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Meet Trustee Michael Langley

Michael Langley’s lineage includes Umpqua, Chinook, and Klickitat from his grandfather's family and Shoshone-Bannock and Ute from his grandmother's family.

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Rediscover Oregon's Forestry Stories

With April designated as Arbor Month in Oregon, State Forests Trust is please to sponsor a presentation by Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center and the Vernonia Pioneer Museum at the Tillamook Forest Center (TFC) on their work to record and preserve the historic contributions foresters have made in Oregon.

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Join a Community Conversation about Oregon State Forests

For decades, local chapters of Oregon Equestrian Trails (OET) have partnered with the Oregon Department of Forestry(ODF) to help design, build, and maintain horse camps. They also help steward non-motorized trails used by horseback riders, as well as hikers, trail runners, and mountain bikers. Many of the non-motorized trails on Oregon State Forests are classified as multiple-use.

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Want to Build a Trail? Build a Community

Like many who love mountain biking, Ryan McLane has traveled all over Oregon to ride the state’s renowned trails.

At one point, though, he and a group of friends wondered why they had to drive so far to ride when the coastal mountain range was just a half hour away from the Portland metro area - the nearby forests had the potential for a great ride. Then, he started dreaming of creating a mountain bike trail network on Larch Mountain in the Tillamook State Forest.

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