Clackamas County Forests
Clackamas County Parks & Forest office hours are
Monday through Thursday, 7:00 am to 6:00pm.
County Parks & Forest is located on Clackamas County's campus in Oregon City.
Dan Green, Natural Resource Coordinator 503-742-4425
The U.S. Forest Service has a formula that concludes that for 1 million board feet of timber harvested, 4.5 people are employed full time in "Family Wage" jobs. The Clackamas County Forest Program over the last 15 years has produced the equivalent of 110 full time "Family Wage" jobs! The majority of the timber sold from County land has been processed within Clackamas or Marion County.
| Acreage managed at start of Program in 1983 | 3,296 |
| Acreage of "Class III" lands in the Program today | 2,593 |
| Conifer board foot volume "Class III Forested Properties" in 2000 | 39,958,000 |
| Conifer board foot volume "Class III Forested Properties" in 2000 | 58,200,000 |
| Volume of timber sold from 1983 through 2000 (average of 1.6 MM board feet per year) | 24,851,000 |
The Program has had harvesting activities on 1,934 acres.
1,376 acres of thinning or partial cuts.
558 acres of clear cut.
The Program has built or reconstructed and rocked 14.2 miles of "forest" truck road and built two bridges.
The Program fertilized 570 acres of thinned stands on the Wildcat tract in the early 1990's. Fertilization has resulted in an 8% increase in growth rates.
