Natural Resources Committee

Held at the US Bancorp Tower, 1st floor training center.

Held at the Oregon Department of Agriculture Building, Conference Room D (basement).

Minutes File: 

OGWC-NR_6-2-08_mtg_notes_final.pdf

Held at the Water Resources Department, 3rd Floor Rogue Conference Room.

Held at the Rose Building, Lobby Conference Room.

Agenda File: 

OGWC-NR_Agenda_1-20-09.pdf

Supporting Files: 

Global Warming and Forestry – 2009 Agenda Proposal to The Global Warming Commission

Matt Donegan is co-founder and co-president of Forest Capital Partners, a private forest landowner and leading grower of sustainably managed, certified timber products. Founded in 2000, Forest Capital Partners ranks among the largest private landowners in the United States, managing working forests in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Minnesota, Louisiana and Texas. Forest Capital Partners is the second largest private forest land owner in Oregon. Mr.

Eric Lemelson owns and manages Lemelson Vineyards, a producer of Pinot Noir and other varietal wines located in Carlton, Oregon. He is also Treasurer and a Director of the Lemelson Foundation, a family foundation based in Portland. The Foundation supports invention and innovation for sustainable development in the United States and the developing world.

Russ Hoeflich is Vice President and Oregon Director of The Nature Conservancy, where he has worked for over 25 years. Within The Conservancy, Russ also serves as a member of The Global Human Resources Cabinet and the lead sponsor of the Volunteerism Cabinet. Additionally, Russ serves on The World Forestry Center Board of Directors and is a member of the American Leadership Forum.

Andrea Durbin is Executive Director of Oregon Environmental Council. Prior to that, she worked as an independent consultant based in Brussels for two years, and for over ten years as a senior manager for national environmental organizations in Washington, DC. She has published articles, testified before Congress and served as an NGO Representative on the US delegation to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris.

Jim Rue serves as a vice-chair on the commission. Jim is a Portland businessman and is the third generation of his family to own the original family farm in Silverton. He recently completed eight years service on the Board of Agriculture. Prior to his return to Oregon in 1997, Rue served as the Deputy Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection where he chaired a market-based trading system to reduce air pollutants in a 37 state compliance region. Rue has a Masters of Forest Science and an MBA from Yale University.