[ODF_Private_Forests] Oregon Forest Resource Trust Advisory Committee to meet May 14

[WEEKS Kevin]

Oregon Department of Forestry

NEWS RELEASE



Oregon Forest Resource Trust Advisory Committee to meet May 14



May 8, 2009

Contact: Kevin Weeks (503) 945-7427



The Oregon Forest Resource Trust Advisory Committee will meet on Thursday, May 14 from 10:00am to 3:00pm at the Oregon Department of Forestry headquarters, 2600 State Street (Operations Bldg. D – Santiam meeting room) in Salem.



The proposed agenda for the meeting includes reports from ODF staff, including presentation of a draft marketing and communications strategy for the Trust and a discussion of potential impacts from budget reductions proposed in the 2009-2011 Oregon Department of Forestry budget.



The 12-member Oregon Forest Resource Trust Advisory Committee serves in an advisory role to the Oregon Board of Forestry. The membership includes forest landowners and forestry consultants; representatives of the academic and environmental communities; the Oregon Department of Energy, and the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board.


The Oregon Forest Resource Trust provides an opportunity to invest in what many people consider one of Oregon's greatest untapped assets: acres of agricultural, range, pasture and other non-forested lands suitable for planting in forest cover. Planting new forests contribute to managing the impacts of climate change in Oregon. The 1993 Oregon Legislature established the Forest Resource Trust as the first natural-resource investment program of its kind in the country.



More information is available by contacting the Oregon Department of Forestry at 503-945-7427.

More information about the Forest Resource Trust is available on the Oregon Department of Forestry’s web site at: www.forestresourcetrust.oregon.gov



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Kevin Weeks

Public Information Officer / Private Forests Division

Oregon Department of Forestry

kweeks at odf.state.or.us<mailto:kweeks at odf.state.or.us>

(503) 945-7427