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Benton County, Ore. — Ed Easterling is Oregon's Outstanding Tree Farmer of the Year 2021 and National Finalist/Western Regional Outstanding Tree Farmer of the Year 2022. Ed's Crestmont Farm Family started in 2005 and now consists of 1,600 adjacent acres on the west side of Corvallis. 

His objectives as a Tree Farmer include integrating agricultural production with habitat management to produce income while enhancing habitat for native plants, wildlife, and people. Ed seeks to create long-term value by producing materials that support improving people's lives and demonstrate responsible natural resource stewardship.

Ed's Crestmont Farm Family includes century-old naturally grown mixed-species forests, conifer plantations, silvopasture grazing stands, oak woodlands and savanna, pasture grazing for cattle, and habitats for several threatened and endangered species. Ed brings passion, drive, and creativity to tree farming and works closely with resource partners and other woodland owners. The Crestmont Farm Family has hosted numerous tours and events and includes Crestmont Land Trust, a diversely forested nonprofit land trust dedicated to public recreation, education, research, and habitat conservation.