ODF protects our vast and vital forest resources in a multitude of ways to promote their benefit to our citizens and maintain the environment we live in. Accomplishment of that purpose requires an "administrative forest" of policy intent, ORS, OAR, etc. The "trees" in that forest are the basic regulating rules necessary to serve the health of the administrative forest designed to protect the health of the real forests of Oregon.
Protection is essential in both forest environments.
I report the following abuse of the ODF administrative forest. Predatory fungus is sucking life out of good Forest Practices at basic rule/tree level for private gain at public expense. The problem is systemic.
There are 12 residential zoned taxlot properties within the City of Bend having 40 acres classified as Designated Forestland. It was not the intent of the legislature nor ODF that these properties benefit from Forestland protection programs.
One Example: 2.89 acres
https://dial.deschutes.org/Real/Index/241569
https://dial.deschutes.org/Real/Improvements/241569
https://dial.deschutes.org/Real/InteractiveMap/241569
RMV: $868,110.00
AV: $229
Tax: $3.56
Who is benefitting from the Eastern Oregon 2018 Forestland assessment of 79.38 per acre? The Forest or the Fungus?
Assessment and taxing was designed to protect Forestland from urban encroachment. Mis-application of a land value assessment where not intended calls into question the intent, policy and administrative integrity of ODF management.
Does ODF officially sanction the validity of the example?
The remaining City Forest Land taxlot data can be provided as well as full Deschutes County Data.
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