The Oregon Department of Forestry is giving the public an opportunity to offer comment on next year’s plans for state-owned forests. The public can weigh in on annual operations plans for the Astoria, Forest Grove, North Cascade, Klamath-Lake, Tillamook, West Oregon and Western Lane Districts. Plans include timber harvests, reforestation, and trail improvements and can be viewed on the department’s website: You can submit comments using this form, this survey. By law, state forests are required to provide social, economic and environmental benefits to Oregonians.