ORS 530.250: State Forester to rehabilitate state forestlands; assistants, equipment and contracts; rules.

(1) The State Forester, under the direction of the State Board of Forestry, shall rehabilitate, reforest and develop state-owned forestlands so as to secure the highest permanent usefulness to the whole people of the state. In the management and control of such land, the State Forester may employ assistants and such other help as in the judgment of the State Forester may be necessary and may purchase machinery, equipment and supplies required to accomplish the purposes hereof. The State Forester may enter into any and all contracts, in the name of the board, deemed necessary for the rehabilitation, reforestation and development of said lands.

      (2) The board shall carry out the provisions of ORS 530.210 to 530.280 and may promulgate such rules and regulations and do any other act or thing necessary to meet fully the requirements of such sections.