BOF release – SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon Board of Forestry will meet for hybrid public meetings on Wednesday, Jan. 4 at 9:30 a.m. with a social in the evening and Thursday, Jan. 5 at 8 a.m. The meetings will be held in the Tillamook Room, Building C, at the Oregon Department of Forestry headquarters, located at 2600 State St. in Salem. The meetings will also be livestreamed on the department’s YouTube channel. The board’s business agenda includes: Oregon’s 20-Year Landscape Resiliency Strategy; 2022 Forest Practices Operator of the Year awards; Forest Trust Land Advisory Committee testimony; Community presentation: Log and lumber market trend changes; 2023 Legislative Session preparation; Board member recognition from Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board; Forestry Program for Oregon Planning work session; Governance for the Board of Forestry work session. View the agenda for the meetings and social. On Jan. 4, the department will host an evening community social, starting at 5:30 p.m. This informal and in-person event is open to the public at Willamette University, 2nd Floor of Putnam University Center. An RSVP is not required, but a courtesy as spacing and parking is limited. RSVP to boardofforestry@odf.oregon.gov. Live testimony is available for item #1 – State forester and board member comments. Sign-up is required and instructions to provide live testimony are available online. Sign-up closes Friday, Dec. 30 at 5 p.m. Written public testimony will also be accepted. Written comments can be submitted before or up to two weeks after the meeting day to boardofforestry@odf.oregon.gov with the appropriate agenda item included with the submission. No testimony will be available for the Forestry Program for Oregon Planning and Governance for the Board of Forestry items included on the agenda, they are marked as a work session (*) and not open for public testimony. Accommodations for people with disabilities, and special materials, services, or assistance can be arranged by calling ODF’s Public Affairs Office at least 72 hours in advance of the meeting at 503-945-7200 or by email at forestryinformation@odf.oregon.gov.
