Proposed laws & rules

Emergency rule clarifying state forest closure authority

ODF adopted an emergency rule that clarifies the state forester’s authority to implement forest closures and establishes penalties. Read the full rule.

Senate Bill 1602

New and developing laws: Helicopter pesticide spraying, Siskiyou stream buffers, neighbor notifications, and mediated discussions about possible changes to Oregon's Forest Practices Act.

• Senate Bill 1602
  

Siskiyou SSBT stream protection rules

View the final adopted rules. Rules become effective Jan. 1, 2021. 

Virtual training of the new rules will occur on Dec. 10, 2020. To sign up, email Paul Clements, paul.r.clements@oregon.gov.

Background

• Proposed rulemaking notice and final draft rules
  
• Updated proposed rulemaking tables
  
• Submitted public comments
  
• Hearing transcript from the meeting on Sept. 23, 2020
  

Resources

• Fiscal analysis report
  
• Western Oregon Forest Landowner Beliefs about the Outcomes of Mandatory Riparian Buffer Regulations
• July 22, 2020, Board of Forestry Public Meeting, Item G - Permanent Rulemaking for Salmon, Steelhead, and Bull trout streams in Siskiyou Region