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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 Facebook Share 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 o...

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 Facebook Share 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 s...