About Wayne
• Wayne and his wife Colleen have 6 children, 17 grandchildren and 12 foster children.
• Wayne is a native of Oregon, raised in Seaside, Oregon.
• Wayne graduated from OIT in Klamath Falls in 1961.
• Wayne was with the Oregon State Police for over 27 years, in the Game Enforcement Division, enforcing fish and wildlife laws – He retired in July 1991.
Wayne and Colleen have been recognized as:
• Coos-Curry Tree Farmer of the Year – 1981
• Oregon Tree Farmer of the Year – 1992
• National Tree Farmer of the Year – 1993 – Selected as #1 out of the 73,000 tree farm members.
• Curry County Conservation Farmer of the Year – 1993
• Stewardship in Forestry Award – 1993
Wayne is a member of and involved with the following:
• Member of the Rogue River Watershed Council and the Euchre Creek Watershed Council.
• Curry Anadromous Fishermen and Curry Guides Association.
• Past Legislative committee member of the Ophir Grange #767.
• Coos/Curry Small Woodlands and Oregon Small Woodlands.
• Northwest Woodland Owners Council.
• National Woodland Owners Association.
• Past Member Oregon Tree Farm System Executive Board.
• National Tree Farm System – Past Executive Board Member.
• Past Forestry advisor for former State Representative Walt Schroeder.
• Selection Committee for Oregon State University Extension Agents.
• Was a Member of Curry County Search and Rescue.
• Past Member of the Oregon State Board of Forestry.
• Past Member of the Oregon Water Enhancement Board (OWEB) – Formerly the Governor’s Water Enhancement Board (GWEB)
• Past Member of the Governor’s Landslide Task Force.
• Past Member of the Forest Industries Council on Taxation that meet in Washington D.C.
• Member of the Keep Oregon Green Committee.
• Member of the National Tree Farm Family Forest Advisory Committee.
• Former Chair of the Judiciary Committee and the State and Federal Affairs
Committee for the House in the 2005 Session.
• Currently the State Representative for House District 1, which includes Curry, South and Eastern Coos and Western Douglas Counties.
