The Legislative Assembly hereby declares it is the public policy of the State of Oregon to encourage owners of land to make their land available to the public for recreational purposes, for gardening, for woodcutting and for the harvest of special forest products by limiting their liability toward persons entering thereon for such purposes and by protecting their interests in their land from the extinguishment of any such interest or the acquisition by the public of any right to use or continue the use of such land for recreational purposes, gardening, woodcutting or the harvest of special forest products.
ORS 105.676
Applied in 15 court decisions — leading case 183 Or. App. 270 - Conant v. Stroup (2002)
Most recently applied in Freeby v. Hoodoo Ski Bowl Developers, Inc. (October 2025)
1995 c.456 §2; 2009 c.532 §3
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