SALEM â Peter Daugherty, Oregonâs state forester and the leader of the long-struggling Department of Forestry, has submitted his resignation to the state board that oversees the department, effective May 31. Daugherty has led the agency since 2016, and his tenure has been marked by deep financial problems within the department, a dysfunctional relationship with the Board of Forestry and the loss of state lawmakersâ confidence, even as the agency is looking for a massive infusion of new resources to better respond to the stateâs increasingly severe wildfire seasons. The Oregonian/OregonLive in recent years documented many of the agencyâs troubles in its Failing Forestry series.