From: Bob Zybach <ZybachB@ORWW.org>

Subject: Elliott Forest: Budget

Date: December 10, 2019 at 9:05:44 PM PST

To: Meliah Masiba <Meliah.M.Masiba@state.or.us>

Cc: David Gould <CBTO1974@yahoo.com>, Russ Sapp <russs@cpi.coop>

Hi Meliah:

Thanks for the discussion today. The one thing I was hoping to find out was the budget for OSU planning and the HCP. How much has been spent in the past 12 months on these costs and where is the money coming from? [Emphasis added]

I have been trying to get these numbers for the article I am writing with a December 16 deadline.

Thanks for any help on this.

Bob

From: Bob Zybach <ZybachB@orww.org>

Date: Wed, Apr 1, 2020 at 7:32 PM

Subject: Elliott Forest: HCP Funding

To: Meliah Masiba <Meliah.M.Masiba@state.or.us>

Cc: David Gould <CBTO1974@yahoo.com>, Dave and Barb Sullivan <drdavesullivan@gmail.com>, Russ Sapp <russs@cpi.coop>

Hi Meliah:

Good talking to you. ...

Other discussion: My lobbying for historical research needed as a First Step in developing an HCP — which I think should be the actual focus of an Elliott “research forest” -- is to use GLO survey notes (county surveyor’s office/BLM), historical aerial photos (UO), and applicable oral histories (linked below), to bring things up to date. That is what my PhD methodology demonstrates — with a focus on Oregon Coast Range forestlands — and yet I have never once been asked to conduct such research or even act as a consultant or engage in a substantive discussion by people engaged in making HCPs or public forest management . Otherwise, excepting by politicians, agencies, and university profs, I have been widely recognized for my expertise on the topics of forest history, fire history, forest management, and reforestation planning for nearly 40 years, via presentations, field trips, radio interviews, articles, and editorials. Seems like at least one of the paid HCP people would he interested in this information at some point over the past 30 years!

Here is an example of plotting GLO data to help determine baseline forest/habitat conditions, produced for Douglas County Commissioners: http://www.orww.org/Rivers/Umpqua/South/Upper_Headwaters_Project/Maps/

Here is some historical aerial photo interpretation by an Eddyville High School student 22 years ago: http://www.orww.org/Reports/R/SZ/AP-1939-INTRO.html

Here’s a more recent (2007) annotated example, working with the Grand Ronde Tribal Council: http://www.orww.org/Rivers/Santiam/South/Aerial_Photos/Headwaters/index.html

The Jerry Phillips’ oral histories bring things up to date, acre by acre, on the history and management of the Elliott:http://www.orww.org/Elliott_Forest/History/Oral/Oral_History_TOC-2019.pdf

I also remain interested in the historical maps, aerial photos, and survey documents produced by Jerry Phillips and ODF in the 1950s to 1980s that I have periodically requested, without success, from SLB, ODF, and DSL the past three years. [Emphasis added] When I last met with Jim Paul, he thought these materials might be contained in some boxes of files from the Elliott ODF office and we began preliminary discussions regarding my access to them. I think this information would be of critical interest to the HCP and forest planning people, too, but there has been no discussion or consultation on that data either. Here is my article on this topic, with my perspective and opinions, that is being published and distributed in a few weeks: http://nwmapsco.com/ZybachB/Articles/Magazines/Oregon_Fish_&_Wildlife_Journal/20200315_Osbornes/Zybach_20200320.pdf

Please note that this article is located on my personal NW Maps Co. website and is not included or even referenced on the educational ORWW website. Same with my article/editorials on spotted owls and marbled murrelets and with the Elliott “boondoggle." The following articles printed in the same magazine are included on ORWW, however, and the portions on the Giesy Plan proposal are the most political things ever published on this location since it first launched. Again, these articles aren’t linked to the SWOCC student Elliott Forest Recreation website, but are discretely contained on a separate “Elliott State Educational Forest” site, where they can be internally referenced, but are not readily available to most visitors.

The bottom line is that I don’t think OSU has the capability of developing a viable management plan for the Elliott based on their track record of the past 30 years, and also because of economics and distances involved. I do think the Elliott should be used for maximum research, educational, and recreational advantage of Oregon students and residents, to the direct benefit of local businesses and families, and to legal obligations of the Common School Fund.

On a final note, last December I requested a reasonably detailed accounting of DSL/OSU/Elliott funding and expenditures for the past two years for an article/editorial I am working on. Where did the funding come from, and what was it spent on; with OSU, HCP, DSL, and primary subcontractors? I am still very interested in this data, including and up to the recent $500,000+ allocation for the latest Elliott HCP. I realize this might be considered sensitive information, and maybe particularly in light of my own public statements and opinions. Is a formal request required? Should it be put through Bev Clarno’s office? Or simply questions a staff accountant can answer? [Emphasis added]

Sincerely best wishes and good luck to you and your family in the weeks ahead!

Bob