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State Forests Program
The Oregon Department of Forestry manages approximately 780,000 acres of forestlands – about three percent of Oregon’s forests. State forestlands are concentrated in five state forests, the Clatsop, Elliott, Santiam, Sun Pass and Tillamook state forests. There are also a number of smaller tracts, scattered mostly in western Oregon’s Coast Range.
Oregon’s state forests are managed under broad forest management plans. By law, the 656,000 acres of Board of Forestry forestlands are managed to secure greatest permanent value – defined as healthy, productive, and sustainable forest ecosystems that over time and across the landscape provide a full range of social, economic, and environmental benefits to the people of Oregon.
By contract, the Oregon Department of Forestry also manages 124,000 acres of Common School forestlands owned by the State Land Board. Most of these Common School lands are in the Elliott State Forest, near Coos Bay. These lands were granted to the state by the federal government at the time of statehood to support Oregon’s public schools. Under Oregon’s Constitution, the State Land Board must manage these lands to obtain the greatest benefit for the people of this state, consistent with the conservation of this resource under sound techniques of land management”, maximizing long-term revenue to the Common School Fund, within the context of environmentally sound management.
Urban and Community Forestry Program
Urban and community forestry involves the planting, care and management of the trees where we live. The trees and related vegetation in our cities are an important asset that needs to be managed in order to maintain community livability. The urban forest is the mosaic of the planted landscape and the remnant native forests left behind as our cities have developed. The health of this urban forest contributes to both the economic and the environmental well-being of our communities.
The Oregon Department of Forestry´s Urban and Community Forestry Assistance program works with citizens and communities to foster urban forestry goals and promote properly planting and caring for the trees in your yard, your neighborhood, and your community.
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