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<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Oregon Department of
Forestry<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>NEWS RELEASE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>State Forest
Stewardship Coordinating Committee meets September 23 in Salem<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>September 14, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Contact:
Kevin Weeks (503)
945-7427<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The promotion of
conservation and sustainable planning for Oregon’s forests will be the
subject of a meeting presented by the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) in
late September. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Oregon’s State
Forest Stewardship Coordinating Committee will meet on Thursday September 23,
2010 from 11:00am to 4:00pm at the Oregon Department of Forestry headquarters
in Salem, 2600 State Street (Operations Building D - Santiam meeting room).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The proposed agenda for
the meeting includes an update on the 2010 State of Oregon Statewide Forest
Assessment and review of the five conservation projects submitted to ODF for
potential funding by the Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 Forest Legacy Program. Project
applicants will be provided time in the afternoon for brief presentations
explaining their proposed Forest Legacy project.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Forest Legacy is a
national cooperative forestry program of the U.S. Forest Service that seeks to
conserve private forest lands in areas where forests may be lost to non-forest
uses, to help protect forest resources, and enhance community forest
conservation partnerships. The program is administered in Oregon by ODF.
The voluntary program provides financial incentives -- using conservation
easements, land acquisition or land donation -- for private landowners to
protect environmentally important working forest areas that are threatened by
development, fragmentation and other non-forest uses.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Members of the public are
invited to attend and participate in the meeting. 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 503-945-7368. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Additional information
about the Forest Legacy Program is available on the ODF website: <a
href="http://www.oregon.gov/ODF/privateforests/forestlegacy.shtml">http://www.oregon.gov/ODF/privateforests/forestlegacy.shtml</a>
-- additional information about the 2010 Forest Assessment Resource Strategy
project is available at: <a
href="http://www.oregon.gov/ODF/RESOURCE_PLANNING/2010fars.shtml">www.oregon.gov/ODF/RESOURCE_PLANNING/2010fars.shtml</a>
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<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>###<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Kevin Weeks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Public Information Officer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>ODF Agency Affairs Office<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>(503) 945-7427<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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