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The powers, duties, and responsibilities of the Forest Lands Commission are:

To develop forest management plans for the City of Ashland's municipal forests
To provide direction and oversight to planning teams concerning wildland urban interface (wildfire lands) and Ashland Creek Watershed.
To develop community volunteer programs to assist in implementation of the Ashland Forest Plan and other project plans.
To submit recommendations to the City Council regarding forest management practices.
To ensure that plans integrate diverse opinions of citizens and private land owners.
To promote public knowledge and acceptance of the Ashland Forest Plan programs.

Forest Lands Commission Documents

2016 Ashland Forest Plan and Interactive Map

City Forest Lands Restoration Project Phase II

City Forestlands Restoration Phase III (Winburn Parcel)

City Forestlands 2013 Controlled Underburn Monitoring Report

City Forestlands 2015 Underburn Monitoring Report

2009 Siskiyou Fire Review

Ashland Forest Plan 1992

Please remember that other than staff, the people listed below are volunteers working on behalf of our community and should only be contacted on matters related to their particular commission, committee or board.

Contact the Forest Lands Commission

Established	Meetings	Length of Term
1994	Second Tuesday of the Month at Fire Station #2 (1860 Ashland St)	3 year terms

Members

Name	Title	Term Begin	Term End
VACANCY	Commissioner�-�Position�2		4/30/2022
Vacancy	Commissioner�-�Position�7		4/30/2022
Frank Betlejewski	Commissioner�-�Position�3	2/7/2012	4/30/2020
Luke Brandy	Commissioner�-Position�4	11/18/2014	4/30/2020
Chris Chambers	Wildfire�Division�Chief
Shannon Downey	Commissioner�-�Position�5	1/5/2016	4/30/2021
Mike Gardiner	Parks�Commission�Liaison
Nathan Lewis	Commissioner�-�Position�1	10/18/2016	4/30/2022
Priscila Schuyler-Franco	Commissioner�-�Position�6	8/21/2018	4/30/2021
Stefani Seffinger	Council�Liaison	2/5/2019	12/31/2022