SALEM, Ore.—The Northwest and Southwest Regional Forest Practice Committees will meet May 23 from 9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. The Eastern Oregon Regional Forest Practice Committee will also meet May 23 from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Both meetings are virtual and have separate Zoom links.

Northwest and Southwest Regional Forest Practice Committee

To join virtually, please use the Zoom video conference information found on the agenda. 

The agenda includes:

• Forest Resources Division update
• Committee member recruitment process
• Forest Practices Act and small forestland owner training program update
• Operator of the Year nominations
• Post disturbance rule making process update
• Forest practices technical guidance update

Eastern Oregon Regional Forest Practice Committee

To join virtually, please use the Zoom video conference information found on the agenda.

The agenda includes:

• Forest Resources Division update
• Committee member recruitment process
• Future of Oregon Senate Bill 762
• Forest Practices Act and small forestland owner training program update
• Forest practices technical guidance update
• Habitat Conservation Plan update
• Operator of the Year nominations

Regional Forest Practice Committees are panels of citizens—mandated under Oregon law—that advise the Oregon Board of Forestry on current forestry issues and forest management approaches. Three Regional Forest Practice Committees serving the Northwest, Southwest and Eastern regions of the state, were created by the 1971 Oregon Forest Practices Act. Under Oregon law, a majority of Regional Forest Practice Committees’ members must be private forest landowners and logging or forest operations companies. View more information on the RFPC webpage.

The meetings are open to the public via Zoom. Requests for an interpreter for the hearing impaired or other accommodations for persons with disabilities should be made at least 48 hours before the meeting by emailing: forestresources.committees@odf.oregon.gov.