Oregon’s Greatest Resource
Wood from sustainably managed forests is renewable, recyclable and the primary element in thousands of products we use every day.
Reforestation
Reforestation is Oregon law. It is a cornerstone of Oregon’s forest practices rules. Requiring landowners to pro...
Forest Facts & Figures
Every two years, the Oregon Forest Resources Institute compiles the latest data on Oregon’s forests into a detai...
Mass Timber Building
Oregon is at the forefront of a growing movement in the U.S. to construct more commercial and multifamily buildi...
Fire
Wildfires are a natural occurrence in Oregon’s forests, especially in the state’s “dry forests,” where periodic ...
Publications
OregonForests.org is a portal for information relating to the management of Oregon’s forests as environmental...
F.A.Q.
OregonForests.org examines complex forest issues and provides a broad overview on a variety of topics. Of course...
Tree Guide
Traveling across the state, you would soon discover that Oregon is home to a wide range of trees. There are 30 n...
Clearcutting
A clearcut is an area of forestland where most of the standing trees are logged at the same time and a few trees...
Video Library
The Oregon Forest Resources Institute produces a wide variety of educational videos covering a range of topics.....
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Forest to Frame
The choices we make about the materials used as we develop the built environment have long-term effects on our society and the environment. Wood is beautiful, strong, versatile and renewable. As trees grow, they remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store it as carbon. With innovations in wood technologies, architects and engineers are now choosing wood for more and more building applications, including mid-rise and even high-rise structures.
It's Our Future : 2018 Educational Advertising
The cycle of planting trees, to managing forests, to building with wood is perpetual. Responsible forest management, along with innovations in mass timber structures, are creating new connections between Oregonians and their forests, even when they're at the office.