Oregon Forest Practices Seminar - 2 OPL - FP Credits
Friday, February, 26, 2010
1:30pm - 3:30pm - Wheeler Pavilion (Meeting Area)
Fire Regulation Performance & Modernizing
A special panel of four fire cooperators will review Oregon's strong current industrial fire protection program and its compliance. After their presentations, be ready to discuss how to keep forest fire prevention efforts by Oregon cooperators (contractors, landowners, and Oregon Dept. of Forestry).
PANELISTS: PARTNERS IN FIRE PREVENTION PERFORMANCE
Fire Liability; Who's Responsible? Dan Shults, SW Oregon Area Manager, Oregon Dept. of Forestry
Fire Prevention Compliance Results & Trends - Dave Lorenz, West Lane District Forester, Oregon Dept. of Forestry
Forest Protection Directions for Landowners - Mike Dykzeul, Forest Protection Director, Oregon Forest Industries Council, Salem
Changing Technology to Protect Forests - Rex Storm, Forest Policy Manager, Associated Oregon Loggers, Salem
MODERNIZING FORUM: IMPROVING TOMORROW'S FIRE PROTECTION
Roundtable Discussion about how to streamline industrial fire protection - The Four Panelists and Audience Participation
This seminar offers a unique forum that will explore Oregon's unique industrial fire protection partnership, and the outlook for the future improvements. First, a panel of four speakers will spotlight prevention compliance and liability matters, focusing on recent fire seasons. Next, the program looks ahead by asking the audience to participate in a discussion to gather ideas about modernizing industrial forest fire protection efforts and regulations. In these tough economic times, forest contractors want to assure that every fire industrial prevention dollar spent is an efficient investment to prevent fire starts and stop fire escapes.
DAN SHULTS, Southern Oregon Area Director for the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) headquartered in Roseburg. Dan's responsible for administering all ODF programs in seven southwestern Oregon countries, five Districuts, and the 95,000-acre Elliott State Forest. Known as a top fire professional overseeing the states' hottest fire area, he's regared by landowners and contractors alike as a passionate advocate for effective cooperation in forest protection. In 2009, Dan was awarded the James E. Brown Leadership Award for superior leadership, keeping strong relationships with community leaders, and for helping guide ODF "through good times and bad."
After graduating from Syracuse State Univ. of New York in 1971 with a forestry degree, Dan worked for both private & Public forestry organizations, and then moved West to bein with Oregon Dept. of Forestry in 1977. He was an ODF forester in Coos Bay & John Day, ODF Operations Manager, Fire Prevention Director, and East Lane / Linn District Forester. he's been the Southern Oregon Area Director since May, 1999. His fire management qualifications include: Incident Commander Type 1 and Area Command.
Dave Lorenz is the Western Lane District Forester for the regon Dept. of Forestry (ODF), based in Veneta, Oregon. Dave's responsible for managing all ODF programs from the coastal Florence area inland to Eugene, including fire protection on 750,650 acres of private and public forest land in west Lane and north Douglas County. ODF foresters in his district work with forest industry and assist non-industrial woodland owners in forest practices compliance, forest fire protection, and cooperative firefighting efforts. Prior to his current assignment, he was Assistant to the Southern Oregon Area Director in Roseburg.
Dave's 24 year career with ODF involved previous experience in industrial fire prevention throughout his career, which included work as a Stewardship Forester, field coordinator for ODF's Private Forests Program in Salem, and a state lands forester setting up timber sales. He has degrees from Oregon State University and Linfield College in McMinnville.
Mike Dykzeul is the Director of Forest Protection for the Oregon Forest Industries Council (OFIC) located in Salem. Mike's primary responsibilities are focused statewide at assuring adequate levels of industrial forestland protection from wildfire in cooperation with Oregon Department of Forestry, the 12 Forest Protection Associations, and forest contractors. Additional responsibilities relating to protection involve working with Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife and National Wildlife Research Center to minimize tree damage by various wildlife species. Since 2001, additional responsibilities have developed to offer assistance in the areas of forestland security.
Prior to coming to OFIC in 1999, Mike spent 22 years in forest protection positions in south central Oregon. He worked on forestlands originally owned by Weyerhaeuser Company and then by U.S. Timberlands.
Rex Storm is Forest Policy Manager for Associated Oregon Loggers (AOL), a statewide trade association based in Salem. He works with harvest & allied forest contract businesses and represents them in forest regulatory affairs, industry relations, and professional accreditation. Prior to joining AOL in 1995, his career included positions in Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming and Wisconsin working with American Pulpwood Association, the US Forest Service, and Louisiana-Pacific. Rex began forestry work in 1975 as a firefighter with the US Forest Service in Utah.
Rex holds a BS degree in forest management from Colorado State University, an MBA from the University of Oregon, and certificates from the Forest Engineering Institute, Certified Silviculturist, and Leadership Oregon. He owns and manages a small tree farm located in Columbia County. Rex is a member of Oregon Small Woodlands Association, Society of American Foresters, and is a Certified Forester.
