – The Oregon Forest Resources Institute
said today that its board of directors elected Greg Miller to serve as board
chair. Miller has been on OFRI’s board since 2007. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Miller replaces Pete Sikora, chief operating officer for
Giustina Resources in Eugene, whose term as OFRI board chair expired June 30.
Miller also served as chair during an earlier appointment to OFRI’s
board. Ray Jones, vice president of resources, at Stimson Lumber Company, was
elected vice chair.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Miller has worked in the forest sector since 1974.
Currently, he is the Oregon public affairs manager for Weyerhaeuser Company.
Based in Salem, he is an active participant or board member in more than half a
dozen organizations, including the Oregon Forest Industries Council and The
Nature Conservancy. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>By Oregon statute, the State Forester appoints 11 of
OFRI’s 13 board members from three forest products producer classes. Two
additional members serve ex-officio: the Oregon State University dean of the
College of Forestry and a public representative who is appointed jointly by the
speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives and the president of the Oregon
Senate. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Producer class specifications are as follows:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>• Class
1 – Producers of fewer than 20 million board feet per year.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>• Class
2 – Producers of at least 20 million board feet per year, but fewer than
100 million board feet per year.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>• Class
3 – Producers of at least 100 million board feet per year.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>In addition, there is a position representing small woodland
owners owning between 100 and 2,000 acres of forestlands. Both Miller and Jones
represent producers in Class 3.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>OFRI was created in 1991 by the Oregon legislature to
improve public understanding of the state's forest resources and to encourage
environmentally sound forest management through education. To learn more about
the Oregon Forest Resources Institute and its work, visit OFRI online at
oregonforests.org. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>-30-<o:p></o:p></p>
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