Protecting Oregon’s Working Forests
Oregon Forest Industries Council represents nearly 50 Oregon forest landowners and forest products manufacturers who combine sustainable forest management practices to improve healthy working forests while protecting the employment of over 60,000 Oregonians.
Oregon is the Number One State for Sustainable Forestry
We were the first state in the nation to enact comprehensive forest practice laws and formalize a way to adopt the latest field-tested and peer-reviewed science into an adaptive regulatory framework. Our practices have evolved with science for more than four decades and we continue to invest in and adapt forestry research.
Humans Are the Leading Cause of Wildfires
Many private forest landowners keep their land open for public recreation during the year, but close it during fire season to mitigate risk. Visit Keep Oregon Green to find out how you can help reduce human-caused wildfires.
Our Policy Positions
We advocate for sustainable active forest management and policies that support maintaining Oregon’s position as the leading national producer of softwood lumber, plywood and engineered wood products. These are our policy positions and important issues for Oregon’s working forests.
Private Forest Accord
An agreement that resulted in the most comprehensive changes to Oregon’s forest practice laws in fifty years.Herbicide Use
Herbicide applications are conducted under heavy, science-based regulation and have a strong track record for safety.Carbon & Climate Change
Oregon’s forests capture half of our state’s human-caused emissions and are part of the solution to climate change.Catastrophic Wildfires
Roughly 97 percent of the acres that have burned in Oregon in the last decade burned from fires that originated on unmanaged federal land.
