<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">*LOUISIANA-PACIFIC GENERAL MANAGER ENDORSES MEASURE VMendocino, California,<br>May 16, 2016 - Measure V has received an endorsement from the former<br>General Manager of Louisiana-Pacific. “This endorsement adds backing from a<br>timber industry insider,” said Ted Williams, a Measure V proponent and<br>Chief of Albion Little River Fire Protection District. “The practice of<br>intentionally killed and left standing trees is universally recognized as<br>an unnecessary hazard.”Bob Simpson wrote: "Ted, as former General Manager<br>of Louisiana-Pacific’s Western Division, I endorse Measure V. As GM, I<br>opposed the shortsighted practice of Hack & Squirt. When I first inspected<br>the impacts of herbicide treatments near the Navarro Store, I knew it was<br>wrong. In fact, I predicted there would be a major fire if the practice<br>continued. I halted the practice in 1993. Unfortunately, Mendocino Redwood<br>Company restarted the practice. When the 2008 lightning strikes lit up MRC<br>lands, the dead Tanoak trees fueled the spread of the fire. I examined<br>MRC’s GIS maps of fire damage and found a strong correlation with the hack<br>and squirt maps. The smoke was devastating to the grape industry and<br>tourism along the coast. Tanoak should not be killed or treated as a waste<br>product. In fact, Tanoaks are the most valuable tree in the coastal Redwood<br>forest. I believe the Fishers are being misguided by Sandy Dean, the<br>Fishers’ long time friend and the Chairman of MRC & HRC. The use of hack &<br>squirt as a "forestry prescription" to eradicate Tanoak is about as<br>thoughtless as a neighbor who installs a leach field 20 feet from a<br>neighboring drinking well. The best prescription to reduce the overstock of<br>Tanoak is to commercialize the wood. Hack and squirt is detrimental to<br>forest health, creates a significant fire hazard, negatively impacting the<br>residents and businesses of Mendocino County. ** I encourage voters to vote<br>YES on Measure V."*<br>Election Day is June 7th. You must register to vote by May 23rd and you<br>can now register online in California:<br><a href="http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration">http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration</a></body></html>