The Elliott State Forest has about 41,000 acres of old-growth trees, ... stakeholders and partners to map out options and actions needed for the research forest to become a reality. ...

Francis Eatherington’s iPad slides across the dash of her Subaru as she swings the car onto the 7700 road in the Elliott State Forest. The tablet is full of downloadable maps of past timber sales, ...

Oregon State University is stepping back from a years-long effort to turn the Elliott State Forest into the country’s largest research forest, but state leaders and longtime advocates say they ...

The Elliott is Oregon's first state forest, a 93,000 acre square in the Coastal Range just south of the Umpqua River. It was created in 1930 to consolidate state-owned land that had a mandate to ...

April 05, 2017 at 5:36 am PDT. We were 6 miles deep in the Elliott State Forest, and so far from any marked trail I feared we would never find our way back.

The Elliott State Forest took a big step recently on its way to becoming the country’s largest research forest, by finding a site for its headquarters. April 24, 2025. contribute now.

The West Fork Millicoma River, in the Elliott State Forest.. Courtesy Oregon Department of Forestry SHARE This week Oregon lawmakers held a hearing for a bill that would prevent the sale of the ...

The state put the 82,500-acre forest up for sale in 2015 after lawsuits by conservation groups resulted in logging restrictions and put the forest in the red, with losses of up to $3 million a year.

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — After years of struggling to figure out what to do with the Elliott State Forest, Oregon officials now have a proposal they like. Members of the State Land Board voted Tuesday ...

OSU's bumpy road to managing the Elliott State Forest, which remains overseen by the Oregon Department of State Lands, has been equally long, marked by concerns over the cost of managing the ...

The Elliott State Forest has about 41,000 acres of old-growth trees, ... stakeholders and partners to map out options and actions needed for the research forest to become a reality. ...

OSU wants Elliott State Forest. Members of the State Land Board voted to work on a plan to transfer the 80,000-acre forest to the university.