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<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Oregon Department of
Forestry<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>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 October 14 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'>October 11, 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'>Oregon’s State Forest
Stewardship Coordinating Committee will meet on Thursday October 14, 2010 from
10:00am to 3:00pm at the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) 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 review and evaluation of five conservation projects submitted
to ODF for potential funding by the Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 Forest Legacy
Program. Projects will be prioritized using </span>National Forest Legacy
Program scoring guidelines.<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'>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>
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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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