News release: April 23, 2017

Contact: Gil Riddell |503.585.8351

A group of county commissioners representing Oregon counties where county land was transferred to the state to create state forests will meet by conference call on April 24, 2017, as the Forest Trust Land Advisory Committee (FTLAC).

The agenda will focus on comments proposed to be delivered by FTLAC at the Board of Forestry meeting on April 26th. The comments relate to the State Forest Management Plan revision; Growth and Yield study; and funding for the Trask River Watershed Study.

Staffed by the State Forest Division of the State Department of Forestry, the meeting is scheduled at 9:30 a.m. FTLAC meetings are open to the public, and an opportunity for public comment will be provided. To attend, call 877-366-0711, passcode 87478739.

The seven-member Board of Directors of the Council of Forest Trust Land Counties (CFTLC) operates as the FTLAC. CFTLC represents the 15 counties that deeded their land to the state for purposes of growing harvesting, and sustaining forest land. In return, these counties and the local taxing districts located there share revenue with the state resulting from harvest and other activities in the forests. The FTLAC was created by statute in 1987 to advise the State Forester and Board of Forestry on matters in which counties may have a role related to forestland managed by the department.

The 15 counties are Benton, Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Coos, Douglas, Josephine, Klamath, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, Polk, Tillamook, and Washington.

Contributed by: Gil Riddell | AOC Public Lands & Natural Resources Policy Manager