Because of rendering and upload times, I will update this post with additional short bits of video within the next few hours. This first video is with Commissioner Bob Main addressing one of his concerns regarding the proposed mineral lease with Oregon Resources that seeks to mine county timber property.

Coos County derives an approximate annual income per acre of timber of $30,000 annually. Naturally, any lease with ORC should at least meet that minimum income level or it is not worth the county risking future earnings. ORC has objected to this provision. Despite Jon Barton’s claim in a letter to the editor the county would receive $25,000 per acre no such provision is in the lease.

Jerry Fish, counsel for ORC argues against board adopted revisions to the mineral lease.

Julie Jones of Bandon Woodland Community Association and Timm Slater of Bay Area Chamber of Commerce

Tom Stark lives next to the mine site and Cam Parry talks about using the county forest for carbon offsets

Sharon Comden, Robert Fischer and John Baxter, all of Bandon