Bob Guenther accepts the Gail and Carolyn Shaw Industry Award from Frank DeVaul at the annual Lewis Economic Development Council banquet at the Washington Hotel in Chehalis on Thursday. Guenther was recently appointed to the Forest Practices Board.
Gov. Jay Inslee appointed Chehalis area resident Bob Guenther to the Forest Practices Board in February.
The board sets standards for forest practices, including timber harvests, pre-commercial thinning, road construction and forest chemical applications.
It also provides a Forest Practices Board Manual and manages the Forest Practices Adaptive Management Program, representing landowners, public agencies, the forest industry, the environmental community and tribal governments.
The board has 12 members and must include one owner of not more than 500 acres of forest land, one independent logging contractor, one elected county official and four members of the general public.
Guenther fills the small forest landowner requirement.
Guenther’s term expires on Dec. 31, 2019. It began Feb. 23.
