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Oregon's Elliott State Forest Approved As Research Forest

<p>Opponents of a plan to sell the Elliott State Forest hold signs outside an Oregon State Land Board meeting.</p>

Cassandra Profita, OPB

Opponents of a plan to sell the Elliott State Forest hold signs outside an Oregon State Land Board meeting.

The Elliott State Forest is on the move. Not physically, of course, but it is changing managers and purpose.

The forest had not kept up with its original purpose to generate timber sale revenue for Oregon schools. So now it will become a research forest run by Oregon State University, which already runs experimental forests elsewhere in the state.

The Division of State Lands formalized the move this month. A rep from DSL joins us to map out the road ahead for the Elliott.

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