Private Forest Accord
Recently, the timber industry and environmental groups reached an agreement that resulted in the most comprehensive changes to Oregon’s forest practice laws in fifty years. Read more…
Carbon and Climate Change
Oregon’s forests capture half of our state’s human-caused emissions and are part of the solution to climate change. Read more…
Catastrophic Wildfires
Oregon has the best firefighting system in the world. Private forestland owners contribute more to fire suppression than any other state. Read more…
State Forests
Of Oregon’s 30 million acres of forest, approximately 745,000 acres are owned and managed by the state. Read more…
Preserving Water Quality
Forests produce the highest water quality of any land use in Oregon, including forests with active management. Read more…
Carbon-Friendly Building Materials
Oregon is the number one producer in the United States of softwood lumber, plywood and engineered wood products. Investing in advanced wood products technology like mass timber provides strong and stable alternatives to traditional more carbon-intensive materials. Read more…
Forest Taxation
The timber industry pays one-and-a-half times higher tax burden than other businesses in Oregon. Thanks to state policy that prioritizes maintaining forestland, Oregon has the same amount of forestland now as we did 100 years ago. Read more…
Herbicide Use in Forestry
Oregon law requires replanting after harvest – which sometimes requires use of herbicides to ensure seedling survival. Read more…
