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Present Duties

The State Forestry Department was established in 1911. It is under the direction of the state forester who is appointed by the State Board of Forestry. The statutes direct the state forester to act on all matters pertaining to forestry, including collecting and sharing information about the conditions of Oregon’s forests, protecting forestlands and conserving forest resources.

 

Specific activities include fire protection for 16 million acres of private, state and federal forests; regulation of forest practices (under the Oregon Forest Practices Act) and promotion of forest stewardship; implementation of the Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds; detection and control of harmful forest insect pests and forest tree diseases on 12 million acres of state and private lands; management of 780,000 acres of state-owned forestlands; operation of a 15-million-tree forest nursery; forestry assistance to Oregon’s 166,000 non-industrial private woodland owners; forest resource planning; and community and urban forestry assistance.

 

Contact Information

Mailing Address: 205 SE Spokane St., Suite 100, Portland 97202
Telephone: 503-595-3100
Fax: 503-595-3232
General E-mail: info@psmfc.org
Contact: Randy Fisher, Executive Director
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Legal and Legislative Information

Statutory Authority: Compact entered into by the states with the consent of the United States Congress, July 1947. ORS 507.040
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Records, Publications and General Information

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