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| Program Mission |
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To lead strategic planning, to provide credible and objective analyses for the Board of Forestry and the Department of Forestry, and to actively promote policies that encourage sustainable forest management and further the objectives, policies, and programs of the Forestry Program for Oregon and all Oregon forestlands.
Vision:
- To be the preferred provider of quality information, policy, planning services, and visionary ideas for forestry decision makers in Oregon
- To be the catalyst and facilitator for coordinated forest policies between department programs and field personnel
- To be a champion for the goals of the Forestry Program for Oregon
This is what we do:
- One of the goals of the Oregon Department of Forestry´s Forest Resources Planning program is to assist the Board of Forestry in revising the Forestry Program for Oregon and emphasize sustainability as a Board of Forestry goal. Towards this goal we undertake and assist in projects such as the Forest Assessment Project which culminated in the 2001 Symposium held in October at Oregon State University and the recently released Forest, Farms, and People: Land Use Change on Non-Federal Land in Western Oregon 1973-2000. Currently we are undertaking a similar project covering Eastern Oregon, which will, when completed, provide information on land use activities for all of Oregon.
- We work in cooperation with other state and federal programs in promoting Board of Forestry policies.
- Our program strives to provide quality information, policy and planning services as well as visionary ideas for forestry decision makers. This includes providing feedback and ideas to the Board of Forestry and direct interaction with state legislators.
- We work closely with other Oregon Department of Forestry programs in creating strategic goals and plans.
- With the adoption of sustainable forest manage as a goal by the Board of Forestry, we are developing technical and policy tools to help Oregon achieve this goal
- Additionally, we develop landscape-scale monitoring tools using the core indicators of sustainability to aid in the implementation of sustainable forestry.
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| Annual Timber Harvest Report |
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The purpose of ODF Annual Reports is to compile timber harvest and forest management data into one consolidated report. These reports allow forestry professionals and the general public to access a wide variety of data sets connected with timber harvesting and other forest practices. The reports indicate who is involved in each activity, as well as the extent of activities performed by each group. This web site allows users to view Annual Reports from 1986 to the present and download selected data from as far back as 1962.
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| Oregon Big Trees Registry |
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Trees contained in the Oregon Register of Big Trees have met the criteria for the National Register of Big Trees, established by American Forests, who have administered the National Register of Big Trees since 1940.
In 2006, the National Center for Conservation Science & Policy assumed responsibilty for maintaining Oregon's Big Tree Registry. In addition to the official registry, on the center's Oregon Big Tree Project website you can also find out more about the importance of big trees, instructions about nominating a big tree for inclusion in the registry, and how you can volunteer to help with the Oregon Big Tree Project.
If you have questions about the project, you may also contact:
Cindy Deacon Williams
Director of Aquatic Science and Education Programs
National Center for Conservation Science and Policy
84 Fourth Street
Ashland, OR 97520
PH: 541-482-4458
FAX: 541-482-7282
email: cindy@nccsp.org
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| First Approximation Report |
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The First Approximation Report is Oregon´s Report on the Criteria and Indicators for the Conservation and Sustainable Management of Temperate and Boreal Forests developed through the Montreal Process. The Montreal Process is an internationally sponsored initiative that identified seven criteria as essential components of sustainable forest management. Sixty-seven indicators are used to describe these seven criteria. This report outlines the availability of data needed to describe the indicators.
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| Sustainable Forest Indicators Project |
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In 2003, the Oregon Board of Forestry revised its strategic forest policy document, the Forestry Program for Oregon, and incorporated into state policy an internationally recognized framework for measuring and discussing sustainable forest management.
In March of 2005, the Board of Forestry's ad hoc Sustainable Forest Management Advisory Committee was appointed from a broad range of stakeholders and given the charge to:
1. Coordinate with technical experts to reach both strong policy and technical consensus on a set of recommended sustainable forest management indicators for use in measuring Forestry Program for Oregon implementation progress.
2. Solicit and summarize broad stakeholder input on both the usefulness of the recommended indicators and potential desired future outcomes for these indicators.
3. Provide advice to the Board of Forestry both on recommended indicators and desired future outcomes.
4. Provide advice to the State Forester on future Forest Assessment Project priorities.
The committee met for the first time in Salem on April 27 mostly to get oriented and organized. In addition to biological diversity, indicators will be developed for forest ecosystem health, social and economic benefits, forest productive capacity, soil and water resources, and legal and institutional frameworks (matching the seven strategies in the Forestry Program for Oregon).
Additional information about the committee and the project, including background, project planning, committee membership and meeting information, and core indicator development, can be accessed on the web page for the Sustainable Forest Indicators Project.
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| PEFC Study of Oregon Forestlands |
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On April 13, 2006, the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) released a report produced by the Pinchot Institute for Conservation entitled Oregon Forestlands and the Programme for Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC): An Assessment of the Process and Basic for Eligibility.
The Pinchot Institute Study evaluates the feasilibility of an "Oregon Certification Standard", meaning that wood products grown under the state's current standards for forest management could be endorsed by the international PEFC and be recognized in the global forest products marketplace.
An ODF news release describing the report is also available on the department's "Newsroom" web page.
The Pinchot Institute staff will provide a briefing to the Oregon Board of Forestry at its April 28 business meeting at ODF headquarters in Salem, Oregon
Contact David Morman at dmorman@odf.state.or.us or 503-945-7413 for more information.
Note: Below is a link to the report's Appendix 7.3 Reference Matrix. If you are considering printing this appendix, be advised that it is a PDF file, 112 pages, and pages 2 through 112 are formatted for legal-sized (11"x14") paper.
Appendix 7.3 Reference Matrix [PDF, 112 pages, pages 2-112 formatted for 11"x14" paper]
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| Oregon Forest Cluster Strategy Project |
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Oregon's forest cluster faces fierce global competition and Oregon is losing wood products manufacturing facilities for a variety of reasons. The forest cluster may soon no longer be able to significantly contribute to rural economies; provide the people, equipment, and wood products market access necessary to maintain the economic viability of private forestland ownership; or provide the infrastructure needed to restore overstocked forests susceptible to uncharacteristic wildfire and forest health risks. In the midst of this crisis, the State of Oregon lacks a clear, broadly accepted strategy for revitalizing and maintaining its forest cluster firms and organizations.
In November, 2007, the chairs of the Oregon Economic and Community Development Commission, Oregon Board of Forestry, Oregon Forest Resources Institute Board, and Dean of the Oregon State University College of Forestry/Director of the Oregon Forest Research Laboratory signed a joint resolution to set Oregon on a path to craft a comprehensive new forest cluster economic development strategy. The resolution directs the Oregon Economic and Community Development Department (OECDD), Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF), Oregon Forest Resources Institute (OFRI), and the Oregon State University College of Forestry/Oregon Forest Research Laboratory (OSU) to work together to recommend a strategy and also recommend how best to build the organizational capacity within state government to play its role in successfully carrying out the strategy. The goal and objectives for the proposed strategy are provided in the resolution. An accompanying memorandum of agreement signed by the four agency directors provides more details on the actions to be accomplished.
More information on the strategy and actions, the Interagency Team and it's work, and additional resources, visit the departrment's Oregon Forest Cluster Strategy web page.
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