A clearcut cannot exceed 120 acres within a single ownership
Land:
2007 Total land in Oregon: 61,431,594 acres
52.7% is federally owned land
26.7% is farmland
17.4% is private timberland
1.6% is owned by the State or counties
1.6% is Urban
2007 Total farmland in Oregon: 16,399,647 acres, 26.7% of Oregon
2009 Total forestland in Oregon: 30,472,000 acres, 59% of Oregon
18,245,000 acres owned by Federal government = 60%
10,668,000 acres in private ownership = 35%
940,000 acres in State ownership = 3%
463,000 acres in tribal ownership = 1.5%
156,000 acres in other public ownership = .5%
Water:
Oregon has 1,200 large dams and 30,000 smaller dams
Hydroelectric dams supply approximately 50% of Oregon’s energy
Oregon has more than 1,400 lakes
There is 111,619 stream miles in Oregon
Oregon’s annual rainfall for entire state = 28 inches
Western Oregon rainfall ranges from 40 to 140 inches per year
Eastern Oregon rainfall ranges from 10 to 20 inches per year
Rural Oregon Freedom Project
Begun in the Fall of 2005, the Rural Oregon Freedom Project addresses a wide range of freedom-related issues of interest to rural residents, including timber and agriculture policy, public lands management, educational freedom, rural economies, gun rights and more. Local control, property rights and self-sufficiency are guiding themes. Though focused primarily on issues of the Pacific Northwest, and Oregon specifically, it has wider application for rural America generally.
The desire for freedom is already very strong in rural areas, but many communities now suffer economically and government-dependency is at an all-time high. The Rural Oregon Freedom Project works to improve rural conditions by researching and disseminating policy solutions that empower local residents to pursue their own chosen destinies.
