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This is a woodland scene in western Oregon
Publications
Agency Brochure Forest Facts: Common Questions
Oregon Forests Report Backgrounders: ODF Programs
Forestry Program for Oregon Agency Annual Reports
"Forests for Oregon" District 2010 Annual Reports
"Forest Log" Program Reports
Forestry E-Letter "The Hot Sheet"
Agency Brochure
This is a graphic of the cover of the Oregon Department of Forestry informational brochure.
Agency Brochure [PDF; 2 pages; 376 KB]
 

Oregon Forests Report
Cover of 2007 Oregon Forests Report

Forestry Program for Oregon

"Forests for Oregon"
A quarterly magazine of the Oregon Department of Forestry
 

    Sign up to receive Forests for Oregon electronically via e-mail: forestsfororegon@odf.state.or.us
 

 
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"Forest Log"
In Winter 2007, the department's quarterly publication, the Forest Log, was re-named Forests for Oregon.  For archival purposes, copies of the 2004-2006 issues of the Forest Log can be found on the department's Forest Log Archives web page.

Forestry E-Letter
February 2012 - Issue 5 
December 2011 - Issue 4 
November 2011 - Issue 3 
March 2011 - Issue 2 
December 2010 - Issue 1
 

Forest Facts: Common Questions
The following documents address a variety of frequently asked questions, and are provided to assist site visitors, the media, and the general public in better understanding forest management issues, and the work of the Oregon Department of Forestry.
 



Backgrounders: ODF Programs
General Agency Information "Backgrounders"
These "backgrounders" summarize the major activities and businesses of the Oregon Department of Forestry.
 
Oregon's State Forests 
 

Agency Annual Reports
2008 Annual Report Cover

District 2010 Annual Reports
Each spring/summer, Oregon Department of Forestry districts each publish an annual report detailing district accomplishments and highlights from the previous year.  Each district publishes its own report on its own section of the department's web site. Listed here in one location are links to the available 2010 district annual reports.
 

 Eastern Oregon Area
Northwest Oregon Area 
Southern Oregon Area 
Coos Forest Protective Association  
 
 
 
 

Program Reports
Forest Resource Planning

State Forests Program Publications
 
State Forests Research and Monitoring Program Summaries
 
 
Biennial Reports to Oregon Board of Forestry on State Forests Performance Measures
 
Annual Reports for the Council of Forest Trust Land Counties
 
Annual Reports on the Status of Common School Forest Lands Management
 
Additional State Forests Program publications and resources can be found here

Protection From Fire Program Publications
 
  • Landowner Fire Liability - Fact Sheet [PDF; 2 pages; 729 KB]
    Are you a forest owner at risk? Learn more about what risk is involved to a forest owner when a wildfire results from forest management or prescribed burning activities
  • Prescribed Burning and Smoke Management brochure [PDF; 2,693 KB]
  • The Forestland Burning Guide: What the landowner needs to know - Fact Sheet [PDF; 2 pages; 243 KB]
  • Reducing Fire Risk on Your Forest Property.   A Pacific Northwest Extension Publication.  Download from Oregon State University 
    This comprehensive Extension publication covers fire risk, fuel and  behavior, principles of fire-resistant forests, methods of fuel reduction, creating fuel breaks, road and access, water sources, and many others.   Also included are  3 cases examples of how landowners in Oregon and Washington have created fire-safe properties.  This publication is intended for forest landowners and forestry and fire professionals.   It can be downloaded for free.    

Forest Practices Publications
 
Additional Forest Practices publications and resources can be found here.

Landowner Assistance Publications
 
Additional landowner assistance publications and resources can be found here.
 

Human Resources Publications
 

"The Hot Sheet"
 
The Hot Sheet is a  joint publication of the Oregon Department of Forestry's Protection From Fire Divsion, Coos Forest Protective Association, Douglas Forest Protective Association, and Walker Range Patrol Association.  The purpose of these short, two-page publications is to share information about fire prevention with industrial forestland owners and operators. The Hot Sheet is published and distributed during fire season to raise awareness about being being fire-ready so as to minimize human-caused fires on forest operations.

2011
 
The Hot Sheet, Volume IX-3, October 2011 [PDF; 909 KB]

More Information
 
For more information about Hot Sheets, contact:
 
Tom Fields
ODF Fire Prevention Coordinator
tfields@odf.state.or.us
503-945-7440

Page updated: February 07, 2012