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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Oregon Dept. of Forestry issued this news release today.<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'>FOR IMMEDIATE 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><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>August 26, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Contact: Cara Walker<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>503-945-7305<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>-or- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Cynthia Orlando<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>503-945-7421<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:14.0pt'>Log brand renewal period starts October 3, 2011<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'>The Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) reminds timber operators with current state-registered log brands that log brands must be renewed between October 3 and December 31, 2011. <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'>Log brands discourage log theft<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'>When transported on public highways, waterways, or railroads west of the crest of Oregon's Cascade mountain range, forest products and booming equipment must be impressed with a log brand, registered strictly through the Log Brand office in Salem. Log brands − the identifying symbols welded onto the face of a hammer and struck into the ends of logs for identification − discourage log theft and aid in the return of lost logs.<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'>Under Oregon law, a log brand must be renewed every five years. To ensure receipt of a renewal certificate, timber operators whose addresses have changed since their last registration/renewal need to submit current address information before the October 1 deadline. New mailing address information can be sent to the Oregon Department of Forestry's Log Brands Unit by mail, phone, fax or email:<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'>Mail: 2600 State Street, Bldg E, Salem, Oregon 97310<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Phone: (503) 945-7305<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Fax: (503) 945-7314 (fax)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Email: cwalker@odf.state.or.us <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'>“Timber operators whose mailing address has stayed the same since 2006 need not take any corrective action,” says ODF Log Brands Manager Cara Walker.<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'>Renewal forms will automatically be mailed to registered log brand owners on October 3, 2011. Timber operators need to turn these in to ODF by Dec. 31.<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'>Operators who registered in 2011 must still renew their brands for the new five-year (January 1, 2012 – December 31, 2016) period. The new log brands will be good through December 31, 2016. Any log brands not renewed will be considered abandoned, and the registration number will expire.<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'>For more information, please call: 503-945-7305.<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'># # #<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>