The Oregon Department of Forestry has an important choice to make: it can either protect our state forests that provide critical habitat for species such as salmon and marbled murrelets, safeguard drinking water for communities, and help Oregon combat climate change, or it can continue to allow the aggressive and destructive clear-cutting practices of an outdated forest management regime.
We need your help to make sure they make the right decision.
The Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) has opened a comment period through June 30, 2026, on a draft Forest Management Plan (FMP) that will guide state forest management in Western Oregon for the next several decades, including the Tillamook, Clatsop and Santiam forests. Though these forests provide many ecological, recreational, and economic benefits, historically, ODF has been singularly focused on maximizing timber harvest. In the age of climate change and biodiversity loss, what we need now more than ever is a balanced management plan that uses the best available science to restore ecological health and function to our state forests.
