(1) The burden of protecting and recovering threatened species or endangered species can be a significant cost to the citizens of this state and it is therefore the policy of this state to minimize duplication and overlap between state and federal laws dealing with threatened species or endangered species. To this end, nothing in this section is intended to prevent the adoption of cooperative state or federal programs when such programs provide protection for listed species without significant impact on the primary uses of state lands...
Citation: O.R.S. § 496.182.
(1) Nothing in ORS 496.004, 496.171 to 496.182 or 498.026 is intended, by itself, to require an owner of any commercial forestland or other private land to take action to protect a threatened species or endangered species, or to impose additional requirements or restrictions on the use of private land.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, other statutes may authorize administrative rules or programs to protect wildlife species, including threatened species or endangered species, and nothing in ORS 496.004, 496.171 to 496.182 or 498.026 shall diminish the force or effect of such rules or programs.
Citation: O.R.S. § 496.192.
(1) Nothing in ORS 564.100 to 564.130 is intended, by itself, to require an owner of any commercial forestland or other private land to take action to protect a threatened species or endangered species, or to impose additional requirements or restrictions on the use of private land.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, nothing in ORS 496.004, 496.171 to 496.192, 498.026, 564.040 and 564.100 to 564.135 or ORS 527.610 to 527.770 and 527.992 shall be interpreted to require protection of a species listed under ORS 564.100 to 564.130 or its habitat on private forestland.
(3) The existence of a species listed under ORS 564.100 to 564.130 on privately owned forestland shall not require protection of its habitat as a biological site under ORS 527.610 to 527.770 and 527.992. However, if other elements exist that qualify such habitat as a biological site, such habitat may be protected as a biological site under ORS 527.610 to 527.770 and 527.992.
(4) Species listed under ORS 564.100 to 564.130 may be subject to protection under ORS chapters 195, 196 and 197 provided that the full process of inventory and analysis required by any open spaces, scenic and historic areas and natural resources goal is fulfilled and included in any acknowledged land use plan or amendment.
Citation: O.R.S. § 564.135.
(1) The State Fish and Wildlife Commission may institute suit for the recovery of damages for the unlawful taking or killing of any of the wildlife referred to in subsection (2) of this section that are the property of the state.
(2)(a) The damages referred to in subsection (1) of this section are as follows:...
(R) Each specimen of any wildlife species whose survival is specified by the wildlife laws or the laws of the United States as threatened or endangered, $2,500...
(T) Each bald eagle, golden eagle, goshawk, osprey, peregrine falcon or any other raptor listed as a threatened species or an endangered species by the commission by rule, $5,000...
(3) In any such action, the court shall award to the prevailing party, in addition to costs and disbursements, reasonable attorney fees.
(4) Such civil damages shall be in addition to other penalties prescribed by the wildlife laws for the unlawful taking or killing of wildlife.
(5) Any circuit or justice court has jurisdiction to try any case for the recovery of damages for the unlawful taking or killing of any of the wildlife as provided by this section.
(6) Each taking or killing of a single animal referred to in subsection (2) of this section constitutes a separate unlawful taking or killing for purposes of this section.
(7) Subject to ORS 496.690, this section does not apply to the unintentional taking or killing of wildlife incident to an otherwise lawful activity.
Citation: O.R.S. § 496.705.