List of Oregon state forests
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The U.S. state of Oregon has six state forests. Five are administered by the Oregon Department of Forestry,{{cite web |title=State of Oregon: Working Forests - State Forests |url=https://www.oregon.gov/ODF/Working/Pages/StateForests.aspx |website=www.oregon.gov}} while Elliot State Forest is administered by the Oregon Department of State Lands.{{cite web |title=Department of State Lands : Elliott State Forest : Land : State of Oregon |url=https://www.oregon.gov/dsl/land/pages/elliott.aspx |website=www.oregon.gov}}
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! Name !! Location !! Area (acres) !! Area (km2) | ||
Clatsop State Forest | Clatsop County, Columbia County | {{convert|136000|acre|sqkm|disp=table|sortable=on}} |
Elliott State Forest | Coos County | {{convert|93000|acre|sqkm|disp=table|sortable=on}} |
Gilchrist State Forest | Klamath County | {{convert|70000|acre|sqkm|disp=table|sortable=on}} |
Santiam State Forest | Linn County | {{convert|47871|acre|sqkm|disp=table|sortable=on}} |
Sun Pass State Forest | Klamath County | {{convert|21317|acre|sqkm|disp=table|sortable=on}} |
Tillamook State Forest | Washington County | {{convert|364000|acre|sqkm|disp=table|sortable=on}} |
Total | {{convert|732188|acre|sqkm|disp=table|sortable=on}} |
Former state forests
Former state forests include:
- Adair Tract State Forest aka Paul M. Dunn Research Forest, renamed and jointly administered as the McDonald-Dunn Forest by Oregon State University{{cite web
| url = {{gnis3|1116760}}
| title = Feature Detail Report
| work = GNIS
| publisher = USGS
| access-date = 2008-08-19
}}[http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives/archive/mss/dunn.html Paul M. Dunn Papers, 1916-1988] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100603014653/http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/archives/archive/mss/dunn.html |date=2010-06-03 }}[http://www.cof.orst.edu/cof/visitors/history/dates/signific.php OSU College of Forestry: Significant Dates in School's History]
- George T. Gerlinger State Experimental Forest, administered by the Oregon Department of Forestry as part of its West Oregon District{{GNIS|1142616|name=George T Gerlinger State Experimental Forest}}
- McDonald State Forest, north of Corvallis{{GNIS|1145972|name=McDonald State Forest}}{{cite web
| url = http://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/dspace/bitstream/1957/9117/1/Happe_Patricia_J_1982.pdf
| title = The Use of Suburban Habitats by Columbian Black-tailed Deer
| work = Masters Thesis
| author = Patricia Jenkins Heppe
| date = 18 November 1982
| pages = 17 ("5")
| access-date = 2008-08-19
- Van Duzer State Forest, now part of the H. B. Van Duzer Forest State Scenic Corridor{{cite book
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=boFO8l8R7BsC&q=%22Van+Duzer%22+State+Forest+corridor&pg=PA90
| title = Oregon State Parks, A Complete Recreation Guide
| author = Jan Bannan
| year = 2002
| publisher = The Mountaineers
| isbn = 978-0-89886-794-7
| pages = 90
| access-date = 2008-08-19
}}