State forestry committee honors Josh and Jacque Cobb of Baker Valley

BAKER CITY — A regional committee from the Oregon Department of Forestry has given Josh and Jacque Cobb of Baker Valley a merit award for their efforts to improve elk habitat on an elk-feeding site. The couple own J and J Timber Resources of Haines. They thinned an overcrowded ponderosa pine forest, allowing more grass and brush to grow and increasing forage for elk and deer, according to a press release from the department of forestry. The Cobbs also reduce wood waste by sending it to sawmills where it is burned as fuel. They also own a small mill that helps landowners who don’t have enough logs to interest a larger operation, according to the press release. The Cobbs and other award recipients will be recognized at the January meeting of the Oregon Board of Forestry in Salem. Videos about all winners can be viewed on the ODF website at www.oregon.gov/odf/Working/Pages/default.aspx.

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