530.010 State
Board of Forestry authorized to acquire lands; limitations; lands designated as
state forests. (1)
The State Board of Forestry, referred to in this chapter as the board, in the
name of the State of Oregon, may acquire, by purchase, donation, devise or
exchange from any public, quasi-public or private owner, lands which by reason
of their location, topographical, geological or physical characteristics are
chiefly valuable for the production of forest crops, watershed protection and
development, erosion control, grazing, recreation or forest administrative
purposes.
(2) The board
shall not acquire any land without prior approval, duly made and entered, of
the county court or board of county commissioners of the county in which the
lands are situated.
(3) Lands
acquired under the provisions of this section shall be designated as state
forests. [Amended by 1953 c.43 §2; 1967 c.396 §1]
Notes of Decisions
Tillamook Cnty. v. State Ex Rel. State Bd. of Forestry, 730 P.2d 1214 (Or. 1986).
· cites it 6× “ORS 530.010 to 530.170. Under this plan the state assumes management responsibilities for the land, and the state and the county divide revenues derived from such forestry lands under a statutory distribution formula.”
Cnty. of Linn v. State of Oregon, 510 P.3d 962 (Or. Ct. App. 2022).
· cites it 8× “Linn County’s complaint alleged that it and other Oregon counties had transferred forestlands to the state pursuant to Oregon Laws 1939, chapter 478, amended by Oregon Laws 1941, chapter 236, codified as amended at ORS 530.010 to 530.181 (the Act); that the Act required the…”
Jewel Sch. Dist. v. KC, 349 Or. App. 657 (Or. Ct. App. 2026).
· cites it 3× “In this case concerning land designated as “state for- ests” under ORS 530.010, plaintiff, Jewell School District, a public school district located in Clatsop County, asserts that defendants, the Oregon Department of Forestry, the Oregon State Forester, and the State Forest…”
Tillamook Cnty. v. State ex rel. State Bd. of Forestry, 707 P.2d 585 (Or. Ct. App. 1985).
“In their second and third claims they sought a declaration that ORS 530.010 to 530.170 and their predecessors, pursuant to which the counties had transferred forest lands to the state, establish contractual and trust relationships between the state and the counties.”
Birmingham v. Dep't of Forestry, 149 P.3d 600 (Or. Ct. App. 2006).
“” ORS 530.010(1). To render management of state forests “more economically feasible,” the board is encouraged to consolidate its holdings “wherever possible through exchanges” of land, ORS 530.”
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Birmingham v. Dep't of Forestry, 149 P.3d 600 (Or. Ct. App. 2006).
“” ORS 530.010(1). To render management of state forests “more economically feasible,” the board is encouraged to consolidate its holdings “wherever possible through exchanges” of land, ORS 530.”
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