SIGN THE PETITION TO PROTECT OREGON'S STATE FORESTS!
The Petition
The State of Oregon manages over 500,000 acres of the Tillamook and Clatsop State Forests on the North Coast of the state. These forests provide vital habitat for some of Oregon's premier salmon and steelhead fisheries including the Kilchis, Miami, Nehalem, Salmonberry, Trask and Wilson rivers, the Tillamook and Nehalem bays, and off shore fisheries of the North Coast. These fisheries provide important sources of income to local communities on the Oregon North Coast and to the state as a whole.
In addition to anchoring globally important wild salmon and steelhead runs, these forests provide abundant wildlife habitat, air and water purification, flood and climate regulation, carbon sequestration, wetlands, air quality, world-class recreation opportunities, and diverse forest products. More than 400,000 people get some or all of their water supply from rivers flowing through the Tillamook State Forest. The Steelheaders and our partners believe part of this enormous public forest should be designated for permanent conservation.
COMMON STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF CREATING PROTECTED AREAS IN OREGON’S STATE-OWNED FORESTS, INCLUDING THE CLATSOP, TILLAMOOK, SANTIAM, AND OTHER STATE FORESTS.
To Governor Kitzhaber and the Oregon Board of Forestry:
As part of a balanced plan, the undersigned endorse the designation of permanently protected conservation areas in Oregon’s state forests to ensure clean water, enhance wild salmon and steelhead habitat, protect endangered species, store carbon, and provide for wildland hiking, hunting, fishing, camping, and biking.
Please help protect Oregon's state forests and the salmon and steelhead runs that depend on them by signing the petition below.