State Forest Management Plan Approved

State forest management plan approved

The Oregon Board of Forestry has approved a new Western Oregon State Forests Management Plan (FMP).

Oregon’s western state forests will see more conservation, less clear cutting under new plan

Slash piles burn after clearcutting near the Tillamook State Forest in western Oregon, on Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. (Jordan Gale / Oregon Capital Chronicle)Oregon forestry officials will need to manage hundreds of thousands of acres of western state forests to better support critical species, water and air quality and to decrease greenhouse gas emissions under a new management plan the Board of Forestry approved Wednesday. The seven-member board vo…

Cal Fire tests strategies to make redwood forests more resilient to climate change

After several years of planning, public outreach and environmental review, Cal Fire has begun the next phase of the Coastal Adaptive Management Experiment, commonly referred to as AMEX, at Mendocino County’s Jackson Demonstration State Forest. The long-term research study will evaluate several forest management strategies designed to improve the resilience of California’s coastal redwood forests to climate impacts. AMEX is part of a larger netw…