(1) Provide for coordinated technical and financial assistance to the nonindustrial private forest landowner;
(2) Provide management planning for nonindustrial private forestlands;
(3) Advise and encourage nonindustrial private forest landowners to carry out young growth management activities, such as converting underproductive forestlands, reforestation, release, precommercial thinning and salvaging insect or disease damaged trees;
(4) Administer federal programs, such as the Agricultural Conservation Program or Forestry Incentives Program, that are designed to help encourage management of nonindustrial private forestlands;
(5) Advise and encourage nonindustrial private forest landowners to form cooperatives or aggregates for the purpose of more efficiently carrying out their young growth management activities;
(6) Periodically advise and recommend changes to the Legislative Assembly on laws conflicting with the intent of this statute; and
(7) In compliance with ORS chapter 183, promulgate rules consistent with law for providing management planning for nonindustrial private forestlands. [Formerly 526.048]