Comment period for annual ODF operations plans starts Feb. 14
A public comment period on
Oregon Department of Forestry
(ODF) annual operations plans
for its nine individual districts
begins Feb. 14. Written com
ments on the plans, which iden
tify and describe specific proj
ects such as timber sales, road
maintenance, stream enhance-
ment and trail building, will be
accepted until 5:00 p.m. March
31.
The process provides an op
portunity for the public to ask
questions and offer comments
on activities planned for state
forest lands for the period from
July 2003 through June 2004.
Learn how to put the WOW in
retailing at ODDA workshop
“Putting the WOW in Re
tail," a skill building work
shop that is one of the
“Tools for Downtown” work
shops developed by the
Oregon Downtown Devel
opm ent
Association
(ODDA), will be presented
at the Scout Cabin in Ver
nonia on Wednesday, Feb
ruary 26, at 6:30 p.m.
At a time when the econ
omy is slow and there is
more competition for con
sumers, this workshop is
designed to help retailers
become more effective by
learning how to WOW your
customers' every time they
come into your store.
The workshop presenter,
Cynthia McBurney, has
over 25 years experience in
retail management, devel
oping and im plem enting
buying and prom otional
plans, solving problems and
leading retail businesses to
success. She also owns
and operates Kathleen’s of
Dublin, an Irish and Scottish
Celtic Shop in downtown
Portland.
McBurney will help you
learn why the WOW experi
ence is so important, what
effect it can have on sales,
how it provides free word-of-
mouth advertising and its
role in creating customer
loyalty.
This will be a regional
workshop, drawing busi
ness people from other
communities, but the fee for
Vernonia businesses is be
ing paid as part of a market
ing grant administered by
the City of Vernonia in con
junction with the Vernonia
Cham ber of Commerce.
Reservations are needed,
however, and may be made
through Vernonia City Hall,
503-429-5291, or by calling
ODDA, 1-503-587-0574.
New e-mail addresses for legislators
Along with the new legisla
tive session, state senators and
representatives have new e-
mail addresses for communi-
. c itin g with their constituents.
.•¡Senate District 16 residents
can e-mail Sen. Joan Dukes at:
s e n .jo a n d u k e s @ s ta te .o r.u s .
Dukes’ phone number remains
(503) 986-1716.
Dukes encouraged residents
of her district to use e-mail to
contact her with their views on
new bills or state issues.
“I think it’s a great way for
my constituents and me to
keep in touch, because it gets
delivered instantly,” Dukes
said. “But I appreciate hearing
from them in any form, espe
cially now that the Legislature
is in session.”
The new e-mail address for
State Rep. Betsy Johnson is:
rep.betsyjohnson @ state.or.us;
her phone is (503) 986-1431.
The new e-mail address for
State Rep. Elaine Hopson is:
rep.elainehopson @ state.or.us;
After consideration of public
comments, district foresters will
approve the annual operations
plans.
Objectives in the annual dis
trict operations plans are based
on goals and strategies in long-
range forest management
plans to provide economic, en
vironmental and social benefits
to Oregonians. Most of the rev
enue from timber sales goes to
county governments, local tax
ing districts and the Common
School Fund.
The Northwest Oregon State
Forests Management Plan pro
vides guidance for 616,000
acres in the following districts:
Astoria (Clatsop State Forest),
Tillamook (western two-thirds
of the Tillamook State Forest),
Forest Grove (eastern one-third
of the Tillamook State Forest),
Cascade (Santiam State For
est), West Oregon (scattered
tracts in Benton, Polk and Lin
coln counties), and Western
Lane (scattered tracts in Lane
County).
The
Southwest Oregon
State Forest Management Plan
covers 18,000 acres of blocked
and scattered lands in Jose
phine, Douglas, Curry and
Jackson Counties. All districts
also have 10-year district im
plementation plans, which proj
ect desired conditions for the
forests decades into the future
and show how the various
management activities will be
used to move basins toward
those conditions.
Annual operations plans will
be available Feb. 14 at each
district office and Salem head
quarters. Written comments
providing the most useful sug
gestions should focus on one
or more of the following:
• Enhancing the consistency
of an annual plan with the for
est management plan and the
district implementation plan.
• Improving the clarity of an
annual plan.
• Providing new information
that will affect an annual plan
(such as location of a domestic
water source or a cultural re
source site).
• Improving the efficiency
and effectiveness of an annual
plan or planned operation.
Comments and questions
may be sent to ODF district of
fices or the Salem headquar
ters. Addresses and fax num
bers for Salem and area North
west Oregon offices follow:
State Forests Program, Ore
gon Department of Forestry,
Attn: Jane Hope, 2600 State
St., Salem, OR 97310. Fax:
503-945-7376.
Forest Grove District, 801
Gales Creek Road, Forest
Grove, OR 97116. Fax: 503-
357-4548.
Astoria District (Clatsop
State Forest), 92219 Hwy 202,
Astoria, OR 97103. Fax: 503-
325-2756.
Tillamook District, 4907 East
3rd St., Tillamook, OR 97141.
Fax: 503-842-3143.
All of the plans will be posted
Feb. 14 on the ODF web site as
follows:
The annual plans will be at
<http://www.odf.state.or.us/DIV
ISIONS/management/state_for
ests/AOP.asp>
Ten-year plans (final drafts
pending state forester ap
proval) for districts covered by
the regional plans will be at
<http://www.odf.state.or.us/DIV
ISIONS/management/state_for
ests/IP.asp>
Regional plans will be at
<http://www.odf.state.or.us/DIV
ISIONS/management/state_for
ests/planning.asp>
Forest management plans
also may be requested from
district offices or from ODF
headquarters in Salem. The
contact person in Salem is
planning specialist Jane Hope,
who may be contacted by
phone (503-945-7359 or leave
message at 1-800-482-6866)
or by e-mail <jane.hope@state.
or.us>
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