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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Oregon Department of Forestry<span style='color:#1F497D'> – NEWS RELEASE</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#0033CC'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>Streamside protection, forest diversity on Forestry Board agenda <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>For immediate release Major media distribution<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>December<span style='color:#0033CC'> </span>19, 2011 Contact:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><i> </i> Rod Nichols, 503-945-7425, <a href="mailto:rnichols@odf.state.or.us">rnichols@odf.state.or.us</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'> Dan Postrel, 503-945-7420, <a href="mailto:dpostrel@odf.state.or.us">dpostrel@odf.state.or.us</a><span style='color:black'><br></span><span style='color:#7F7F7F'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>The Oregon Board of Forestry will take up agenda items on streamside vegetation protection, state forest planning and rules, and biological diversity when it meets on Jan. 4 in Salem. The meeting is open to the public. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>The agenda includes:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:6.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>State Forests 2012 proposed board work plan </span></b><span style='color:black'>–</span><span style='color:#0033CC'> </span>Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) staff will propose a work plan that aligns with the discussion and direction at the November 2011 board meeting, including remarks from Governor John Kitzhaber. The proposed plan includes:<b><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=square><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='color:windowtext'>Affirmation of the greatest permanent value administrative rule</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='color:windowtext'>Improvement of performance measures for board-owned lands</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'>Identification of policy options to ensure financial sustainability for the State Forests program<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Wingdings'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>§<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Exploration of methods to make contributions to conservation values on state forests more visible and durable<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>Greatest permanent value rule </span></b><span style='color:black'>–</span><b><span style='color:#0033CC'> </span></b><span style='color:black'>ODF staff will </span>summarize the results of a process begun in 2009 to examine the greatest permanent value rule, an administrative rule that defines the purpose of the board-owned forestlands in providing a broad range of benefits. An extensive review by a broad-based public advisory committee, the Forest Trust Land Advisory Committee,<span style='color:black'> and department employees led State Forests program staff to conclude that the current rule language is </span>generally aligned with board members’ viewpoints about the interpretation of “greatest permanent value.”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>Board authorities in riparian protection standards </span></b><span style='color:black'>–</span> Staff will present a review of the board’s duties and powers for administrative rules, including the types of rules, procedure, necessary findings and analysis. They will describe the relationship between rules for maintaining water quality and rule analysis. The board will be asked to decide whether to move forward with rule analysis on two topics: riparian protection standards for small and medium fish-bearing streams, and waiver of written plans for operations near riparian management areas. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>Oregon forest biological diversity</span></b><span style='color:black'> – </span>A subcommittee to the board tasked with studying the issue of the loss of forest biological diversity in Oregon, specifically in the northern coast region, presented its findings at the November 2011 board meeting. As follow-up, ODF staff will present a summary of how current statutes and administrative rules influence biological diversity through department programs. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Principles and guidance for 2013-15 department budget</b> <b>and legislative concepts </b>– The department will seek the board’s input for principles and guidance for the 2013-15 Agency Request Budget, and for development of possible bills to be introduced during the 2013 legislative session. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Decertification of State Forest parcels<span style='color:#0033CC'> </span></b>– The board will consider a request to decertify three parcels of land in Coos County owned by the State Land Board. The Land Board decertified the parcels in October, a prelude to offering them for sale to the South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve. The reserve’s mission is to “improve the understanding and stewardship of Pacific Northwest estuaries and coastal watersheds.” Decertification by both the Land Board and the Board of Forestry is required under state statute for sale of the parcels, totaling 320 acres, to proceed.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b>Meeting time and location<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>The board meeting will begin at 8 a.m. at Oregon Department of Forestry headquarters in the Tillamook Room - Building C, 2600 State St., in Salem.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>Accommodations for people with disabilities, and special materials, services or assistance can be arranged calling the department’s Public Affairs Office at least 48 hours before the meeting, (503) 945-7200, text telephone (503) 945-7213. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>More information on the Board of Forestry can be found at: <span style='color:navy'><a href="http://www.oregonforestry.gov">www.oregonforestry.gov</a></span>. Background information on the Jan. 4 meeting, including staff reports, will be available soon through the 2012 “Meeting Schedules” link on the website.<span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b>Public comment<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>The meeting is open to the public. During a general comment period at the beginning, public comment<span style='color:black'> will be received on forestry-related items that are not included in the agenda. Time will also be provided for comment on specific agenda items as the board takes them up. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>###<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>