The board also works with private land owners and the Federal Government to promote consistent forest management policies throughout the state.

Two years later, the state established a temporary board to make recommendations to Oregon legislature regarding forests practices.

[1] Prior to 1939, the Board of Forestry shared the responsibility for state parks with the Oregon Highway Commission.

It outlined a vision for Oregon's forests and established strategies priorities to guide the board's decisions.

Since then, the board has periodically published new versions of the document to update management policies and refine forestry programs.

The board adopts rules for the use of state and private forest lands consistent with Oregon statute.

This includes timber harvest rules, environmental regulations, firefighting practices, and management priorities for use of state-owned forest lands.

The subcommittees are created to consider specific issues and develop recommendations for the full board's consideration and action.

[10][11] The Board of Forestry has seven advisory committees made up of outside members who representative various forest and public interests.

The committee was created to give Oregon citizens a greater role in the management of federal forest lands.

The counties represented on the council are: Benton, Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Coos, Douglas, Josephine, Klamath, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, Polk, Tillamook, and Washington.

To achieve this, forest resources must be used, developed, and protected in a manner that enables people to meet their current environmental, economic, and social needs while ensuring that the needs of future generations will also be met.