The Oregon Department of Forestry reminds timber operators with current state-registered log brands that log brands must be renewed between Oct. 3 and Dec. 31, 2016. Log brands discourage log theft – When transported on public highways, waterways, or railroads west of the crest of Oregon’s Cascade mountain range, forest products and booming equipment must be impressed with a log brand, registered strictly through the Log Brand office in Salem. Log brands – the identifying symbols welded onto the face of a hammer and struck into the ends of logs for identification – discourage log theft and aid in the return of lost logs. Under Oregon law, a log brand must be renewed every five years. To ensure receipt of a renewal certificate, timber operators whose addresses have changed since their last registration/renewal need to submit current address information before the Oct. 1 deadline. New mailing address information can be sent to the ODF’s Log Brands Unit by mail, phone, fax or email: Mail: 2600 State St., Building E, Salem, OR 97310, Phone: 503-945-7305 Fax: 503-945-7314 Email: Tina.L.Young@oregon.gov “Timber operators whose addresses have not changed since the last renewal period in 2011, or have changed their address but contacted ODF to make the change do not have to take any corrective action,” said ODF Log Brands Manager Tina Young. Renewal forms will automatically be mailed to registered log brand owners on Oct. 3, 2016. Timber operators need to turn these in to ODF by Dec. 31. Operators who registered in 2016 must still renew their brands for the new five-year (Jan. 1, 2017 — Dec. 31, 2021) period. The new log brands will be good through Dec. 31, 2021. Any log brands not renewed will be considered abandoned, and the registration number will expire.
