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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Private Forests News list members:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Two training opportunities are coming up in the next several weeks, for your information…<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><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 Southern Regional Extension Forestry consortium is presenting a webinar -- Income Tax on Timber for Your 2012 Tax Return Filing – on February 13 from 12:00-1:30 p.m. EST (9-10:30 a.m. Pacific Time). This webinar will cover federal tax reporting on timber transactions as well as the latest sweeping tax law changes from the “fiscal cliff” resolution package enacted by Congress.<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'>Additional information/registration--<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href="http://www.forestrywebinars.net/webinars/income-tax-on-timber-for-your-2012-tax-return-filing">http://www.forestrywebinars.net/webinars/income-tax-on-timber-for-your-2012-tax-return-filing</a><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'>Presenter(s):<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Dr. Linda Wang, National Timber Tax Specialist, US Forest Service <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Dr. John Greene, Retired Research Forester, US Forest Service<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'>CEU Credits:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Society of American Foresters - 1.5 hour Category 1 Credit [credits applied for] <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Wildlife Society - 1.5 hour TWS Category 1 Credit<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'>Webinar Delivery Platform: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Blackboard Collaborate<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><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS AND PLANNING WORKSHOP: TELLING THE STORY OF THE “LEFT-SIDE” OF THE NEPA TRIANGLE<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'>Purpose: When watershed analysis came into play under the NWFP, there was a lot of discussion about landscapes and how they function. In recent years, as many units have focused vegetation management programs on plantation thinning, the idea of putting projects in a “landscape context” seems to have diminished. This workshop will remind us all of landscape processes, how to analyze and display those processes using cutting-edge tools, and how to use that information to develop project recommendations.<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'>When: April 23, 2013. Where: LaSelles Stewart Center, Corvallis, Oregon <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'>Interest to: All Interdisciplinary Teams involved with project planning.<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'>Cost: FREE. It will also be available via live-stream.<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'>RSVP WILL BE REQUIRED BY April 15. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Final agenda will be available at <a href="http://ecoshare.info/projects/central-cascade-adaptive-management-partnership/workshops">http://ecoshare.info/projects/central-cascade-adaptive-management-partnership/workshops</a> by February 15, 2013.<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'>Sponsors: Central Cascades Adaptive Management Partnership (Willamette National Forest, H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest, Eugene BLM, PNW Research Station, and Oregon State University, USGS, UofO); the NW Oregon Ecology Group (Eugene and Salem BLM, Mt. Hood, Siuslaw, and Willamette National Forests, and Columbia River Gorge National Recreation Area); and the R6 Resource Planning and Monitoring Group.<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'>Follow-Up: A VDDT/Path training will be held April 24, 2013 in Corvallis. Contact Ayn Shlysky for more information and to RSVP. <a href="mailto:ajshlisky@fs.fed.us">ajshlisky@fs.fed.us</a><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><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>**************************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><a name="OLE_LINK284"></a><a name="OLE_LINK4"></a><a name="OLE_LINK3"></a><a name="OLE_LINK339"></a><a name="OLE_LINK2"></a><a name="OLE_LINK296"></a><a name="OLE_LINK295"></a><a name="OLE_LINK1"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></a></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'>Oregon Department of Forestry<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Public Affairs Office<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>(503) 945-7427 </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>