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Department of Forestry: Agency Subdivisions

State Board of Forestry

Phone: 503-945-7200
Contact: Hilary Olivos-Rood, Board Administrator
Statutory Authority: ORS Chapter 526

The seven-member citizen board is appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Senate. Its mission is to lead Oregon in implementing policies and programs that promote sustainable management of Oregon’s public and private forests. Its responsibilities are to supervise all matters of forest policy, appoint the state forester, adopt rules regulating forest practices and provide general supervision of the state forester’s agency-management responsibilities.

No more than three board members may derive a significant portion of their income from the forest products industry. There must be at least one member from each of the state’s three major forest regions: northern, southern and eastern. The term of office is four years and no member may serve more than two consecutive full terms. The state forester serves as secretary to the board.

Emergency Fire Cost Committee

Contact: Nancy Hirsch, Administrator
Statutory Authority: ORS 477.750–477.775

The Oregon Forest Land Protection Fund was established by the Legislature to equalize emergency fire suppression costs among the department’s various protection districts. The emergency funding system is designed to operate as an “insurance policy,” where all districts pay premiums into the fund so that money will be available to any individual district for fire suppression costs.

Committee for Family Forestlands (CFF)

Statutory Authority: ORS 526.016

The committee researches policies impacting family forestland viability, resource protection and forestry benefits. The committee then makes recommendations to the Board of Forestry and state forester. The 13-member committee includes seven voting and six non-voting members. Voting members include four family forest owners and one representative each from the environmental community, forest products industry and general public. Non-voting ex officio members may include representatives from ODF, Oregon State University, Oregon small forestland groups, forestry-related industry associations and the Oregon Forest Resources Institute.

Forest Trust Land Advisory Committee

Statutory Authority: ORS 526.156

The committee is made up of the board of directors of the Council of Forest Trust Land Counties and advises the Board of Forestry and state forester on matters related to state forestlands managed by ODF. The counties that receive revenues from these forestlands are Benton, Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Coos, Douglas, Josephine, Klamath, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, Polk, Tillamook and Washington.

Regional Forest Practice Committees

Statutory Authority: ORS 527.650

These three Regional Forest Practice Committees, serve the northwest, southwest and eastern regions of the state. A majority of committee members must be private forest landowners and persons involved with logging or forest operations. The committees advise the Board of Forestry on current forestry issues and forest management approaches.

Smoke Management Advisory Committee


The committee  provides advice and assistance to the department’s Smoke Management Program. The state forester appoints three members: an industrial forestland owner representative, a non-industrial forestland owner representative and a public representative. A U.S. Forest Service representative and a U.S. Bureau of Land Management representative are also invited to serve as members. Each member serves a two-year term that is renewable after the two-year period.

Committee members gather for public meetings in Salem twice a year to discuss and provide advice to the Smoke Management Program regarding current prescribed burning and smoke intrusion trends, program fund balance, implementation plan items and other current issues and projects.

State Forest Advisory Committee


The committee includes interested citizens and representatives of forest industry, environmental and recreation groups. It provides a forum to discuss issues, opportunities and concerns regarding state forestlands and offers advice and guidance to ODF on the implementation of the Northwest Oregon State Forests Management Plan. The plan provides guidance for managing 650,000 acres within the Tillamook, Clatsop and Santiam state forests, and several state-owned forest tracts in Benton, Polk, Lincoln, Clackamas and Lane counties. The plan attempts to take a balanced approach to generating revenue, while prioritizing environmental and social benefits.