OR CLE9.5 General Credits

WA MCLE9.0 General Credits

AK CLEMay Claim Credit

CA CLE9.5 General Credits

Society of AmericanForesters9.0 Hours, Category 1–CF

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

TOPICS COVEREDEnvironmentalForestryLand Use

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ONLINE: www.TheSeminarGroup.netFAX: 866–435–3444EMAIL: info@TheSeminarGroup.netPHONE: 206–463–4400 / 800–574–4852MAIL: PO Box 523, Vashon, WA 98070

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MARCH 31 & APRIL 1, 2016

World Trade Center

PORTLAND, OR

Please join our Program Co-Chairs Greg D. Corbin, a partner with Stoel Rives LLP; Cassie Phillips, a vice president with Weyerhaeuser Company; and Galen G. Schuler, a vice president with Green Diamond Resource Company, and the outstanding faculty they have assembled. The following topics will be covered:

• Special Presentation: Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI) – Adoption and Implementation by Timber Investors by Eva Greger, founder and managing director, GMO LLC in Boston, Massachusetts

• Endangered Species Act Update• Managing the Risk of Fire• Washington and Oregon Perspectives• “Voluntary” Procurement Standards: If Customers are the New Regulators, Where

Do I Go for Due Process?• Water Rights and Drought in Timberlands Management• Clean Air Regulation and Biomass Fuels• Clean Water Act Impact on the Timber Industry in Oregon, Washington and Beyond

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AttorneysConservationistsForestersInvestorsMunicipal RepresentativesAnyone Concerned with theForestry Industry

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Conference Sponsor:

Greg D. CorbinStoel Rives LLP

Cassie PhillipsWeyerhaeuser Company

Galen G. SchulerGreen Diamond Resource Company

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Friday, April 1, 2016

Friday, April 1, 2016

Thursday, March 31, 2016

10:15 “Voluntary” Procurement Standards: If Customers are the New Regulators, Where Do I Go for Due Process?

Overview on Private Environmental Governance: How Customer Policies and Commitments Find Their Way into Private Standards; Key Issues in Purchasing Standards for Wood/Wood Fiber/Forest Biomass

Cassie Phillips, ModeratorWeyerhaeuser Company; Federal Way, WA

Differences among SFI’s Certified Sourcing Standard, FSC’s Controlled Wood Standard, and PEFC’s Due Diligence Standard and their Implications for Suppliers

Christopher I. Ridley-Thomas, RP.Bio, EP (EMSLA), CPA, CA, Partner

KPMG; Vancouver, BC “Deforestation Free” Supply Chains and Beyond

Certification: What Do They Mean for U.S. Suppliers?Robin Barr, Director, Americas

The Forest Trust; Seattle, WA UK/EU Biomass Sustainability Criteria and the

Sustainable Biomass Partnership Standard Mike Jostrom, Dir., Renewable Resources

Plum Creek Timber Company; Seattle, WA

12:00 Midday Break

1:15 Water Rights and Drought in Timberlands Management

Identifying Existing Water Rights; Exempt Uses of Water; Special Considerations for Drought Scenarios

Laura Kerrand

Stephanie M. RegenoldPerkins Coie LLP

2:00 Clean Air Regulation and Biomass Fuels EPA Clean Power Plan; SAP Work on Carbon

Neutrality; State Implementation PlansReid A. Miner, Vice Pres., Sustainable ManufacturingNational Council for Air and Stream Improvement, Inc.;

Research Triangle Park, NCWilliam “Chip” Murray, Vice Pres., Policy/General Counsel

National Alliance of Forest Owners; Washington, DCThomas R. Wood

Stoel Rives LLP

3:00 Break

3:15 Clean Water Act Impact on the Timber Industry in Oregon, Washington and Beyond

Litigation Update over Water Quality Standards in Oregon and Washington; Phase II Regulation; WOTUS Litigation

Galen G. Schuler, ModeratorGreen Diamond Resource Company; Seattle, WA

Svend A. Brandt-ErichsenMarten Law PLLC; Seattle, WA

Paul KampmeierKampmeier & Knutsen PLLC; Seattle, WA

William “Chip” Murray, Vice Pres., Policy/General CounselNational Alliance of Forest Owners; Washington, DC

4:30 Adjourn

1:00 Introduction and OverviewGreg D. Corbin, Program Co-Chair

Stoel Rives LLPCassie Phillips, Program Co-Chair

Weyerhaeuser Company; Federal Way, WA Galen G. Schuler, Program Co-Chair

Green Diamond Resource Company; Seattle, WA

1:10 Special Presentation: Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI) – Adoption and Implementation by Timber Investors

Eva Greger, Founder/Managing Director, Renewable ResourcesGMO LLC; Boston, MA

2:00 Endangered Species Act Update Update on Recent Rules, Listings, Designations, and Case

LawLawson Fite, Staff Atty.

American Forest Resource CouncilTanya M. Sanerib, Sr. Atty.Center for Biological Diversity

2:45 Break

3:00 Managing the Risk of Fire Duties and Strategies for Private Forest Owners

Andrew Elsbree, ModeratorGreen Diamond Resource Company

Doug Grafe, Chief, Protection Div. (Invited)Department of Forestry, State of Oregon

Russell Hoeflich, Vice Pres./Sr. Policy Advisor,Restoring America’s Forests Program

The Nature ConservancyMichael J. Rollinger, Sr. Counsel

Office of the Attorney General, State of Washington; Olympia, WA

5:00 Adjourn and Reception ~ sponsored by:

9:00 Introduction and OverviewProgram Co-Chairs

9:10 Washington and Oregon Perspectives Update on Forest Management under State Law

Heath Curtiss, General Counsel/Dir., Govt. AffairsOregon Forest Industries Counsel

Diane M. MeyersMiller Nash Graham & Dunn LLP; Seattle, WA

10:00 Break

Kirk B. MaagStoel Rives LLP

Conference Information

fACuLty ~ ConfeRenCe InfoRMAtIon

Course AccreditationThis course has been approved by the Oregon State Bar for 9.0 general CLE credits (in-person & webcast). This course has been approved for 9.0 hours of Washington MCLE credit (in person & webcast). Alaska Bar members may claim CLE credit for this course (in person & webcast). The Seminar Group is a State Bar of California approved provider; therefore, this course is approved for 9.5 general CLE credits. This program has been reviewed and is approved professional CFE credits by the Society of American Foresters for 9.0 hours Category 1–CF credit (in person only). For information or accreditation in other states, please call The Seminar Group at (206) 463–4400 or (800) 574–4852.

Substitution/CancellationYou may substitute another person at any time. We will refund tuition, less a $50 cancellation charge, if we receive your cancellation by Friday, March 25, 2016. No refunds will be given after this date. Please note that if you do not cancel by the deadline and/or do not attend, you are still responsible for payment.Seminar LocationThe seminar will be held at the World Trade Center, 121 SW Salmon Street, Building #2, Portland, Oregon, (503) 464–8688. Please call the venue for directions/questions. Please check our website for special rates on sleeping rooms.

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Greg D. Corbin, Program Co-Chair, a partner with Stoel Rives LLP, leads the firm's Forest Industries Initiative and represents forest products clients in a variety of transactional and regulatory matters, including many of the day-to-day operational issues faced by the forest products industry.

Cassie Phillips, Program Co-Chair, Vice President of Sustainable Forestry with Weyerhaeuser Company in Federal Way, Washington, is an internationally recognized expert on sustainable forestry. She is responsible for Weyerhaeuser’s strategies on forest stewardship, regulation and voluntary certification.

Galen G. Schuler, Program Co-Chair, is Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Affairs for Green Diamond Resource Company in Seattle, a privately held forest products company that owns and manages over 1.3 million acres of working forest lands in California, Oregon, and Washington.

Robin Barr is Director, Americas, with The Forest Trust in Seattle. She works with international brands, multinational commodity processors and producing companies in the palm oil, pulp and paper packaging and solid wood sectors to develop responsible global supply chains.

Svend A. Brandt-Erichsen, managing partner with Marten Law PLLC in Seattle, has served as an environmental attorney for 25 years. He previously spent 20 years in private practice and, before that, was Regional Administrator of the State of Alaska, Department of Environmental Conservation.

Heath Curtiss is General Counsel and Director of Government Affairs for the Oregon Forest Industries Council, a trade association representing Oregon’s industrial timberland owners and forest products industries.

Lawson Fite is a staff attorney with the American Forest Resource Council. He is one of the leaders of AFRC's legal program, helping member companies obtain their goal of consistent and sustainable timber harvest from National Forests.

Doug Grafe is Chief of the Protection Division, Department of Forestry, State of Oregon. He began his career with the Department in 2003. He has served as a professional forester for 21 years with a variety of organizations, including Georgia Pacific and the U.S. Forest Service.

Eva Greger is the founder and Managing Director of Renewable Resources with GMO LLC in Boston, Massachusetts. Prior to founding the Renewable Resources group in 1997, she was Vice President of Timberlands for UBS Resource Investments International.

Russell Hoeflich is Vice President and Senior Policy Advisor with The Nature Conservancy in its Restoring America’s Forests Program. He is responsible for advancing strategies to rebuild resiliency into 200 million acres of America’s Federal forests.

Mike Jostrom, Director of Renewable Resources for Plum Creek Timber Company in Seattle, is responsible for growing Plum Creek’s renewable energy business and ensuring that the environmental and carbon benefits of sustainable forestry and wood products are recognized by the marketplace.

Kirk B. Maag, an environmental and natural resources attorney with Stoel Rives LLP, advises clients in natural resource-dependent industries. He focuses his practice on water rights and related transactions, real property transactions in the timber and agricultural industries, and local, state, and federal regulations affecting the storage, transportation, disposal, and cleanup of solid and hazardous materials and wastes.

Andrew Elsbree is Vice President and General Manager of Oregon Operations with Green Diamond Resource Company. Prior to joining Green Diamond in 2008, he owned A&D Forestry Services for close to 14 years, providing operational, biological and financial services.

Diane M. Meyers, a shareholder with Miller Nash Graham & Dunn LLP in Seattle, serves on the firm’s Executive Committee. She has over a decade of commercial litigation experience, particularly in insurance coverage and environmental and natural resources matters.

Reid A. Miner is Vice President of Sustainable Manufacturing with the National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, Inc. in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. He is a chemical engineer and has been with NCASI for 41 years.

William “Chip” Murray is Vice President of Policy and General Counsel for the National Alliance of Forest Owners in Washington, DC. He practices natural resource and environmental law, primarily involving issues and litigation related to management of both private and federal forestland.

Christopher I. Ridley-Thomas, RP.Bio, EP (EMSLA), CPA, CA, is a partner with KPMG in Vancouver, BC and leads the delivery of the firm’s sustainable forest management, greenhouse gas and environmental management services.

Tanya M. Sanerib is a senior attorney in the Center for Biological Diversity in its Endangered Species Program. She has extensive experience practicing in federal court working with scientists, and litigating matters under the Endangered Species Act.

Thomas R. Wood, a partner with Stoel Rives LLP, has significant experience in the areas of air quality and hazardous waste permitting and compliance. He has counseled some of the leading industries in the U.S. on environmental permitting issues and commercial transactions.Laura Kerr, an attorney with Perkins Coie LLP, works with issues involving environmental litigation, environmental permitting, and regulatory and compliance matters under state and federal environmental laws. She was previously a researcher and educator in environmental science.Paul Kampmeier, co-founder of Kampmeier & Knutsen PLLC in Seattle, focuses his practice on representing clients in litigation and advocacy designed to enhance federal law protections for wildlife, clean water, and forests in WA and OR.Stephanie M. Regenold, an attorney with Perkins Coie LLP in the firm’s Boise office, focuses on environment, energy and natural resources law. Her practice includes transactional work, including project development and acquisitions, and energy and environmental litigation.Michael J. Rollinger is a senior counsel with the Office of the Attorney General, State of Washington. Since 2001, he has been the primary legal advisor to the Washington Department of Natural Resources for forest protection, fire prevention, and fire suppression cost recovery.

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OR CLE 9.5 General CreditsWA MCLE 9.0 General CreditsAK CLE May Claim CreditCA CLE 9.5 General CreditsSociety of American Foresters9.0 Hours, Category 1–CF