Oregon’s Access & HabitatProgram

Prepared by the Access& Habitat Board

andOregon Department of

Fish and Wildlife

February 2001

1999 - 2001 Biennium Report

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Public Lands

Private Lands

A message from Director Jim Greer

Private lands account for 51% of Oregon’s land base. These lands contain some of themost productive areas in the state, representing our farm and range lands, forests, streamcorridors and wetlands. Their significance to Oregon’s communities, economy and our fishand wildlife resources cannot be overestimated.

As stewards of essential habitat, Oregon’s private landowners are key partners in fishand wildlife conservation strategies. Landowner incentive programs are an increasingly important means of encouraging landowner involvement in fish and wildlifeconservation. By forging new partnerships and leveraging resources, private landownershave the financial and technical assistance needed to enhance habitat in ways that meettheir operational needs.

Created in 1993 by the Oregon Legislature, the Access & Habitat Program has served asa model incentive program to improve fish and wildlife habitat and hunting access onOregon’s private lands. We have conducted a number of excellent projects in 1999 and2000, and plan for continued progress in 2001. The pages that follow testify to the program’s success in fostering partnerships between landowners, hunters and governmentagencies to benefit our state’s fish and wildlife.

As one of the nearly 300,000 hunters that annually contribute $2 to the Access &Habitat Program, I am proud to support the efforts of Oregon’s private landowners toensure a future for our state’s wildlife and hunting heritage.

INTRODUCTION

In 1993, the Oregon Legislature passed HouseBill 2538, creating the Access and HabitatProgram. The legislation was established to cre-ate an incentive-based program to improve fishand wildlife habitat and public hunting accesson private lands in Oregon. The program wasreauthorized by the legislature in 1997, extend-ing its benefits to Oregon’s citizens and fish andwildlife resources through December 2003.

The convening of the 2001 OregonLegislature marks the eighth year of the pro-gram’s existence and the opportunity to reflecton program accomplishments over the 1999-2001biennium.

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES

The Access & Habitat Program’s motto,"Landowners & Hunters Together for Wildlife,"conveys the program’s basic mission to fosterpartnerships between landowners and huntersfor the benefit of the fish and wildlife they value.The program also seeks to recognize and encour-age the important contributions made bylandowners to the state’s fish and wildliferesources — stewardship that affects about 50percent of Oregon’s land base.

HOW THE PROGRAM WORKS

Funded by a $2 annual surcharge on huntinglicenses and other sources derived from hunters,the Access & Habitat Program provides grants toprivate landowners, timber and agriculture cor-porations, sportsmen groups, natural resourceagencies, and others for projects designed toimprove wildlife habitat and/or increase publichunting access to private lands. Examples of eli-gible projects include wildlife forage seeding,water development, riparian protection, mead-ow fertilization, wetland restoration, regulated

hunt programs, law enforcement patrol, travelmanagement areas, hunting leases and landacquisition.

Anyone wishing to receive a grant mustcomplete an application describing the projectand its benefits to wildlife and/or provisions forpublic hunting opportunities, project location,cooperators, work schedules and funding com-mitments, including the grant amount requestedfrom the Access & Habitat Board. Project pro-posals are reviewed first by the appropriateregional advisory council, which sends its rec-ommendations to the board. Proposals arereviewed by the board and recommended pro-jects are forwarded to the Oregon Fish andWildlife Commission, the final decision-makingbody.

Both hunters and wildlife benefit from the many cooper-ative habitat enhancement and hunter access projectsfunded each year by the Access & Habitat Program.

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THE ACCESS & HABITAT BOARD

House Bill 2538 established a seven-membercitizen board to provide oversight of the Access& Habitat Program. Appointed by the OregonFish and Wildlife Commission, the board con-sists of three members representing agricultureand timber landowner interests, three membersrepresenting hunter interests, and one memberrepresenting the general public, who also servesas chairperson. Their role is to review Access &Habitat project proposals and make formal rec-ommendations for project funding to theCommission. By statute, the board is directed torecommend a mix of projects that balance habi-tat and access benefits statewide when review-ing grant proposals. Board members meet quar-terly to review applications and conduct otherprogram business.

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS

Board chairman CHUCK SMITH is the RegionalManager for Timber Products Company inMedford. Appointed in December 1997, heserved as chairman of the Southwest RegionA&H Advisory Council from 1993-97. A hunterand outdoorsman, Chuck is an active volunteerwith the Oregon Department of Fish andWildlife and a member of several wildlife con-servation organizations.

Vice chairman KELLY SMITH, a hunter representa-tive and original alumnus member of the A&HBoard, recently retired after 20 years as aresearch director and technical editor with BendResearch. Kelly has served many OregonHunters Association Bend Chapter officer postsand as the organization’s state president andchairman. He was recently appointed as electedchairman of The Mule Deer Foundation’s nation-al board of directors. Kelly is an avid hunterand outdoorsman and active volunteer for

ODFW’s Becoming an Outdoors WomanProgram. Born and raised in Eugene, he lives on100 acres near Bend.

THEO "TIK" MOORE, a rancher from Vale, servesas a landowner representative. Moore has beeninvolved with the A&H Program as a member ofits Southeast High Desert Advisory Councilsince its inception. Local ODFW biologists sup-ported his appointment due to his long-timeactivism with youth deer and pheasant huntsand habitat restoration projects with the 4-HOutdoor Club. Moore is a member of theMalheur County Farm Bureau and OregonCattleman’s Association. He helped lobby thestate legislature for the successful reauthoriza-tion of the A&H Program in 1997 and has beenactive in developing several A&H projects.

Landowner representative WARD S. ARMSTRONG

was president and Executive Director of theOregon Forest Industries Council from 1986-98.Before that, he worked for Weyerhaeuser asOregon Public Affairs Manger and Director ofIssues Management. He was instrumental inhelping pass the original legislation creating the

A&H Board members meet in communities throughoutOregon to review new project proposals and evaluate theresults of past projects.

A&H Program and believes strongly in fosteringcooperative relationships between landownersand hunters.

Retired Oregon State Police fish and wildlifeenforcement officer BOB LUND lives in LaGrandeand represents hunter interests. He was activein ODFW’s Strategic Operational PlanningGroup in 1997 and is a state board member ofthe Oregon Hunters Association. He is active ina variety of conservation, habitat and huntingissues throughout Oregon.

Incoming landowner representative TALLY

PATTON currently works as a forester for BoiseCascade Corporation. She has worked with var-ious landowners as well as federal, state andlocal agencies. She is very active in huntingissues on private lands and serves on numerouscommittees that deal with animal damage, vege-tation management, elk management, andAccess & Habitat relations. She has a wildlifebiology background that enables her to moreeffectively evaluate interactions between privatelandowners and wildlife.

Hunter representative REINARD OKESON is also anew member and brings an extensive knowl-edge of wildlife species, particularly waterfowland upland birds. He is a retired Bureau ofLand Management employee who specialized inland use and environmental impacts associatedwith wildlife species. He currently operates acut-flower farm near Forest Grove. He hasserved as Regional Director of Ducks Unlimitedas well as being active in Oregon Duck HuntersAssociation and Izaak Walton League.

RETIRING BOARD MEMBERS

Hunter representative MONTY MONTGOMERY

divides his time among a variety of conservationendeavors including chairmanship of the Izaak

Walton League’s Public Lands Restoration TaskForce and founding member of the A&H Board.He served on the A&H Board as its vice chair-man for two years. A resident of Portland,Monty is a retired deputy director of the OregonDepartment of Fish and Wildlife. He completedhis second term as a Board member in December2000.

A wheat grower and rancher from The Dalles,JIM MARKMAN has a long history of publicinvolvement including membership in theOregon Farm Bureau, Wasco County economicdevelopment planning and his local schoolboard. He completed his second term as a Boardmember in December 2000.

A&H REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCILS

Six regional councils serve in an advisorycapacity to the A&H Board. The councils pro-vide the initial review of grant proposals andforward their recommendations to the A&HBoard. Comprised of landowner, hunter andpublic volunteers, Council members bring grassroots expertise and local knowledge to thereview process.

REGIONAL COUNCIL MEMBERSNORTH WILLAMETTE REGION

Dave Johnson Chair Forest GroveKent Boring Landowner Forest GroveBill Perry Landowner West LinnKevin Van Dyke Landowner Forest GroveWendell Locke Hunter GastonBill Bogh Hunter PortlandNicholas Berg Hunter Birkenfeld

SOUTH WILLAMETTE REGION

David Wiley Chair SalemDave Riddell Landowner MonmouthRon O’Neal Landowner VenetaMichael Hicks Landowner MonmouthJess Stalcup Hunter LebanonLonnie Woosley Hunter FlorenceMax Smith Hunter Junction City

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Revenue projected through June 2001; revenuemay vary depending on actual hunting licensessold.

1999-2001 PROGRAM EXPENDITURES

Access & Habitat revenues are used to fundapproved project grants and administrativeexpenses, including one permanent statewidecoordinator position. For the 1999-2001 bienni-um, program expenditures to date total$1,033,000. Projects approved during theremainder of the 99-01 biennium will be drawnfrom the "uncommitted" funds as shown in thefollowing chart.

A&H PROJECT EXPENDITURES

The Access & Habitat legislation establisheseligibility for projects that provide habitatimprovement benefits, hunting access benefits ora balance of both. In 1999-01, the Oregon Fish

SOUTHWEST REGION

Frank Lehto Chair MedfordBill Drewien Landowner MedfordVacant LandownerMike Grifantini Landowner Coos BayHedge Jarvis Hunter WinchesterMike Kaiser Hunter Eagle PointLee Sutton Hunter North Bend

HIGH DESERT REGION – CENTRAL

Ken Johnson Chair BendBill McCormack Landowner PrinevilleChris Sokol Landowner Klamath FallsJohn Ward Landowner The DallesJerry Fauglid Hunter RedmondRocky Liskey Hunter Klamath FallsGary Nichols Hunter Klamath Falls

HIGH DESERT REGION – SOUTHEAST

Vacant ChairGary McClellan Landowner ValeCharles Oakes Landowner OntarioEarl E. Tiller Landowner BurnsDave Ganskopp Hunter BurnsRobert Williams Hunter ValePaul M. Zinie Hunter Vale

NORTHEAST REGION

Bob Coulter Chair CoveTy Hansell Landowner HermistonDaryl Hawes Landowner HerefordSteve McClelland Landowner Cove"Buck" Buckner Hunter Baker CityMike Mehren Hunter HermistonSharon Sweeney Hunter Mt. Vernon

FUNDING SOURCES

Funding for the Access & Habitat Program isderived from three sources:◆ A $2 surcharge on annual hunting licenses◆ Allocations from the Department’s Green

Forage and Deer Enhancement & Restoration (D.E.A.R) programs

◆ Proceeds from the annual auction and raffle of about 10 deer and 10 elk tags

Administrative Costs $236,000

Uncommitted Funds $360,000Approved Grants $796,916*

* Expenditures through November 2000

Hunting License Surcharges $1.2 million

Auction/Raffle Hunts $443,000

Green Forage/D.E.A.R. $150,000 A&HPROGRAM

FUNDING

SOURCES

A&HPROGRAM

EXPENDITURES

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gram set new benchmarks for hunter opportuni-ty and acreage open for public hunting.

There were 941,232 new acres of huntingopportunity in 1999 and 2,815,435 new acres in2000. Hunting access was offered on privatefarms and ranches and extensive tracts of indus-trial forest lands. Sportsmen volunteers servedas gatekeepers for private timber companies,keeping a watch over property and ensuringcontinued hunting privileges for the public.Regulated hunt areas were established on pri-

vate ranch and grazing association lands in coor-dination with Oregon Department of Fish andWildlife. And one property was acquired tosecure important wildlife habitat and recreation-al access for long-term public use and enjoy-

and Wildlife Commission allocated 50 percent ofA&H grant expenditures to projects providingboth access and habitat benefits, 29 percent toaccess only projects and 21 percent to habitatimprovement projects. Fully 79 percent of A&Hgrant funds were expended on projects offeringhunting access benefits.

The 24 projects approved from July 1, 1999 arelocated throughout the state, reflecting the gen-eral distribution of private lands in Oregon.

A&H project cooperators contributed a signifi-cant $3.6 million in matching funds towards 99-01 approved projects. In other words, for everyA&H dollar spent, more than $3 of cooperatorfunds were contributed towards completion ofapproved projects.

HUNTER ACCESS SUMMARY

Projects providing hunter access accounted forthe vast majority of approved projects duringthe 99-01 biennium (79%). As a result, the pro-

Access 29%

Habitat 21%

Access & Habitat 50%

A&HPROJECT

EXPENDITURES

A&H Funds 22%

Cooperator Matching Funds 78%Cooperative projects between ODFW and privatelandowners, funded by the A&H Program, have helpedkeep nearly three million acres of private lands open forpublic hunting.

A&H PROGRAM

COOPERATOR

CONTRIBUTIONS

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ment. On projects establishing travel manage-ment areas, the A&H Board carefully consideredpossible impacts to senior and disabled citizens,supporting project modifications that benefitthese constituents and maintain landownerincentive to provide public access.

The majority of hunting opportunities onA&H project lands are for deer, elk, waterfowland upland birds. Projects also offer access forother recreational pursuits including wildlifeviewing, camping, hiking, fishing, mushroom-ing, horseback riding, photography and crosscountry skiing.

HABITAT ENHANCEMENT SUMMARY

The wide range of habitat improvement pro-jects funded by A&H reflects the diversity ofOregon’s landscape. Just over 430,716 acres ofprivate landholdings were improved to benefitwildlife, fish and watershed health. A samplingof the kinds of projects funded in 99-01 includes:

◆ wetland restoration◆ riparian protective fencing◆ nesting structures◆ wildlife forage crop plantings◆ tree and shrub cover plantings◆ rangeland rehabilitation◆ controlled burns◆ pasture and meadow fertilization◆ spring development◆ erosion control◆ juniper management◆ grazing management fencing

LOOKING TO THE FUTURE

The 1997 Oregon Legislature authorizedfunding of the A&H Program through December31, 2003. The A&H Board and Oregon

Department of Fish and Wildlife will continue topursue the following strategies:

◆ Encourage the funding of projects that pro-vide significant public recreation access to pri-vate lands and land-locked public lands.

◆ Encourage landowners to develop or enhance wildlife habitat.

◆ Encourage the participation of state watershed councils and other coordinated resource planning groups in the program.

◆ Facilitate cooperative programs that reduce wildlife depredation on private lands and minimize economic losses to landowners.

◆ Foster partnerships and leverage funding between landowners, hunters, ODFW and others for the benefit of the state’s fish and wildlife resources.

As Oregon’s human population grows,demand for recreation will exert an ever-increas-ing strain on our public lands and resources.The A&H Program can help offset this demandby offering increased public hunting opportuni-ties on Oregon’s vast private landholdings,while providing landowner incentives toenhance fish and wildlife habitat. Under thecapable guidance of the A&H Board andRegional Councils, the program will continue toserve Oregon’s hunters and land stewards in apartnership for wildlife conservation.

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The Access & HabitatBoard gives specialrecognition to OregonHunters Association, itsstate chapters andmembers for their valu-able support, contribu-tions, and involvementin the Access & HabitatProgram.

PROJECT SPOTLIGHTS

The A&H Program has funded 24 projects dur-ing the 99-01 biennium as of November 2000.Projects provide both hunting opportunity andwildlife habitat while fostering positive relation-ships between landowners, hunters and theOregon Department of Fish & Wildlife. Here aresome examples of recent projects:

Murderer’s Creek Winter Shrub Planting

During April 2000, 263 volunteers helped theRedmond Chapter of Oregon HuntersAssociation plant 20,000 native shrubs on 400acres of the Phillip W. Schneider Wildlife Area.Past land use and invasion of Medusahead ryedecreased range quality. Area managers haveused prescribed burns to control the rye but thatdecreased shrub composition and quantity.Currently, approximately 2,000 mule deer and1,200 elk use the area as critical winter habitat,but it once sustained upwards of 40,000 muledeer.

Potlatch Wetland & Upland HabitatEnhancement

A rising water table due to increased irrigationcaused approximately 20 acres of PotlatchCorporation land near Boardman to becomeunsuitable for farming. An A&H grant allowedPotlatch Corporation to create a wetland onthose 20 acres by deepening the area which nowprovides year-round open water and enhancedhabitat diversity while minimizing cattail prolif-eration. The Columbia Basin has an extremelysmall percentage of riparian areas and the cre-ation of this wetland has greatly enhanced theuse of this area by migrating waterfowl, uplandgame birds, neotropical migrant songbirds,game mammals and nongame species. Potlatchwill allow public access through 2008 with thepossibility of renegotiating for a new contractperiod during 2008-2015.

Coombs Canyon Regulated Hunt Area

The Pendleton area contains a significant pop-ulations of ring-necked pheasant, partridge andquail. Access to hunt this area, however, isseverely limited. The Wolfe Hereford Ranch,Rosemary Scheuning and Forth Ranches, Inc.,have entered an agreement with ODFW throughan A&H grant to provide upland bird huntingand a youth mule deer buck hunt on 14,000acres in return for Oregon State Police monitor-ing, planting Conservation Reserve Programland, control of yellow starthistle and installa-tion of guzzlers to provide a water source.

Rogers Property Purchase

ODFW recently purchased 82 acres on theOwyhee River with A&H funds to provide thepublic with river access and great opportunitiesto hunt for waterfowl and upland birds. Thisonce-in-a-lifetime chance to permanently acquirethe property will ensure hunting and fishingopportunities in an area with limited publicaccess. The property is located near the conflu-ence of the Snake and Owyhee rivers.

Willamette Private Lands Law Enforcement

Private timber companies own extensive tractsof forested areas within Oregon. Outdoor recre-ationists have been allowed onto these lands foryears. But problems with vandalism, garbagedumping, firewood gathering and wildlife viola-tions caused some timber companies to limitaccess to their lands. An A&H grant will pro-vide for Oregon State Police patrols on 1.25 mil-lion acres of private timber lands, which will beopen for public hunting access for five years.Twenty cooperating landowners have agreed toallow access in return for law enforcement.

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Abiqua Basin VolunteersFrancis AlbroAlder Creek RanchJill AndersonAudubon SocietyAvery PropertiesBaker County Weed Levy Prince BakerDave BansonBen BeldonRay BelknapBeyer Tree FarmRyan BishopBlue Mountain Elk InitiativeBoise CascadeBoy Scout Volunteers Don BowerLee BradshawEd BrentanoDale BrockBureau of Land ManagementC&L FarmsCampell GroupCascade Timber Consulting Inc.Kendle CatesCentral Oregon Audubon SocietyBrad ChaseDon ChristensenHubert ChristensenMarshall ChristiansonTim CholewinskiConfederated Tribes of the SiletzCoquille Watershed AssociationCoquille Watershed Research InstituteCrown Pacific Ltd. Erin DaumMr. & Mrs. DawsonDan Deboie Art DeJagerCalvin DeJongDemaris RanchOwen DennyDeschutes Basin Land TrustDiamond Wood ProductsBob DoeflerTerry DroesslerDucks UnlimitedPeter DuinsdaleEastern Oregon Agriculture Research CenterEastern Oregon Sportsmen’s AssociationGerald EaversEichler Brothers FarmsScott EllisEmory InvestGene EngblomEvenson Timber Land Agency, Inc.Roger FittsForest Systems Inc.Forest Tree Assoc. Bob and Charlotte ForsterForth Ranches, Inc Foundation for North American Wild SheepMichael & Cynthia Frazier

Frank Lumber Co.Freres Lumber Marie GadottiJim GardnerGeorgia Pacific Co.Brian & Garrett GlaserMike GlaveyGMO Forestry FundJohannes GoddikDanny GoffinGolden Valley FarmBill GoodingDave GorackeJeff GorakeTom GorakeGuistina Land and TimberGuistina ResourcesGuistina WoodlandsGovernor’s Watershed Enhancement BoardHampton Tree Farm AffiliatesJohn HancockButch HansonDon HansonJames Hart Jim HathawayJim Hayes Chris & Donna HeffernanJohn HeiserBlake & Robin HenningsChet HettingaMark HeuettRoger HilderbrandtHorning RanchTom HuntonJim HutchinsKen HutchinsonIoka FarmsJohn Day "Feed the Deer Fund"Sid and Nancy Johnson Curtis Jones Jr.Steve and Nori KaserDavid KauerMarty Kent Kerns Rainbow RanchPhil KetscherTom KetscherAllen KeudellJoe KirkPaul KirschThe Klamath TribesBradley KlannLou KokkelerVeldon KropfDale KuenziArthur KupillasRon LayPhil LaymanGary LeinonenLincoln County Sheriffs Dept.Lincoln Timber LLCBob LindsayChris LindsethLinn County Sheriff’s Office

ACCESS & HABITAT PROGRAM GRANTEES AND COOPERATORS FOR 1999-2001

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Linn County Small Woodland OwnersLinn Forest Protective AssociationLongview Fibre Co.CH LoosLowden Family LLCScott & Mary MadisonTom MalphusSpencer MartinScott McClaranScott McDanielTom McKayMealy Timber Co.Miami CorporationMike MillerMorgrass Grazing AssociationThe Mule Deer FoundationPaul MulkeyJerry MullenMyrtle Point Outdoor ClassWarren NakkelaNational Fish and Wildlife FoundationNational Wild Turkey FederationNative Plant Society of OregonNatural Resource Conservation Service Nez Perce TribeTerry NusomHull OaksThe Old Bird HuntersOlympic Resource ManagementOlympic Resources Oregon Department of AgricultureOregon Department of Fish & WildlifeOregon Department of ForestryOregon Department of TransportationOregon Hunters AssociationOregon State PoliceOSU ExtensionOSU School of ForestryOregon Stewardship ProgramOregon TroutOregon Tillamook Railroad AuthorityOregon’s Upland Bird Stamp ProgramPacifiCorpLee PalmerParry Hurliman Logging Gary PerkinsLarry Pettyjohn Pheasants Forever Pioneer Resources Alfred PohlschniederPortland General ElectricPotlatch CorporationPaul ProudfootQuail UnlimitedRosco & Lyndale QuallsMark ReitmanRestoration & Enhancement ProgramKen ReynoldsRiverbend FarmsRocky Mountain Elk Foundation Floyd RogersRandy RohdeJames RookardJames M. Root

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Rosboro LumberTom RothRudio Mt. Timber Co.Ruffed Grouse SocietyRon SacchiSherman SalleeSalmonberry STEP VolunteersMike SappaGerald & Judith ScanlanSeneca Jones TimberSewel & Waldo OwnersBob SheehyHowell SheldonChris ShipleySimpson TimberSmall Woodlands Association Ben SmithErwin SmutzSouth Santiam Tree FarmSouthworth Brothers, Inc.Stahlbush Island FarmStarfire Lumber CoStarker Forests, Inc.Stimson Lumber Co.Bud SunrueSwanson SuperiorTaylor Grazing Range Improvement FundKurt ThomasRon ThomasBrian ThompsonThe Timber Co.Doug Tippett Paul ThorpTri-Co. Weed Management AreaTrust for Public Lands of PortlandBert UdellUmpqua Soil, Water & Conservation DistrictRuss UnderwoodUnion County Noxious Weed AgencyU.S Army Corps of EngineersU.S. Fish & Wildlife ServiceU.S Forest ServiceU.S Soil Conservation ServiceU.S. TimberlandsGary VachterFred Van BeckDave VanascheBob VanderzandenClarence VanelleDon WalkerWallowa County Weed DistrictWallowa Soil, Water & Conservation DistrictLarry WarfelHarold WeaverWetland Reserve ProgramWeyerhaeuser Co.Dick WilkinsonWillamette IndustriesTim WinnPhil WolfWolfe Hereford RanchCity of YachatsDave Young

Text by Matt BuhlerDesign and Photographs by J. Yuskavitch Resources

Matt BuhlerAccess & Habitat Program Coordinator

Oregon Department of Fish and WildlifeWildlife DivisionPost Office Box 59

Portland, Oregon 97207Phone (503) 872-5260 extension 5349

Fax (503) 872-5269

Project DistributionThe 24 projects approved through December 2000 are located throughout the state, reflecting the general distribution of

private lands in Oregon.

Portland

Salem

Grants Pass

Bend

Burns

Pendleton

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