Deadline: June 30, 2026 at 11:55pm PDT
Why this Matters
The forests that ride the Coast Range behind us do more than hold up the skyline. Their older stands shade the streams where coho salmon spawn, and their high limbs are where the marbled murrelet, a small seabird, lays its single egg before flying back out over the waves. How Oregon manages those forests is being decided right now.
The Oregon Department of Forestry has reopened public comment on a draft Forest Management Plan that will guide logging and conservation across 613,000 acres of state forestland, including the Tillamook, Clatsop, and Santiam forests, for decades to come. This is the last chance to weigh in before the final plan is adopted in late July. Wild Salmon Center is asking Oregonians to tell ODF to stop clearcutting older mature forests, protect water quality, and take real climate action.
The comment window closes at the end of June. You can send a written comment, speak at the virtual hearing on June 25, or both. It takes a few minutes, and these forests will carry whatever we decide for a generation.
Steps to Take
Send a written comment to ODF before 11:55 p.m. on Tuesday, June 30. The quickest way is through the Wild Salmon Center action form, which lets you add your own words to a prepared letter.
Speak at the virtual public hearing on Thursday, June 25, from 3 to 7 p.m. Sign up in advance through the Microsoft Teams event page. If you do not already have Teams installed, do not download it when you join. Choose to continue in your browser instead.
Borrow a few talking points. Wild Salmon Center's June 2026 talking points give you a place to start, and you can read the draft Forest Management Plan itself if you want the full picture.
Pass it along. Forward this to a neighbor who walks these forests or fishes these rivers. A handful of comments from one stretch of coast adds up.