[Sisters, Ore.] The Deschutes County Forestland Classification
Committee will meet June 4, 2018 at 9 a.m. in the Main Conference Room, Deschutes
County Road Department, 61150 SE 27th
Street, Bend, Oregon. Agenda items
include review and edit of the preliminary forestland classification, and
issues pertaining to public information meetings/public hearing for adoption of
the final classification. The meeting is
open to any interested landowners and the public.
“Forestland classification” is the process used to determine
lands inside a forest protection boundary which meet the definition of
forestland (ORS 526.005(a)). The process
further delineates these “forestlands” into lands suitable for timber
production or grazing/agricultural use.
Land use zoning and taxation are not used to determine forestland classification
for this process. Forestland inside the
protection boundary is provided wildfire protection by the Oregon Department of
Forestry through a Forest Patrol Assessment on landowner’s property tax
statements. For more information
regarding forestland classification in ODF’s Central Oregon District visit www.odfcentraloregon.com.
The meeting location is accessible to persons with
disabilities. A request for an interpreter for the hearing impaired or for
other accommodations for persons with disabilities should be made at least 48
hours before the meeting to Gordon Foster at the Oregon Department of Forestry
office in Prineville (541) 447-5658.
Committee Members:
Ed Keith, Deschutes County Forester—Committee Chair
Gordon Foster, Oregon Department of Forestry—Secretary
Jeremy Ast, Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire Department (OSFM)
Nicole Strong, OSU Extension Forester
Bill Swarts, Timber Representative
Matt Cyrus, Grazing Representative
