SALEM, Ore. – The State Land Board will meet virtually on Tuesday, October 13. The Land Board Awards ceremony will take place at 10 a.m. Every year, the State Land Board honors exceptional projects and partners for their contributions to enhancing Oregon’s treasured natural resources. Award recipients are: Stream Project Award: Opal Springs Volitional Fish Passage Project; Wetland Project Award: Oregon Department of Transportation Vernal Pool Mitigation and Conservation Bank Restoration; Partnership Award: Jefferson Jacobs, Oregon Natural Desert Association; Partnership Award: SOLVE and Metro. The Land Board meeting will begin immediately after the awards ceremony. Agenda items include a request to direct the Department of State Lands (DSL) to study filled lands along the Rogue River, reports on the DSL Aquatic Resource Management Program and South Slough Estuarine Research Reserve, and updates on wildfire damage and the Oregon Department of Forestry’s ongoing habitat conservation planning process, which includes some Common School Fund forestlands. The full meeting agenda and materials are available here. Meeting video will be livestreamed to the DSL YouTube channel and public testimony will be accepted by email to support the public in attending and commenting when the Board meets virtually. Testimony is accepted regarding consent and action agenda items and may be submitted before or during the meeting to landboard.testimony@state.or.us. Guidelines for providing testimony are available here. If you need assistance to participate in the meeting due to a disability, please notify Lani Ahmadian at 503-986-5245 or yolanda.ahmadian@dsl.state.or.us at least two working days prior to the meeting. About the State Land Board and the Department of State Lands: The State Land Board consists of Governor Kate Brown, Secretary of State Bev Clarno and State Treasurer Tobias Read. Established by the Oregon Constitution in 1859, the Land Board oversees the state’s Common School Fund. The Department of State Lands is the Land Board’s administrative agency, managing the lands and resources that help fund Oregon’s public schools and protecting the state’s waterways and wetlands for the many benefits they provide.
