OAR 629-665-0010: Protection Goal for a Resource Site

(1) The goal of resource site protection is to ensure that forest practices do not lead to resource site destruction, abandonment or reduced productivity. (2) A resource site shall receive protection when the State Forester determines: (a) It is an active resource site; and (b) Proposed forest practices conflict with the resource site. (3) The State Forester may grant an exception from either structural or temporal protection as determined by the Board for each species or resource site.