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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2016
Forest committee
Seaside cannabis sites to see city inspection
seeks representatives Councilors
The Daily Astorian
A committee advising the
state Department of Forestry
on forest operations, projects
and activities is looking to fill
five vacancies.
The five new members
will help provide insights
and perspectives on how the
state implements forest man-
agement plans in western
Oregon.
Formed in 2001, the State
Forests Advisory Commit-
tee is comprised of represen-
tatives from timber, environ-
mental and recreation groups
and serves as a forum to dis-
cuss agency opportunities for
achieving forest management
goals. The committee specif-
ically covers issues related to
annual operation plans, bal-
ancing a range of forest ben-
efits, improving public out-
reach and participation and
other management topics.
The five new members
will serve three-year terms
beginning in February. The
committee is looking for two
nonaffiliated representatives,
one representing the motor-
ized recreation community,
one watershed council rep-
resentative and one timber
industry position.
“This is an opportunity
for Oregonians to take a seat
at the table of today’s for-
estry conversation and pro-
vide insight and perspectives
on how we are implementing
forest management plans,”
said Andy White, director of
the state Department of For-
estry’s Northwest Oregon
Area, in a release. “We look
forward to hosting a diverse
and experienced committee
in the coming months.”
Members attend three
meetings per year and a sum-
mer field tour. Agendas are
usually scheduled from 8:30
a.m. to 3 p.m. New members
attend an additional orienta-
tion meeting in February.
To apply, complete a ques-
tionnaire located on the right
side of the web page at http://
tinyurl.com/zbt3yuv by Dec.
9. Submit the questionnaire
by email or mail to April
Davis at the Oregon Depart-
ment of Forestry at april.r.da-
vis@oregon.gov or 503-359-
7426. For specific questions
about the committee, contact
White at 503-359-7496 or
andrew.t.white@oregon.gov
seek to prevent
processing
accidents
By R.J. MARX
The Daily Astorian
SEASIDE — Safety first
— that was the message in a
city code amendment that will
allow the inspection of retail
marijuana grow sites and pro-
cessing facilities.
The City Council unan-
imously approved the code
amendment Monday. The city
already can inspect medical
marijuana facilities.
“This allows us to cover
retail activities in an industrial
zone and it also puts in some
safety factors as well,” City
Planner Kevin Cupples said.
At a previous meeting, city
councilors expressed concern
that recreational growing and
processing facilities would be
properly monitored for safety
— including extracts, oils and
ether — to prevent incidents
like the October explosion and
fire at an Astoria processing
facility.
The investigation into the
explosion at Higher Level
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Seaside City Attorney Dan Van Thiel reads the cannabis
processing amendment before the council vote.
Concentrates continues, Asto-
ria Fire Chief Ted Ames said
this week.
Seaside councilors were
especially concerned about the
use of butane canisters found
in the aftermath of the Astoria
blaze. A highly flammable and
colorless gas, butane is com-
monly used to extract THC,
the main psychoactive com-
ponent in marijuana, to create
hash oil and other marijuana
concentrates.
The rules in Seaside
include operational require-
ments that all facilities are
subject to periodic inspection
by the fire marshal to ensure
they remain in compliance
with fire and life safety regu-
lations. Licenses will be valid
for one year and a new appli-
cation may be submitted each
year. Licensed facilities will
be reviewed every year, and
a license may be revoked at
any time if a facility is not in
compliance.
The fire chief, fire marshal
and building official will scru-
tinize “what they are doing and
how they are doing it,” Cup-
ples said.
Violations need not lead
to a conviction, according to
the rules, “but must establish
a reasonable doubt about the
licensee’s ability to perform
the licensed activity with-
out danger to property, public
health or safety.”
Without an amendment to
include recreational process-
ing and production, Seaside
would have been ineligible for
a share of state marijuana tax
revenues. A ballot measure to
impose a 3 percent local tax on
marijuana sales was approved
by Seaside voters last week.
One proposal submitted to buy the Elliott State Forest
Timber company,
tribe show interest
By CLAIRE
WITHYCOMBE
Capital Bureau
SALEM — The sole pro-
posal to purchase a large
swath of state forest in Doug-
las and Coos counties was
submitted jointly by a Rose-
burg-based timber company,
Lone Rock Resources, and
the Cow Creek Band of the
Umpqua Tribe of Indians,
according to the Department
of State Lands.
An 82,500-acre parcel
of the Elliott State Forest is
up for sale for $220.8 mil-
lion, and although more than
40 groups had previously
expressed interest in the land,
only one acquisition plan was
submitted to the state by its
Tuesday evening deadline.
Jake Gibbs, a spokesman
for Lone Rock Resources,
said that the company plans
to take on 83 percent of the
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Demonstrators protest the sale of the Elliott State Forest
at a recent State Land Board meeting. Only one proposal
to purchase the forest was received by the state.
costs of acquiring the land,
while the Cow Creek Band
will incur 17 percent.
Under the proposal, The
Conservation Fund — a con-
servation group based in
Arlington, Virginia — and the
Confederated Tribes of Coos,
Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw
Indians, would hold conserva-
tion easement agreements to
enforce the state’s public ben-
Free admission to parks on Black Friday
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The state Parks and Rec-
reation Department is offer-
ing free admission to 26 state
parks on Nov. 25.
“We invite you to join
a new tradition: Green Fri-
day,” state Parks Director Lisa
Sumption said in a statement.
“Why not skip the mall, and
instead come out to play with
your family and friends at your
favorite state park?”
The nonprofit Oregon State
Parks Foundation is hosting
special events at L.L Stub Stew-
art State Park, Tryon Creek
State Natural Area, Champoeg
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Proceeds from the sale will
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School Fund.
The department is next
expected to evaluate the plan
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