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Phil Ward named CEO of Oregon FFA
By GEORGE PLAVEN
Capital Press
Conservation Northwest
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Kirk Maag, chairman of
the Oregon FFA Founda-
tion board of directors, said
the organization was able to
secure fi nancial footing under
Dooley’s leadership. In 2020,
Oregon FFA raised more than
$1 million, Maag said, includ-
ing a $500,000 donation
from Northwest Farm Credit
Services to establish a new
endowment fund.
Ward started as a high
school agriculture teacher and
FFA adviser in Jeff erson and
Independence, Ore., before
fi lling his resume with prom-
inent roles at state agencies.
He spent four years as direc-
tor of the Oregon Depart-
ment of Agriculture from
1999 to 2003, and 10 years as
director of the Oregon Water
Resources Department from
2004-14.
Most recently, Ward spent
three years as state executive
director for the USDA Farm
Service Agency from 2014-17
and has served as an adjunct
professor in the College of
Agriculture at OSU. He is also
a former executive president
of the Oregon Farm Bureau,
and served on the boards of
directors for the Oregon FFA
Foundation and Oregon Dairy
Nutrition Council.
Ward’s experience manag-
ing complex budgets, leading
large teams of employees and
working collaboratively with
volunteer organizations were
all key factors in the board’s
decision, Maag said.
“Oregon FFA is so fortu-
nate to have someone with
Phil’s passion for agricul-
ture education join our team,”
Maag said. “We look forward
to collaborating with Phil to
ensure that Oregon FFA not
only survives, but thrives
going forward.”
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The Washington Supreme
Court has agreed to hear a
case brought by environ-
mentalists challenging how
the Department of Natural
Resources manages about 2
million acres of forests.
Led by Conservation
Northwest, the plaintiff s
are asking the left-leaning
court to toss out the depart-
ment’s historic focus on
funding public institutions,
especially rural schools and
counties, with sustainable
timber sales.
The suit claims DNR
cuts old-growth forests and
plants Douglas fi r trees to
maximize logging reve-
nue and benefi t a “few des-
ignated institutions,” while
ignoring the state constitu-
tion’s requirement to hold
the land in trust for “all the
people.”
American
Forest
Resources Council general
counsel Lawson Fite said
Monday the suit relies on
an incomplete reading of the
state constitution and pur-
sues a policy that’s not sup-
ported by history or law.
“It’s very much an attack
on public timber from state
lands in Washington,” Fite
said.
The suit specifi cally
alleges the Board of Natu-
ral Resources in late 2019
authorized too much log-
ging and too little protection
for the marbled murrelet, a
federally protected bird that
nests in old trees.
The forest council and
several rural school districts
and counties also sued. They
claim the board set aside too
many acres for murrelets
and cut harvests by too
much, violating its duty to
fund public services.
That lawsuit is pend-
ing in Thurston County
Superior Court. Conser-
vation Northwest’s law-
suit has already been dis-
missed. The early dismissal
gave environmentalists a
chance to get their case to
the Supreme Court fi rst.
Justices Steven Gonza-
lez, Charles Johnson, Susan
Owens, Sheryl Gordon
McCloud and Raquel Mon-
toya-Lewis
unanimously
agreed March 2 to take the
case, bypassing the appeals
court. No date has been set
for oral arguments.
DNR did not have a com-
ment on the lawsuit Monday.
Conservation Northwest
Executive Director Mitch
Friedman said in a state-
ment that he “can’t wait for
the state Supreme Court to
speak on the matter.”
“These lands are a gift
that should not have to be
squeezed for every dollar
when they already benefi t
us in so many ways, from
storing carbon to providing
clean water, wildlife hab-
itat and healthy recreation
access,” Friedman said.
As a prelude to Wash-
ington becoming a state
in 1889, Congress granted
Washington millions of
acres to support public insti-
tutions. Beginning in the
1930s, DNR acquired more
timberland through tax
foreclosures.
The forest board in 2019
reduced harvest levels over
the previous decade and set
aside 168,000 acres for mar-
bled murrelets. The bird has
been seen on 59,000 acres.
As trees grow, DNR antic-
ipates setting aside more
land for the bird.
The
forest
council,
whose members buy most
of the timber cut on DNR
land, argues that the board
set aside habitat that mur-
relets will never inhabit.
The council estimated
the lower harvest levels
will reduce funding for pub-
lic services over 10 years
by 23% or $200 million
compared to the previous
decade. It warns the reduc-
tion will cause a further
deterioration in the econo-
mies of rural communities.
In contrast, Conservation
Northwest alleges DNR has
chosen to “operate like a pri-
vate timber company.”
By DON JENKINS
Capital Press
As the son of a high
school agriculture teacher,
Phil Ward was introduced to
FFA at a young age.
“I remember going to FFA
events with him from the time
I could walk,” Ward said with
a chuckle.
Ward, 66, would later
earn his bachelor’s and mas-
ter’s degrees in agricultural
education from Oregon State
University, becoming a high
school agriculture teacher and
FFA adviser himself for seven
years. That would launch
a career spanning decades
serving farmers and ranchers
while heading various gov-
ernment agencies.
Now Ward is coming back
to where it all started. He was
introduced Tuesday as Ore-
gon FFA CEO, kicking off the
fi rst day of the
annual state
convention.
“I’m just
really excited
to be part of the
Oregon FFA
Ward
Phil Ward team,”
said. “I think it’s
a tremendous organization that
has made a diff erence in the
lives of so many people.”
Ward replaces Shawn
Dooley, who stepped down in
October. Dooley was hired as
the fi rst Oregon FFA CEO in
2019, which at the time was
a brand new position created
to oversee staff , fi nances and
fundraising for the Oregon
FFA Foundation, Association
and Alumni.
The three groups had pre-
viously voted to join together
under a single management
structure, governed by a
10-person joint policy board.
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proposed budget for operation of the Mint Commission during the fiscal year
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