ODLCD - Farmland and Forestland Protection Program

Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development Website:
Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development

Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development -Farmland Protection Protection Program:
http://www.oregon.gov/lcd/pages/farmprotprog.aspx


"For more than three decades, Oregon has maintained a strong policy to protect farmland. The policy was adopted by the state legislature in 1973. It calls for the “preservation of a maximum amount of the limited supply of agricultural land” (Oregon Revised Statutes 215.243).

The main tool for carrying out that policy is the Statewide Planning Program. Oregon’s Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC) sets standards for such planning. The cities and counties then apply them through local comprehensive plans and land-use ordinances. Under this system, all counties in Oregon have adopted planning and zoning measures to protect agricultural land."

Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development -Forestland Protection Protection Program:
https://www.oregon.gov/LCD/pages/forlandprot.aspx

"For more than three decades, Oregon has maintained strong protections for forest land. Statewide Planning Goal 4 – Forest Lands – calls for forest land to be conserved primarily for commercial timber production but also other forest uses.
 
The main tool for carrying out that policy is the Statewide Planning Program. Oregon’s Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC) sets standards for such planning. The cities and counties then apply them through local comprehensive plans and land use ordinances. Under this system, all counties in Oregon with forest land have adopted planning and zoning measures to protect that land. This summary answers some key questions about Oregon’s forest land and forest planning and zoning."


ODLCD Contacts:
http://www.oregon.gov/LCD/Pages/contact_us.aspx#Regional_Representatives_by_City_and_County
Local Bend Oregon Rep: Scot Edelman - 541-318-7921
Central Oregon Regional Solutions Center
1011 SW Emkay Drive, Suite 108, Bend OR

Oregon Secretary of State
http://sos.oregon.gov/Pages/index.aspx

ORS 2015 Edition
https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/Pages/ORS.aspx

OAR
http://sos.oregon.gov/archives/Pages/oregon_administrative_rules.aspx

Land Designations: ORS 321.347:
https://www.oregonlaws.org/ors/321.347
(2)  Land designated as forestland pursuant to ORS 321.605 (Renumbered) to 321.680 (Renumbered) (1975 Replacement Part) shall retain the original date of such designation.
Renumbered Table Link:

2015 ORS 527.630 Forest Policy  https://www.oregonlaws.org/ors/527.630