OREGON — A mild winter and spring-like weather has helped the Oregon Department of Forestry stay ahead of schedule on replanting state forest timber harvest areas this year, with about two million seedlings already planted. “This has been a great planting season with no shutdowns due to weather,” said John Walter, ODF’s state forests silviculturist. “All our districts are done or will be this month. The only exception being Klamath Lake—they typically plant into May and have about 60,000 to get in.” Douglas fir remains the dominant species in most Western Oregon forests, but ODF said it builds diversity into its reforestation plans to promote resilience and provide additional types of timber products. “This year we planted about 74 percent Doug(las) Fir, 17 percent Hemlock, two percent each of Western Red Cedar and Noble Fir, one percent each of Grand Fir and Sitka Spruce with the remaining three percent Pondarosa Pine,” Walter said.