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Forest Rules and Laws Oregon Department of Forestry
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Official copies of all Oregon Department of Forestry's administrative rules can be found at the Secretary of State's
Oregon State Archives web site. Forestry also has copies of these official rules. Discrepancies, if any, between the online and printed version are satisfied in favor of the printed version. In particular, tables, special characters, and other special formatting may not translate properly. You may make and print copies of our administrative rules for personal use only.
Please visit this page periodically as notices of public hearings and electronic copies of proposed rules are posted throughout the year.The links below may only take you to the beginning of a Division.
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Chapter 629 By Division
Div 001 Procedural Rules
Div 010 Board Meetings & Compensation of Members
Div 020 Coordination, State Agency
Div 022 Forest Resource Trust (FRT)
Div 023 Forest Taxation
Div 025 Forest Park & Recreation
Div 028 Fuelwood Permits, Personal Use
Div 029 Sale of Forest Products From BOF Lands
Div 031 Log Export Rules
Div 032 Defaults on BOF Timber Sale Contracts
Div 033 Acquisitions & Exchanges, State Forest Land
Div 034 Log Scaling Agreements & Facility Requirements
Div 035 Management of State Forest Lands
Div 041 Protection
Div 042 Fire Control
Div 043 Fire Prevention
Div 044 Wildfire Hazard Zones
Div 045 Land Classification
Div 046 Log Brands
Div 047 Enforcement Policy
Div 051 Forest Insect & Disease Mgmt
Div 060 Emergency Fire Cost Committee
Div 061 Oregon Forest Land Protection Fund
Div 065 Oregon Forest Resources Institute
Div 600 Definitions
ODF's "newsprint" version (pdf) Div 600-665 & FPA
Div 605 Planning Forest Operations
Div 606 Stewardship Agreements
Div 610 Forest Practices Reforestation Rules
Div 611 Forest Practice Afforestation Incentive Rules
Div 615 Slash, Treatment of
Div 620Chemical & Other Petroleum Product Rules
Div 623 Landslides & Public Safety
Div 625 Forest Road Construction & Maintenance
Div 630 Harvesting
Div 635 Water Protection: Purpose, Goals, Classification & Riparian Mgmt Areas
Div 640Water Protection: Vegetation Retention Along Streams
Div 645Water Protection: Riparian Mgmt Areas & Protection Measures for Significant Wetlands
Div 650Water Protection: Riparian Mgmt Areas & Protection Measures for Lakes
Div 655Water Protection: Protection Measures For "Other Wetlands," Seeps and Springs
Div 660Water Protection: Specific Rules for Operations Near Waters of the State
Div 665 Specified Resource Site Protection Rules
Div 670 Civil Penalties, Forest Practices Administration
Div 672 Forest Practices Administration
Div 674 Access to Notifications & Written Plans
Div 676 Regional Forest Practice Committees
Div 680 Resource Site Inventory & Protection Process Rules
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Chapter 629 by Subject or Area of Interest
Acquisitions & Exchanges, State Forest Land - Division 33
629-033-0000 long-range plans; approvals, public hearings; appeal
Afforestation Incentive - Division 611
629-611-0000 Board Meetings & Compensation of Members - Division 10
629-010-0005 Chemical / Petroleum Products - Division 620
629-620-0000 Civil Penalties - Division 670
629-670-0000 Common School Funds Lands, Mgmt of - Division 35 629-
035-0110
Coordination, State Agency - Division 20
629-020-0000 Defaults on BOF Timber Sale Contracts - Division 32
629-032-0000 notice of default; request to bid; contested case hearing; settlement of default; provisions
Emergency Fire Cost Committee - Division 60
629-060-0000 Fire Protection Administration - Division 41
Actual Cost Formulas 629-041-0010
Cost Limitations 629-041-0020
District Boundaries 629-041-515 thru 0575
Emergency Fire Cost Committee - Division 60
Enforcement Policy - Division 47
Fire Control - Division 42
Forest Protection Plans 629-042-0005
Insect & Disease Mgmt - Division 51
Oregon Forest Land Protection Fund - Division 61
Wildfire Hazard Zones - Division 44
Wildland-Urban Interface 629-044-1000
629-041-0005629-060-0000629-047-0010629-042-0005629-051-0210629-061-0000629-044-0200Fire Prevention - Division 43
629-043-0005 Burning Permits 629-043-0040
Power Saws 629-043-0036
Smoke Management Plan 629-043-0043
Snag Falling 629-043-0005
Spark Arresters 629-043-0015
Tools & Extinguishers 629-043-0025
Forest Land Management Greatest Permanent Value 629-035-0020
Forest Mgmt Planning 629-035-0030
Mgmt of Common School Funds Lands 629-035-0110
629-022-0030629-035-0000Forest Operations Definitions - Division 600
Planning Forest Operations - Division 605
ODF's "newsprint" version (pdf) Div 600-665 & FPA
629-600-0100629-605-0100Forest Protection Plans Fire Control - Division 42
Forest Protection Plans 629-042-0005
629-042-0005 Forest Practices ODF's "newsprint" version (pdf) Div 600-665 & FPA
Div 600 - Definitions
Div 605 - Planning Forest Operations
Div 606 - Stewardship Agreements
Div 610 - Reforestation
Div 611 - Afforestation Incentive
Div 615 - Slash, Treatment of
Div 620 - Chemical & Other Petroleum Product Rules
Div 623 - Landslides & Public Safety
Div 625 - Forest Road Construction & Maintenance
Div 630 - Harvesting
Div 635 - Water Protection: Purpose, Goals, Classification
& Riparian Mgmt Areas
Div 640 - Water Protection: Vegetation Retention Along
Streams
Div 645 - Water Protection: Riparian Mgmt Areas &
Protection Measures for Significant Wetlands
Div 650 - Water Protection: Riparian Mgmt Areas &
Protection Measures for Lakes
Div 655 - Water Protection: Protection Measures For
"Other Wetlands," Seeps and Springs
Div 660 - Water Protection: Specific Rules for Operations
Near Waters of the State
Div 665 - Specified Resource Site Protection
Div 670 - Civil Penalties
Div 672 - Administration
Div 674 - Access to Notifications & Written Plans
Div 676 - Regional Forest Practice Committees
Div 680 - Resource Site Inventory & Protection
629-600-0100629-605-0100629-606-0000629-610-0000629-611-0000629-615-0000629-620-0000629-623-0000629-625-0000629-630-0000629-635-0000629-640-0000629-645-0000629-650-0000629-655-0000629-660-0040629-665-0000629-670-0000629-672-0100629-674-0100629-676-0100629-680-0000Forest Park & Recreation - Division 25
629-025-0000 permits; fees; designated rec areas; campground and day use areas; road and trail use
Forest Resource Trust (FRT) - Division 22
629-022-0030 eligibility; obligations; rates and costs; life of contract; repaying Trust Funds; applying for funds; project plan; growout option; donations; carbon offsets
Forest Taxation - Division 23
629-023-0310 W. Oregon forest land tax 629-023-0310
Forestland Conversion Tax Credit 629-023-0410
Harvesting - Division 630
629-630-0000 Insect & Disease Management - Division 51
629-051-0210 Land Classification - Division 45
629-045-0005 Landslides & Public Safety - Division 623
629-623-0000 Log Brands - Division 46
629-046-0005 Log Export Rules - Division 31
629-031-0005 Log Scaling Agreements & Scaling Facility Requirements - Division 34
629-034-0005 Management of State Forest Lands - Division 35
629-035-0000 Greatest Permanent Value 629-035-0020
Forest Management Planning 629-035-0030
Notifications & Written Plans, Access to - Division 674
629-674-0100 Oregon Forest Land Protection Fund - Division 61
629-061-0000 Oregon Forest Resources Institute - Division 65
629-065-0005 Permits Burning Permits - Division 43
Fuelwood Permits, Personal Use - Division 28
629-
043-0040
629-028-0005Procedural Rules - Division 1
629-001-0000 Administrative Rule Notification 629-001-0000
Agency Representation by Officer or Emp. 629-001-0010
Conduct of Hearings 629-001-0025
Delegation of Authority to State Forester 629-001-0055 & 0056
Exceptions to Proposed Orders 629-001-0040
Final Orders in Contested Cases 629-001-0045
Model Rules of Procedure 629-001-0005
Reconsideration & Rehearing 629-001-0050
Requesting Hearings 629-001-0020
Rules of Procedure for Contested Cases 629-001-0015
Transmittal of Questions to Agency 629-001-0030
Public Safety Landslides & Public Safety - Division 623
629-623-0000 Reforestation - Division 610
629-610-0000 Road Construction & Maintenance - Division 625
629-625-0000 Sale of Forest Products From BOF Lands - Division 29
629-029-0000 Slash, Treatment of - Division 615
629-615-0000 Smoke Management Plan - Division 43 629-
043-0043
Specified Resource Site Protection - Division 665
629-665-0000 Resource Site Inventory & Protection - Division 680
629-680-0000State Forest Lands Acquisitions & Exchanges - Division 33
Defaults on BOF Timber Sale Contracts - Division 32
Forest Park & Recreation - Division 25
Fuelwood Permits, Personal Use - Division 28
Log Export Rules - Division 31
Log Scaling Agreements & Facility Requirements - Div 34
Management of State Forest Lands - Division 35
Greatest Permanent Value 629-035-0020
Sale of Forest Products From BOF Lands - Division 29
629-033-0000629-032-0000629-025-0000629-028-0005629-031-0005629-034-0005629-035-0000629-029-0000Stewardship Agreements - Division 606
629-606-0000 Water Protection Operations Near Waters of the State - Division 660
Protection Measures for Other Wetlands - Division 655
Purpose, Classification / Riparian Mgmt Areas - Div 635
Riparian Mgmt/Protection for Lakes - Division 650
Riparian Mgmt/Protection for Wetlands - Division 645
Vegetation Retention Along Streams - Division 640
629-660-0040629-655-0000629-635-0000629-650-0000629-645-0000629-640-0000 Wildfire Hazard Zones - Division 44
629-
044-0200
Wildland-Urban Interface 629-044-1000
Temporary Rules
Temporary rules have the force and effect of permanent rules for the time period they are allowed. Temporary rules filed by the department are referenced here for convenience, although they are officially included on the Secretary of State's Oregon State Archives web site.
Proposed Rules
At this time, there are no formal proposed rules under consideration.
Forest Laws
The links below are to a database produced from material provided by the Legislative Counsel Committee of the Oregon Legislative Assembly. The official record copy is the printed published copy of the Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS). The text in the database is not the official text of Oregon law.
Although efforts have been made to match the database text to the official legal text they represent, substantive errors or differences may remain. It is the user’s responsibility to verify the legal accuracy of all legal text. The Legislative Counsel Committee claims copyright protection in those parts of Oregon Revised Statutes that are legally subject to copyright protection. The State of Oregon is not liable for any loss or damage resulting from errors introduced into the materials supplied by the Legislative Counsel Committee, by a user or any third party, or resulting from any defect in or misuse of any search software, drivers or other equipment.
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Oregon Forest Laws
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Oregon Forest Laws
by Subject or Areas of Interest
The links below will only take you to the beginning of a Chapter. HINT: Use your browser's Find feature (usually found in the Edit menu) to get to a section more quickly.
Burn Permits ORS 477.515 Carbon Offsets ORS 526.780 Fire Prevention ORS 477.505 to 477.562 Forest Practices Act ORS 527.610 to 527.992 Forest Products Harvest Tax ORS 321.005 to 321.185 Forest Resource Trust (FRT) ORS 526.700 to 526.775 Forestland and Privilege Tax ORS Chapter 321 Integrated Pest Management ORS 527.310 to 527.370 Log Brands ORS Chapter 532 Nonindustrial Landowner Assistance ORS 526.425 to 526.465 Protection From Fire ORS Chapter 477 Reforestation Tax Credit ORS 315.104 to 315.108 Salmon & Watersheds - OPSW ORS 541.351 to 541.420 Smoke Management Burn Fees ORS 477.552 Smoke Management Plan ORS 477.013 Urban & Community Forestry ORS 526.500 to 526.515 Proposed Laws
Proposed Forest Laws
Nothing to report at this time.
Your Legislature
Oregon Legislature
The
Oregon Legislature´s Web site is where all bills (including the Department of Forestry´s) are listed.
Examples:
- HB 2204 Introduced - version of the bill as it was filed
- HB 2204 A-Engrossed - version of the bill as it was changed by the legislative committee and approved by the respective chamber
- HB 2204 Enrolled - version that was passed by both chambers and has gone to the governor for signature or veto
The
Oregon Legislature´s Web site is a great reference point for information, including how to find your Legislator, write your Legislator, committee schedules, etc.
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