PORTLAND,
Ore. � The Oregon Forest Resources Institute board of directors announced today
that Ray Jones has been elected to serve as board chair. Jones has served on
OFRI�s board since 2009.
Jones
is vice president of resources at Stimson Lumber Company in Portland. He
replaces Greg Miller, Oregon public affairs manager for Weyerhaeuser Company in
Salem, who will continue to serve on OFRI�s board. Calli Daly, regional state
government affairs manager for Georgia-Pacific LLC, was elected vice chair.
Jones
has worked in the Pacific Northwest forest sector since 1976. Currently he
manages Stimson�s nearly 500,000-acre timber holdings in Oregon, Washington and
Idaho. Based in Portland, Jones is involved in several industry groups
including the American Forest Resource Council and the Oregon Forest Industries
Council. He is passionate about forestry education and outreach to the public.
By
Oregon statute, the state forester appoints 11 of OFRI�s 13 board members from
three forest-products producer classes. Two additional members serve ex
officio: the Oregon State University dean of the College of Forestry and a
public representative who is appointed jointly by the speaker of the Oregon
House of Representatives and the president of the Oregon Senate.
Producer
class specifications are as follows:
� Class 1 � Producers of fewer than 20
million board feet per year.
� Class 2 � Producers of at least 20
million board feet per year, but fewer than 100 million board feet per year.
� Class 3 � Producers of at least 100
million board feet per year.
In
addition, there is a position representing small woodland owners owning between
100 and 2,000 acres of forestlands. Jones represents producer Class 3, and Daly
represents Class 2.
OFRI
was created in 1991 by the Oregon legislature to improve public understanding
of the state�s forest resources and encourage environmentally sound forest
management through education. To learn more about the Oregon Forest Resources
Institute and its work, visit OFRI online at Oregonforests.org.
