Governor renews effort to backfill open positions on Oregon Board of Forestry
Updated Feb 04, 2021;
Posted Feb 03, 2021
Gov. Kate Brown has named three new nominees to the Oregon Board of Forestry. Associated Press fileFedor Zarkhin/Staff
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Gov. Kate Brown on Tuesday nominated three candidates to fill vacant seats on the seven-member state Board of Forestry, renewing an effort to backfill the closely watched panel after a bi-partisan group of lawmakers ignored a similar slate last September.
Brown has said she’s looking for members who can help address the Oregon Department of Forestry’s consistent financial problems and break through a logjam of weighty and controversial policy issues at the board.
Hills & Dales announces cardiac rehab program
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Pictured are exercise physiologist Jonathan Winkel and Brenda McComb, BSRT, manager of cardiopulmonary department at Hills & Dales General Hospital. (Submitted Photo)
CASS CITY - Hills & Dales General Hospital announce the launch of their cardiac rehabilitation program. Led by exercise physiologist Jonathan Winkel, the program is now accepting patients. With the support of a physician and respiratory therapist, Jonathan will partner with patients on their cardiac rehabilitation journey.
Cardiac rehabilitation is a medically supervised outpatient program designed to improve your heart health after heart problems or surgery. It provides education, monitored exercise, guidance, and support to help you manage your heart condition and return to normal activities. Participants work with staff to develop an individualized treatment plan which provides opportunity for monitoring and better contro
Wildfire recovery plan for Santiam State Forest garners blowback from all corners
Updated Feb 02, 2021;
Posted Jan 15, 2021
An aerial view over the Beachie Creek Fire looking west from Mt. Jefferson on Oct. 6, 2020. Photo courtesy of @TripJenningsVideo@tripjenningsvideo
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Oregon’s historic Labor Day fires were barely out when the state’s Department of Forestry unveiled its plan to log and replant the Santiam State Forest, which comprises nearly 50,000 acres of state-owned land spread like a disjointed jigsaw puzzle over Clackamas, Marion and Linn counties.
The state land sits amid a patchwork of private forestland, national forest and land owned by the Bureau of Land Management. The Riverside and Beachie Creek fires burned through about one-third of the Santiam with roughly a quarter – 12,900 acres – experiencing the most intense fires.