Outstanding Tree Farms
Now is the time to start thinking about that Tree Farmer of the Year nominee.
Nominations are due in June and it takes time to evaluate the entries.
Contact Dick Courter genetechs at aaahawk dot com for the form
National Tree Farmer of the Year
Oregon joined the Tree Farm System in 1941 and has selected an Outstanding Tree Farmer of the Year every year since 1966.
The state has had four National Outstanding Tree Farmers of the Year award winners:
| Year | County | Recipient | |
| 2006 | Lane | Bob & Margaret Kintigh | |
| 2002 | Linn | Ron and Barbara Bentz | |
| 1993 | Curry | Wayne and Colleen Krieger | |
| 1982 | Linn | Bert and Betty Udell |
Regional Tree Farmer of the Year
Oregon's 2010 Outstanding Tree Farmer of the Year is The Harry A. Merlo family – MC Ranch, of Union County
2008: Mezger Family Forestland, Klamath County
Western Region
1998: The Hanschu's Little Beaver Creek Farm, Washington County
State Tree Farmer of the Year
| Year | County | Recipient | |
| 2008 | Union | Ted and Mary Brown, Wisdom Creek Tree Farm | |
| 2007 | Benton | Ken and Karin Faulk | |
| 2005 | Lane | Bob Kintigh | |
| 2004 | Lane | Steve Woodard | |
| 1998 | Washington | The Hanschu's, Little Beaver Creek Farms |
County Tree Farmers of the Year
| County | Year | Recipient | |
| Benton | 2008 | Rita Adams, Krause Family Tree Farm | |
| 2007 | Ken and Karin Faulk | ||
| Clackamas | 2008 | Lester and Shirley Farmer | |
| Douglas | 2008 | Marshall and Maureen Kirby | |
| Lane | 2010 | Tom and Lindsay Reaves Bouman | 2004 | Steve Woodard |
| Jackson | 2008 | Suzanne Willow and Lanita Witt | |
| Union | 2008 | Ted and Mary Brown, Wisdom Creek Tree Farm | |
| Washington | 2008 | Bob and Bonnie Shumaker, Shumaker Tree Farm | |
| 1998 | The Hanschu's, Little Beaver Creek Farms | ||
| 1990 | Byron Doneen, Little Beaver Creek Farms |