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Specific responsibilities for Land Management Division staff include:
- land sales and exchanges, and
- issuance of authorizations including:
- agriculture and rangeland forage leases
- communications site leases
- easements
- licenses for use of state-owned upland and waterways
- mineral leases
- rights-of-entry
- sand and gravel leases
- waterway leases
- waterway structure registrations.
The Land Management Division manages lands and some waterways granted to Oregon upon statehood by the federal government with revenues dedicated to the Common School Fund. These resources include:
Land: Nearly 640,000 acres of rangeland and agricultural land. About 500 acres leased for industrial and other purposes.
Forest: About 131,000 acres, including the Elliott State Forest.
Waterways: 800,000 acres of land under navigable and tidal waters and the Territorial Sea held in trust for public navigation, recreation, fisheries and commerce.
At statehood, the federal government granted Oregon roughly six percent of the new state's land for the use of schools. The Oregon Constitution dedicated the school lands and their mineral, timber and other resources and escheated estates to the Common School Fund. The Constitution also established the State Land Board (Governor, Secretary of State and Treasurer) as trustee of the fund.
The Constitution requires the board to manage lands under its care to obtain the greatest benefit for Oregonians, consistent with resource conservation under sound techniques of land management. DSL's Asset Management Plan provides standards and strategies to obtain a reasonable return on investment for the fund while meeting the Constitutional and trust obligations.
The agency leases range and agricultural land and waterways for a variety of business activities. The Oregon Department of Forestry manages Common School Fund forestland under contract with the Land Board.
Revenues from land and waterway management activities are deposited in the Common School Fund. Twice a year, earning from investments are distributed to counties for the support of K-12 public schools according to a formula established by the State Land Board.
More Information
 Oregon Constitution Article VIII
Common School Fund
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