Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 629 - DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY
Division 603 - ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT
Section 629-603-0100 - Adaptive Management Program Overview

(1) The adaptive management program must:

(2) The adaptive management program participants include:

(3) The Board of Forestry and the department shall encourage access to land for the purpose of conducting studies and monitoring contemplated by Division 603 rules. The AMPC and the IRST may each prepare a report to the board describing instances where access to land has been insufficient to achieve the purposes of this rule division. If presented with such a report, the board shall consider whether to initiate rulemaking or other measures to address any research and monitoring problems arising from lack of access to land.

(4) The State Forester shall report to the board annually about the status of adaptive management program efforts.

(5) The board intends that the process of continuous improvement be applied to the adaptive management program. The department shall conduct performance audits once every six years per Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards. The first audit must be completed by January 1, 2029. The performance audits will evaluate whether the program achieved the purposes outlined in OAR 629-603-0000(5).

(6) Adaptive management program studies will focus on issues related to the biological goals and objectives. However, studies may address issues that are not related to the biological goals and objectives only if the studies do not impair research and monitoring on issues related to the biological goals and objectives.

(7) Adaptive management program research may test whether:

(8) The following topics shall be prioritized in the initial phase of the adaptive management program:

(9) The AMPC may determine when section (8) of this rule is satisfied and therefore those topics are no longer priorities. In the event the AMPC makes these findings, the department shall present the AMPC findings to the board.