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President’s Column

Category: President’s Column

President’s Column – Winter 2022

Posted on January 18, 2022 by George Stone

by Ed Shepard Happy New Year!  I hope you all had a Merry Christmas and Holiday season.  We actually had a white Christmas in western Oregon, sort of.  It started...

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President’s Column – Summer 2021

Posted on July 6, 2021 by George Stone

by Ed Shepard Finally, it appears that we are turning the corner on this terrible virus that has impacted so many people and created havoc to the Country.  Slowly, it...

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President’s Column – Spring 2021

Posted on April 8, 2021 by George Stone

by Ed Shepard Have you gotten your vaccination yet?  A year ago, we were washing our hands a lot and staying home.  In two weeks we’d “flatten the curve” and...

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President’s Column – Winter 2021

Posted on February 23, 2021 by George Stone

by Ed Shepard Well, 2020 is finally behind us!  To those of you that have, or are suffering through Covid-19, I hope you are on the mend and recovering well.  My...

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President’s Column – Fall 2020

Posted on October 9, 2020 by George Stone

by Ed Shepard As I was working on this column the news came out on the decision in the case of Bullock, et al v. BLM.  As you are probably...

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President’s Column – Summer 2020

Posted on June 29, 2020 by George Stone

by Ed Shepard COVID 2020 – Day Whatever.  We certainly do live in interesting times.  Who would have thought back in January, as we were beginning a new year and...

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President’s Column – Spring 2020

Posted on April 10, 2020 by George Stone

by Ed Shepard Some of you have heard me say that I am a silviculturist, so by definition, I am an optimist.  Further, I was a silviculturist in the hot,...

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President’s Column – Winter 2020

Posted on January 20, 2020 by George Stone

by Ed Shepard The past year has been a year of change for our favorite agency, the Bureau of Land Management.  The BLM is going through its biggest change since...

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President’s Column – Fall 2019

Posted on October 31, 2019 by George Stone

by Ed Shepard Where did the summer go? I can’t believe that we’re already having cool weather and snow is in the air in the high country. I really don’t...

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President’s Column – Summer 2019

Posted on July 1, 2019 by George Stone

by Ed Shepard There has been a lot happening since the spring edition of the Monitor.  There have been personnel changes with BLM and Department leadership, BLM vacancies are being...

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