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Or. Rev. Stat. § 526.005 (2026)

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      526.005 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

      (1) “Biomass” means any organic matter, including woody biomass, agricultural crops, wood wastes and residues, plants, aquatic plants, grasses, residues, fibers, animal wastes, municipal wastes and other waste materials.

      (2) “Board” means the State Board of Forestry.

      (3) “Certified Burn Manager” means an individual, other than the forester, who is currently certified under a program established pursuant to ORS 526.360 (3).

      (4) “Department” means the State Forestry Department.

      (5) “Forester” means the State Forester or the authorized representative of the forester.

      (6)(a) “Forestland” means any woodland, brushland, timberland, grazing land or clearing that, during any time of the year, contains enough forest growth, slashing or vegetation to constitute, in the judgment of the forester, a fire hazard, regardless of how the land is zoned or taxed.

      (b) As used in this subsection, “clearing” means any grassland, improved area, lake, meadow, mechanically or manually cleared area, road, rocky area, stream or other similar opening that is surrounded by or contiguous to land described in paragraph (a) of this subsection and that has been included in areas classified as forestland under ORS 526.305 to 526.370.

      (7) “Forestry carbon offset” means a transferable unit based on a measured amount of carbon storage expressed as a carbon dioxide emission equivalent, or other equivalent standard, and accruing on forestland as live or dead matter in trees, shrubs, forest litter and soil.

      (8) “Nonindustrial private forest landowner” means any forest landowner who does not own a forest products manufacturing facility that employs more than six people.

      (9) “Nonindustrial private forestland” means any forestland owned by a nonindustrial private forest landowner.

      (10)(a) “Woody biomass” means material from trees and woody plants, including limbs, tops, needles, leaves and other woody parts, grown in a forest, woodland, farm, rangeland or wildland-urban interface environment that is the by-product of forest management, ecosystem restoration or hazardous fuel reduction treatment.

      (b) “Woody biomass” does not mean:

      (A) Wood pieces that have been treated with creosote, pentachlorophenol, copper chrome arsenic or other chemical preservatives;

      (B) Wood that must be retained under state or federal regulations;

      (C) Wood required for large woody debris recruitment; or

      (D) Municipal solid waste. [Amended by 1961 c.123 §3; 1965 c.253 §1; 1977 c.893 §14; 1997 c.274 §41; 1999 c.101 §1; 2001 c.752 §6; 2009 c.69 §2; 2011 c.276 §3]

 

STATE BOARD OF FORESTRY; STATE FORESTER; STATE FORESTRY DEPARTMENT

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1963–2025 · leading case: Sproul v. State Tax Comm'n, 383 P.2d 754 (Or. 1963).
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Sproul v. State Tax Comm'n, 383 P.2d 754 (Or. 1963). · cites it 2× “These lands present a special threat to the state's resources. By statutory definition, "forest lands" are those containing "enough inflammable forest growth or debris to constitute a fire hazard.”
State Forester v. Obrist, 390 P.2d 333 (Or. 1964). · cites it 2× “070 provides: “The following persons shall be punished by a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $500, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than 10 days nor more than 90 days, unless the act in question was the setting of a backfire under the direction of the…”
Osgood v. State of Oregon, 342 Or. App. 154 (Or. Ct. App. 2025). “See generally ORS 526.005 - 526.041. Oregon’s state forestry policy encourages a number of uses and management practices for forestlands.”
Osgood v. State of Oregon, 342 Or. App. 154 (Or. Ct. App. 2025). “See generally ORS 526.005 - 526.041. Oregon’s state forestry policy encourages a number of uses and management practices for forestlands.”
— Or. Rev. Stat. § 526.005(4) — 1 case
Sproul v. State Tax Comm'n, 383 P.2d 754 (Or. 1963). “These lands present a special threat to the state's resources. By statutory definition, "forest lands" are those containing "enough inflammable forest growth or debris to constitute a fire hazard.”
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