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Oregon Department of Forestry

  • On March 6th, the Forestry Board honored outstanding forest educators

    ​The 2012 Mary Rellergert Forestry Education Award recipients are: Talk About Trees Program, Oregon wood Magic creators Patricia and Jeff Morrell, and Klamath Outdoor Science School co-founder Marj Glass. The annual award honors significant contributions to public education and understanding of forestry in Oregon. As part of the awards ceremony, State Forester Doug Decker also presented the annual State Forester's Award to brothers Barte and Bond Starker for their exceptional contributions to the cause of forestry education on their 80,000-acre commercial forestry operation, Starker Forests, headquarted at Philomath.

    Learn more about the awards and the recipients 

Spotlight on ODF ODF Resources and Services
Funding awarded to four biomass projects in northeast Oregon
This is a photo of Oakridge Elementary School biomass porject.The projects using woody biomass from area forests to head northeastern schools and local government buildings will receive grants totaling $57,250.  Grant recipients were Integrated Biomass Resources LLC in Wallowa; Wallowa Resources Community Solutions Inc. in Enterprise; Pine Eagle School District in Halfway; and Wisewood Inc. in Grant County.
Learn more about these biomass projects and funding
 
Governor's comments  
This is a photo Governor John Kitzhaber addressing the Board of Forestry meeting on January 9, 2013.At the Oregon Board of Forestry meeting on January 9, 2013, Governor Kitzhaber commented on federal lands issues, and how the Board and Department could be involved and influence federal forestland management.
View video of the Governor's
comments [7 minutes]
 
Board of Forestry Subcommittees
Board of Forestry Subcommittees on Federal Forests and State Forests Financial Viability
 
This is a photo of a fire in an urban interface area.Fire Information
The department protects approximately 16 million acres of private and public forestlands. Fire updates are posted on the department's blog during fire season.
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Agency InformationA road through a thinned state forest stand 
Tillamook Forest Center Tillamook Forest Center Logo
The Tillamook Forest Center is now OPEN.  Spring days/hours (until Memorial Day weekend) are Wednesdays through Sundays; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and admission is always free.  Visit us today and find yourself in the forest!
Forest History Center Forest History Center
Fall/Winter Hours: The Forest History Center on the Oregon Department of Forestry's Salem Campus is open on Fridays from 10 a.m to 3 p.m., and at other times by appointment. Come by and learn more about Oregon's forest past.
Required state agency furlough days and ODF
As an emergency response agency, the Oregon Department of Forestry will not observe most required state agency furlough/closure days, remaining open for business, with the exception of the day following Thanksgiving in both 2011 and 2012.