OR Forest Stewardship Program Grant

The OR Forest Stewardship Program aims to support landowners in creating effective Stewardship and Tree Farm Plans. Collaborating with state forestry agencies, it provides essential resources to manage forests sustainably, ensuring timber production, wildlife habitat preservation, and recreational opportunities. The program offers up to 75% cost-share for professionally written plans, promoting responsible forest management while enhancing environmental quality. This initiative not only benefits private landowners but also contributes to healthier landscapes adjacent to National Forest System lands.

Goal
​The goal of the Forest Stewardship Program is to assist landowners in developing Stewardship and Tree Farm Plans.
How the Forest Stewardship Program Works
The Forest Stewardship Program (FSP) of the U.S. Forest Service works in partnership with state forestry agencies, cooperative extension, and conservation districts to connect private landowners with the information and tools they need to manage their forests and woodlands. Actively managed forests provide timber, fuel wood, wildlife habitat, watershed protection, recreational opportunities, and many other benefits. They also benefit adjacent National Forest System lands by creating healthier, more resilient landscapes overall.
What is a Forest Stewardship Plan?
FSP also offers resources to help landowners develop a forest management plan (also known as a Forest Stewardship Plan). As a private landowner, you may be concerned about keeping your land productive and healthy now and into the future. You may want to increase its economic value while protecting water and air quality, wildlife habitat, and natural beauty. You can accomplish all these objectives by using a Forest Stewardship Plan to identify your goals for your land and the management activities needed to meet them.

Eligibility

Qualifications & specifications:Up to 75 percent cost-share reimbursement for Stewardship Plans written by a professional natural resource consultant
Cost-share does NOT cover a timber cruise or appraisal
Cost-share must be pre-approved by ODF prior to creation of a Plan
Plans must be developed according to the Oregon Forest Management Plan/Tools and Guidance
Plans must be reviewed and approved by the local ODF stewardship forester
Minimum Plan size is 10 acres
Plans apply to rural land suitable for growing trees and existing rural forestland
Plans are considered to have a ten-year life span unless updated before ten years has elapsed. Family forestland owners may apply for cost share for one new plan per forested property.
Plan updates are appropriate for landowners with a five year old, or older, multi-resource plan that has not been revised.Family forestland owners may apply for cost share for one plan per forested property.