| Private Forests Program Goals & Incentives |
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Reforestation
Stewardship foresters are available to help landowners establish the next forest following timber harvest activities. Reforestation is important in protecting soil productivity, creating wildlife habitat, maintaining watershed functions and providing for future wood supply. The Oregon Forest Practices Act requires landowners to reforest after timber harvest activities.
New Forests
Technical and financial incentives are available to landowners who want to create forests on marginal farmland or reclaim brushlands. Such "new" forests provide a number of benefits including wildlife habitat, increased removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, future timber values, soil conservation, aesthetic values, improved water quality and fish habitat.
Forest Insects & Diseases
Stewardship foresters, urban foresters, forest entomologists and pathologists help landowners identify forest pest problems and develop strategies to manage pests. (more...)
Urban & Community Forestry
Urban forest ecosystems contribute to quality of life, and to the environmental and economic well-being of Oregon’s cities. Urban foresters can provide assistance to cities, communities and nonprofit organizations. (more...)
Forest Research & Monitoring
Oregon’s forest ecosystems are diverse and dynamic. The Private Forests Program provides scientific information for adapting policies, management practices, and restoration activities to better achieve management, protection, and restoration goals. (more...)
Forest Tax Programs
Stewardship foresters can provide information about how to qualify for various forest tax programs and provide general information on the differences between programs. (more...)
Benefits from Harvesting Timber
Trees can be harvested and sold for various uses such as lumber, plywood, pulpwood, fence posts and furniture veneers. Responsible timber harvests can provide additional benefits: they are an effective way to thin over-crowded fire-prone forests, improve some types of wildlife habitat, mitigate some forest pests and provide income to forestland owners to offset some of the costs of good forest stewardship. (more...)
Fish & Wildlife Habitat Improvement
Managing forestland to attract wildlife is an important environmental benefit. Forests can be tended in many creative ways that support healthy, diverse fish and wildlife habitats. (more...)
Marketing of Forestry Carbon Offsets
A forestry carbon offset is a transferable certificate that documents a measured amount of carbon dioxide removed from the atmosphere by a forest. Some forestry practices can increase a forest´s ability to store carbon. Interested landowners may work with ODF to determine the marketable amount and potential value of forestry carbon offsets attributed to their lands. (more...)
Riparian Management & Watershed Enhancement
The Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds (OPSW) is a state-led strategy for restoring and conserving native salmonids and watersheds in a coordinated, sustainable fashion. Stewardship foresters can help landowners implement OPSW voluntary activities to contribute to the overall success of the Oregon Plan. These activities include the installation of structures to pass fish, improve fish habitat and forest roads, and active management of streamside forests to improve riparian function.
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