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Oregon Forest Practices Act: Agreement Reached
Oregon Forest Practices Act: Agreement Reached

After nearly a year of negotiations, an agreement over new rules for the Oregon Forest Practices Act has been reached between timber and environmental groups to overhaul management of 10 million acres of private forestlands in Oregon. These changes will update Oregon's forest practice laws and provide significant new protections for our imperiled salmon, recreational and commercial fisheries, and for the communities that rely on these resources.

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Campaign, Water, ForestsGuest Usertop story, Oregon Forest Practices Act, OFPA, Timber, private industrial forests, forestry, forests, Streamside Forests, streams
Oregon's Forest Reform
Oregon's Forest Reform

As part of a team working on a state-wide effort to update Oregon forest practices through a historic agreement with the timber industry, KS Wild and Rogue Riverkeeper are working to fight clearcut logging that leaves behind flammable logging slash, causes sediment that fills salmon streams, and minimizes forest carbon storage that contributes to climate change.

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Forests, Rogue Riverkeeper, ClimateGuest Userprivate industrial forests, OFPA, Streams, Streamside Forests, Forests, Climate, Industrial Forestry, Rural communities, AFRC, Oregon Forest Practices Act, Oregon Global Warming Commission, Climate change, climate policy, clearcutting, logging