[ODF_Private_Forests] Smoke Management Advisory Committee to meet June 11

[WEEKS Kevin]

Oregon Department of Forestry
NEWS RELEASE
Smoke Management Advisory Committee to meet June 11

May 27, 2009

WHAT – A five-member committee tasked with advising the Oregon Department of Forestry on the state's Smoke Management Plan will receive an update on the implementation of recently enacted changes to the plan, which regulates prescribed burning on private, state and federal forestland to minimize the impact on air quality.

WHO – By Oregon statute, the committee includes representatives of industrial and non-industrial forest landowners, Oregon State University Extension, the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management.

WHEN – 9 a.m. to noon on Thursday, June 11

WHERE – Oregon Department of Forestry headquarters, Santiam Room - Building D, 2600 State St., Salem.

MORE INFO – Rod Nichols, 503-945-7425, www.oregon.gov/ODF/FIRE/fire.shtml#Smoke_Management<UrlBlockedError.aspx>

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