SALEM – Anyone with an interest in the outdoors is encouraged to apply for an upcoming hunter representative position opening on the Access and Habitat Board. The application deadline is Oct. 17, 2008.

The Access and Habitat Board is made up of citizen volunteers, landowner representatives, hunter representatives and a public-at-large representative.

Board members meet three or four times each year in communities throughout the state to review project funding applications, hear public testimony and act as liaisons between the program and the public, and attend to other program business.

Those with an interest and experience in hunting, or in forestry, farming, ranching and wildlife conservation are encouraged to apply. Please call (503) 947-6314 or visit www.dfw.state.or.us/AH and click on “Get Involved” for an application.