The Oregon Board of Forestry meets in Salem on April 26. Items on the agenda include:
* Specified Resource Sites Rulemaking for Marbled Murrelet — ODF staff will present a checklist of anticipated steps that need to be completed for this project. * Forest Trust Land Advisory Committee Testimony — The FTLAC, a group of county commissioners representing the 15 Oregon counties that transferred lands to the state to become State Forests, will give testimony to the board on matters related to state forests managed by ODF. * Inventory, Growth and Yield Update — Presentation of final report on the State Forests Division’s work to update and improve inventory and growth and yield estimates. * 2016 Fire Program Review and Secretary of State Performance Audit Implementation Status — ODF staff will provide the current status of the agency’s implementation efforts addressing the recommendations from both the 2016 Fire Program Review Committee and the Secretary of State’s Performance Audit completed during the summer of 2016. * Department of Forestry Fiscal Report — ODF staff will present an update on the current financial status of the agency. * Riparian Rules/Salmon-Steelhead-Bull Trout Rulemaking — Final Rule Language — ODF staff will present a summary of the public hearings on these draft rules, as well as input from the riparian rule advisory committee, and ask for Board adoption of final riparian rule language. Please note: This item is scheduled as a work session, requesting a decision from the board, therefore public testimony/comment on this item will not be accepted. * Executive Session — As the last item on the agenda, the board will meet in executive session to confer with legal counsel regarding the Board’s rights and duties related to current litigation likely to be filed pursuant to Oregon Revised Statute 192.660(2)(h). The meeting is open to the public and a public comment period is on the agenda. The public meeting will run from 9 a.m. to approximately 2:15 p.m., with the Executive Session following and scheduled to end at approximately 3:45 p.m. The meeting will be held in the Tillamook Room, Administration Building C, at the Oregon Department of Forestry headquarters, located at 2600 State St., in Salem. Agenda materials are available at www.oregon.gov/ODF/Board/Pages/BOFMeetings.aspx. Accommodations for people with disabilities, and special materials, services or assistance can be arranged by calling the Department’s Public Affairs Office at least 48 hours in advance, at 503-945-7200. The Board of Forestry consists of seven citizens nominated by the Governor and confirmed by the Oregon Senate. Responsibilities include appointing the State Forester, setting management direction for state-owned forests, adopting rules governing timber harvest and other practices on private forestland, and promoting sustainable management of Oregon’s 30 million-acre forestland base. More information about the Board is available at: www.oregon.gov/ODF/Board/Pages/AboutBOF.aspx.
