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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Oregon Department of Forestry<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>NEWS RELEASE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Oregon Board of Forestry
will get a first-hand look at the damage inflicted by Sudden Oak Death disease
when it tours a quarantine site near Brookings on Nov. 4. The tour and
discussion will focus on efforts to eradicate and slow the spread of the pathogen,
which affects tanoak and several other tree and shrub species. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>On Nov. 5, the board will
hold a meeting in Brookings to address the following agenda items: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>State forests performance
measures – Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) staff will present
highlights from a report on the nine performance measures used to gauge
management effectiveness on Oregon's state-owned forests. The measures help
determine whether the appropriate balance of social, economic and environmental
benefits is being achieved on state-owned forestlands, which make up about
three percent of Oregon's forestland base. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Climate change work group
update - The board will hear a presentation on the "Forestry Roadmap to
2020," a report that provides desired-future-condition scenarios and
recommendations to increase carbon storage in forest ecosystems and long-lived
forest products to meet Oregon's 2020 greenhouse gas goal. Forests remove
significant amounts of carbon dioxide from the air, one of several gases known
to absorb heat in the atmosphere and raise average temperatures. The report was
prepared by members of the Forestry Technical Committee of the Oregon Global
Warming Commission. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Gilchrist State Forest carbon
offset – ODF will report its progress in developing a carbon offset
project on the Gilchrist State Forest. ODF and The Conservation Fund, a private
conservation organization, are jointly pursuing revenue from the sales of
carbon offset credits to help fund acquisition of an additional 25,000 acres
for the new state forest in Klamath County. A "carbon offset" is a
reduction in emissions of greenhouse gases made in order to compensate for, or
offset, an emission made elsewhere. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Elliott State Forest plan
revision – A status report on management planning for the Elliott State
Forest will be presented to the Board of Forestry. Elements of the proposed
planning scenario include: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>- Initiating an independent
scientific review of aquatic and riparian strategies <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>- Revising or terminating the
federal Habitat Conservation Plan for threatened and endangered species <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>- Revising the state's
management plan for the Elliott using a take-avoidance strategy (required if
the federal Habitat Conservation Plan is terminated) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>- Determining whether
carbon-offset market opportunities exist for the Elliott. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The status report was
presented last month to the State Land Board, which owns the Elliott State
Forest. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>State Forests' planning rule
revision – The board will discuss the State Forests' planning rules,
which direct the state forester to develop 10-year management plans for the
state-owned forests. Earlier this year, the board initiated a process to review
the Greatest Permanent Value (GPV) rule and the planning rules for state
forests. The board completed preliminary discussion of the GPV rule in July,
and at the Nov. 5 meeting will begin discussion of the planning rules. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Private Forests Program
policy implementation – ODF staff and the board will continue review and
discussion of the Private Forests Program policy implementation report. The
report articulates the program's vision and mission and specifies actions to
retain the social, economic and ecological viability of privately owned
forests. The November 2010 Board discussion will focus on the adequacy of
statutes and rules to support the program vision. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Improve landowner appeals
process - The board will consider a set of draft rules that would streamline
the process for forest landowners to appeal ODF district budgets or request a
board hearing. The current administrative rules governing appeals of district
budgets have proven unwieldy. ODF is seeking board approval to begin formal
rulemaking to improve the appeals process. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Board of Forestry priority
issues – The board will assess its progress in addressing the priority
work items it set out to accomplish in 2010 and 2011. The list includes work
on: strategic planning, State Forests program and Private Forests program
direction, wildfire risk management, and restructuring the ODF budget. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>BOARD TOUR NOV. 4 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>A tour briefing will be held
at 9 a.m. at the Best Western Beachfront Inn, 16008 Boat Basin Rd., in
Brookings. During the tour, information will be presented about ongoing efforts
to eliminate Phytophthora ramorum (the pathogen that causes Sudden Oak Death)
from Oregon and prevent its spread into and out of the state. Members of the
public wishing to join the Board on the tour are asked to provide their own
transportation and lunch. The tour will return to the Beachfront Inn at about 3
p.m. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>BOARD MEETING NOV. 5 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The board meeting will begin
at 8 a.m. in the Best Western Beachfront Inn. The meeting is open to the
public, and comments will be received on forestry-related items not included in
the agenda during a general comment period shortly after 8 a.m. Members of the
public wishing to comment on specific agenda items will have an opportunity to
address the board during the time each item is scheduled. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Accommodations for people
with disabilities, and special materials, services or assistance can be
arranged by calling the department's Agency Affairs Office at least 48 hours
before the meeting, 503-945-7200, text telephone 503-945-7213. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>More information on the Board
of Forestry can be found at: www.oregonforestry.gov. Background information on
the Nov. 5 meeting agenda items is available through the "2010 Meeting
Schedule" link on the website.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>###<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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