OFRI revises popular illustrated manual of Oregon forest protection laws
08/02/2011
Oregon's Forest Protection Laws: An Illustrated Manual – Second Edition, updates, revises and expands this popular guide, first published by OFRI in 2002. Created in cooperation with Oregon State University’s College of Forestry and Associated Oregon Loggers, the 185-page manual illustrates and simplifies the Oregon Forest Practices Act and its rules.
Oregon's Forest Protection Laws: An Illustrated Manual – Second Edition, updates, revises and expands this popular guide, first published by OFRI in 2002. Created in cooperation with Oregon State University’s College of Forestry and Associated Oregon Loggers, the 185-page manual illustrates and simplifies the OFPA and its rules.
Straightforward explanations, clear diagrams and vivid photographs make this a standard reference for those planning road building, harvest operations or reforestation. The second edition introduces a new chapter on fire and chemicals, while expanding information on stewardship agreements, voluntary programs and financial assistance. The manual reflects changes in forest law over the past decade.
“This has been a go-to resource that lives in the pickup cabs of many forest landowners and forestry professionals,” said Paul Barnum, OFRI executive director. “People like it because it makes the legislative language and administrative rules easy to understand and clear to the average person. This new edition does an even better job of giving the forest landowner an accessible guide to our forest protection rules.”
The revised second edition of Oregon Forest Protection Laws may be downloaded for free or ordered from OFRI’s website, Oregonforests.org. Look under the “Facts & Resources” pull-down menu, select publications and scroll down the alphabetized list.
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The Oregon Forest Resources Institute was created by the Oregon Legislature in 1991 to improve public understanding of the state’s forest resources and to encourage environmentally sound forest management through training and other educational programs for forest landowners. OFRI is funded by a dedicated harvest tax on forest products producers.