Private Forests - Resources by Subject    Oregon Department of Forestry    

Assistance/Contacts

• Associations/Organizations 
• Consultant foresters
• Educational assistance
• Financial incentive programs
• Government agencies
• Landowner assistance
• Salem staff 
• Stewardship Foresters (ODF)
• Technical assistance

• How can/do private forestlands benefit the public? (pdf)
  
  

Carbon Sequestration

• Forests & global climate change
• Conversion factors
• Informational links

Chemicals/Pesticides

• Aerial Pesticide Application Monitoring Final Report (pdf), FPMP Technical Note #7
  • Executive Summary  (pdf) - shortened version of the Final Report
  • Protocol (pdf) - how data was collected and analyzed
• Chemicals and other Petroleum Products (pdf), Forest Practices Note #3
• Labels & MSDS
• Oregon Poison Center at 1-800-222-1222 or (503) 494-8968 (Portland Area)
• Oregon Emergency Response System (OERS) to report chemical spills or similar incidents. Call 1-800-452-0311 or 503-378-6377 (Salem Area). 
• Pesticide fact sheets
• Using Water From Streams for Mixing Pesticides & Slash Burning (pdf), The News Note

Estate Planning

• Ties to the Land   Estate planning resource for family forestland owners

Financial Assistance for Landowners

• Afforestation Incentive
• Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)
• Conservation Enhancement
• Environmental Incentives
• Forest Resource Trust (FRT)
• Forest Stewardship Plan (FSP)
• Noxious Weed Control
• Tax Credit
• Watershed Enhancement Board
• Wetlands Reserve Program
• Wildlife Habitat Incentive

• Eligibility

Forest Conservation

• Oregon Small Acreage Fact Sheets - Resource management guides (protecting watersheds, installing streamside buffers, erosion, fertilizing for profit, enhancing wildlife habitat, wells and septic systems, livestock, etc.) provided by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).
• Privateforest.org - Web resource for private landowners and managers whose primary management objective is forest conservation. Provided by The Nature Conservancy with financial support by the U. S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service.

Forest Health

• Forest Health Highlights  - joint publications of Oregon Department of Forestry & USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region
• Insect & Disease Pest Notes
• Survey maps & data

Forest Operations

Administration

• Application for permit - Notification of Operation
  • FACTS data
  • Subscribe to receive Notifications of Operations
• Forest Practices Notes & Technical Reports (numerical listings)
• Guidance manuals 

Afforestation

• Exemption From Some Tree Retention Requirements to Encourage Afforestation (pdf), The News Note

Civil Penalties / Enforcement

• Appeals of orders rules
• Enforcement & civil penalty rules
• Civil Penalties (pdf), Forest Practice Note #7
• How to request a civil penalty hearing
• How to request a collaborative dispute resolution
• How to request a penalty reduction

Conversion of Forestland

• Converting forestland to non-forest uses? (pdf)
• Landowner Exemption from Reforestation for Land Use Change Form (doc) Form 629-6-3-3-100.B (10/05) Landowner must submit this form to be exempt from the Forest Practice reforestation requirements for the purpose of converting forestland to a non-forest use. 

Harvesting

• Application for permit - Notification of Operation
  • FACTS data
  • Subscribe to receive notifications of operations
• Best Management Practices (BMPs)
• Best Management Practices Compliance Monitoring Project: Final Report (pdf), FPMP Technical Report #15
• Ground Based Harvesting (pdf), Forest Practice Note #5
• Maintenance and Repairs to Protect Fish Habitat and Water Quality, January 2000 (available by mail only - call 503-945-7470)
• Summary of Harvest Unit Size Limitations (pdf), The News Note
• Summary of Wildlife Tree and Downed Log Retention Requirements (pdf), The News Note

(Also, see Roads, Stream Crossings, and Fish Passage below.)

Reforestation/Restoration

• A Landowner´s Guide for Restoring and Managing Oregon White Oak Habitats, published by BLM (Free copies are available from your local BLM district office).
• Forest Practice Reforestation Rule Stocking Survey Form (pdf)
• Forest Practice Rule Stocking Survey Instructions (pdf)
• Forest Seedling Network - An interactive website connecting Oregon and SW Washington forest landowners with growers who have surplus seedlings.
• Guide to Reforestation in Oregon  (pdf), Robin Rose and Diane Haase, OSU, OFRI, ODF
• Private Lands Forest Network (PLFN) - A refrigerated storage facility located in La Grande, Oregon. PLFN is a private non-profit organization that provides seedlings, seedling storage and planting equipment to landowners for their stream enhancement, riparian plantings and wind break projects.
• Reforestation (pdf), Forest Practice Note #2
• reforestation accomplishment reports:
  • 2000 (pdf)
  • 1999 (pdf)
  • 1998 (pdf)
  • 1997 (pdf)
  • 1996
  • 1995
• Rehabilitating Oregon´s Forestlands...Timber Salvage after Wildfires (pdf)
• Restoration Strategies After Fire (pdf)
• Sources of Native Forest Nursery Seedlings (pdf) - copies are also available from your local ODF field office
• Summary of Oregon’s Reforestation Requirements (pdf), The News Note
• Your Land, Timber, and Oregon´s Reforestation Rules - A question and answer article on reforestation.

Roads, Stream Crossings and Fish Passage

• Avoiding Roads in Critical Locations (pdf), Forest Practice Technical Note #7
• Compliance With Fish Passage and Peak Flow Requirements at Stream Crossings Pilot Study Results (pdf), FPMP Technical Report #6
• Compliance With Fish Passage and Peak Flow Requirements at Stream Crossings: Final Study Results (pdf), FPMP Technical Report #14
• Cooperative Stream Temperature Monitoring: Project Completion Report for 1994-1995 (pdf), FPMP Technical Report #2
• Determining the 50-Year Peak Flow and Stream Crossing Structure Size for New and Replacement Crossings (pdf), Technical Note #5
• Effectiveness of Riparian Management Areas and Hardwood Conversions in Maintaining Stream Temperature (pdf), FPMP Technical Report #3
• Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Forest Road Best Management Practices to Minimize Stream Sediment Impacts (pdf) - Final FY 96 Report to the Oregon Dept of Environmental Quality, FPMP Technical Report #8
• Fish Passage Guidelines for New and Replacement Stream Crossing Structures (pdf), Forest Practice Technical Note #4
• Forest Roads, Drainage, and Sediment Delivery in the Kilchis River Watershed (pdf), FPMP Technical Note #9
• Forest Road Sediment and Drainage Monitoring Project Report for Private and State Lands in Western Oregon (pdf), FPMP Technical Report #10
• In-Water Work (Timing of) / In-Water Blasting Permit Application (ODFW)
• Installation and Maintenance of Cross Drainage Systems on Forest Roads (pdf), Forest Practice Technical Note #8
• Road Maintenance (pdf), Forest Practice Note #4
• Road/Stream Crossing Restoration Guide (pdf) Spring 1999
  • Appendix A: ODFW guidelines and criteria for stream crossings (pdf) 
  • Appendix B: Oregon Revised Statutes Fish Passage (pdf) 
  • Appendix C: Memorandum of Understanding (pdf) 
  • Appendix D: Proposed Criteria for Reviewing Written Plans for Fish Passage (pdf) 
  • Appendix E: Step by Step "Cookbook" for Culverts Placed Flat and for Embedded Sunken Culverts (pdf) 
  • Appendices A-E  (pdf) 
• Waterbars (pdf), Forest Practice Note #1
• Wet Weather Road Use (pdf), Forest Practice Technical Note #9
• Wet Season Road Use Monitoring Project: Final Report (pdf), FPMP Technical Report #17

Forest Practices Monitoring

• Compliance Monitoring Project: 1998 Pilot Study Results (pdf), FPMP Technical Report #5
• Forest Practices Monitor
  • Vol. 3, No. I, 2005 (pdf) 
  • Vol. 2, No. I, 2004 (pdf)
• Monitoring Program Strategic Plan (pdf) - April 2002 and Executive Summary (pdf)
• Monitoring Projects - project summaries, protocols and technical reports
  • Chemicals/Pesticides
  • Compliance Monitoring
  • Fish Passage/Stream Crossing
  • Forest Roads
  • Landslides
  • Oregon Headwaters Research Cooperative (OHRC)
  • Oregon Plan for Salmon & Watersheds (OPSW)
  • Riparian Function & Structure
  • RipStream Study
  • Shade Quality
  • Stream Temperature
  • Other References
• Monitoring Technical Reports - numerical listing

Invasive Species

• Noxious Weed Control
  • Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) Noxious Weed Control Program
  • Western US Invasive Plant EDRR Guide (ODA)

Landslides

• Determination of Rapidly Moving Landslide Impact Rating (pdf) - Forest Practice Technical Note #6
• Forestry, Landslides & Public Safety (pdf) An issue paper prepared for the Oregon Board of Forestry by the Landslides and Public Safety Project Team, June 2001.
• High Landslide Hazard Locations, Shallow, Rapidly Moving Landslides and Public Safety: Screening and Practices (pdf), Forest Practice Technical Note #2
• Landslides in Oregon, Protect Yourself and Your Property (available by mail only - call 503-945-7470)
• Storm Impacts and Landslides of 1996: Final Report (pdf), FPMP Technical Report #4  
  • Executive Summary (pdf)
  • Protocol (pdf) - describes how data was collected

Land Use / Management

• South Coast Landowner Resource Guide - Coos and Curry County (pdf) provides basic forest and agricultural management information; addresses some of the challenges landowners face in managing their lands; examples of best management practices.
  • Landowner Directory of Contractors - Coos and Curry County  (pdf, 7.82MB)
    
• Web Soil Survey (WSS)    soil data and information produced by the National Cooperative Soil Survey

Laws & Rules

• Chemicals/Pesticides - OAR 629-620-000
• Forest Practices:
  • Combined Forest Practice Administrative Rules and Forest Practices Act (pdf) - ODF's "newsprint" version
  • Forest Practices Act - ORS 527.610 through 527.770 and 527.990 through 527.992
  • Forest Practices Administrative Rules - OAR 629-600-0100
• Insect & disease control - ORS Chapter 527
• Tax Programs:
  • Forest Products Harvest Tax
    • ORS 321.005 through 321.185
    • OAR 150-321.0257 through 150-321.0950
  • Underproductive Forestland Converstion Tax Credit
    • ORS 315.104 through 315.108 (revisions pending)
    • OAR 629-023.0410 through 629-023.0490  

Salmon & Watersheds

• Private landowners can help make the difference for coastal coho (pdf) - OFRI publication

Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board (OWEB)

• Oregon Watershed Assessment Manual 
  
• OWEB Water Quality Monitoring Guidebook V2 (pdf) 
  • Shade and Cover: Chapter 14 Addendum to the OWEB Water Quality Monitoring Guidebook Version 2 (pdf)

Oregon Plan for Salmon & Watersheds (OPSW)

• Background
• Oregon Plan Statewide Work Program (pdf), June 2000
  • Instructions for reporting projects - OWEB website
• Oregon Plan for Salmon & Watersheds - OPSW website

Forest Practices Committee on Salmon & Watersheds (FPAC)

• Entire report (pdf) 3.15 MB, 382 pages

• FPAC Report by Sections:
  
  • Table of Contents and Introduction (pdf)
  • Overview and Executive Summary (pdf)
  • Section A - Fish Passage (pdf)
  • Section B - Forest Roads (pdf)
  • Section C - Landslides (pdf)
  • Section D - Riparian Function (pdf)
  • Appendix 1 - Executive Order and Charter Document (pdf)
  • Appendix 2 - Key Committee Correspondence (pdf)
  • Appendix 3 - IMST Report (pdf)

Eastside Riparian Functions Advisory Committee (ERFAC)

• Report of the Ad Hoc Eastside Riparian Functions Advisory Committee, February 2003 (pdf) 3.67 MB, 218 pages

Seedlings

• Forest Seedling Network  - An interactive website connecting Oregon and SW Washington forest landowners with growers who have surplus seedlings.
• Guide to Reforestation in Oregon  (pdf), Robin Rose and Diane Haase, OSU, OFRI, ODF
• Private Lands Forest Network (PLFN) - Refrigerated storage facility located in La Grande, Oregon. This facility can be used to store forest seedlings and shrub vegetation for your stream enhancement, riparian plantings and wind break projects.
• Sources of Native Forest Nursery Seedlings (pdf) - copies are also available from your local ODF field office

Streams & Water Protection

• A Guide to Placing Large Wood in Streams (pdf), May 1995
• Cooperative Stream Temperature Monitoring: Project Completion Report for 1994 – 1995 (pdf), FPMP Technical Report #2
• Determining the 50-Year Peak Flow and Stream Crossing Structure Size for New and Replacement Crossings (pdf), Technical Note #5
• Effectiveness of Riparian Management Areas and Hardwood Conversions in Maintaining Stream Temperature (pdf), FPMP Technical Report #3
• Harvest Effects on Riparian Function and Structure Under Current Oregon Forest Practice Rules (pdf), FPMP Technical Report #12
• How well are Oregon's Forest Landowners and Operators Complying with Fish Passage Requirements at Stream Crossings? (pdf), Forest Practices Monitor, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2004
• In-Water Work (Timing of) / In-Water Blasting Permit Application (ODFW)
• The Oregon Forest Practices Act Water Protection Rules: Scientific and Policy Considerations (pdf), FPMP Technical Report #1
• Shade Conditions Over Forested Streams in the Blue Mountain and Coast Range Georegions of Oregon (pdf), FPMP Technical Report #13
• Sufficiency Analysis: A Statewide Evaluation of FPA Effectiveness in Protecting Water Quality (pdf), FPMP Technical Report #11
• Small Type "N" Streams: Limiting Disturbance and Slash Accumulation, Forest Practice Note #11, October 2002 (currently under revision--inquiries please call 503-945-7473)
• Stream Classification Legend (pdf) 
• Surveying Forest Streams for Fish Use (pdf) - ODF & ODFW
• The Oregon Forest Practices Act Water Protection Rules: Scientific and Policy Considerations, FPMP Technical Report #1, December 1994
• Using Water From Streams for Mixing Pesticides & Slash Burning (pdf),The News Note, June 1997
• Water Classification (pdf), Forest Practice Technical Note #1
• Water Protection Geographic Regions Map - OAR 629-635-0220

(For fish passage publications, see Roads, Stream Crossings and Fish Passage above)

Taxes

• 2007 Understanding Oregon Timber Tax Programs and How to Complete Forms  (pdf) Oregon Department of Revenue
• 2007-08 Oregon Forestland Taxes, Assessments and Credits  (pdf) - table summarizing Oregon´s forest tax programs and rates (January 2008 edition)
• Oregon Department of Revenue - Forestland and timber tax information and publications
• Taxes and Assessments on Oregon Forestland and Timber (pdf) OSU publication
• Tax Tips For Forest Landowners - National Timber Tax Website 
• Underproductive Forestland Conversion Tax Credit  (pdf) - New! Eligibility/application form
  

Urban & Community Forests

• Caring for your trees
• Financial assistance
• Helpful links
• Local Governments with Forest Practice Regulations Supplanting the Oregon Forest Practices Act (pdf)
• Publications & newsletters
• Urban Growth Boundaries and the Oregon Forest Practices Act (pdf)
  

Wildlife

• Bald Eagle Monitoring Report (pdf), FPMP Technical Report #19
• Compliance With Leave Tree and Downed Wood Forest Practices Act Regulations: Results From A Pilot Study (pdf), FPMP Technical Report #18
• Osprey (pdf), Forest Practice Note #10
• Spotted Owl (pdf), Forest Practice Note #8
• Summary of Wildlife Tree and Downed Log Retention Requirements (pdf), The News Note
• The Possibility of Plantations: Integrating Ecological Forestry into Plantation Systems (pdf) 1.96 MB, National Wildlife Federation, May 2006
• What can woodland owners do to improve fish and wildlife habitat?

• Woodland Fish & Wildlife Publications - educational information on fish and wildlife habitat management for woodland owners.

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Page updated: September 30, 2008

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