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Friday, May 24, 2013
Sen. Wyden zeroes in on legislation to boost federal logging revenue for timber counties
Sen. Ron Wyden is zeroing in on his plan for boosting logging on
federal lands in Western Oregon and helping rural counties beset by
money problems. The Oregon Democrat announced Thursday a more specific
framework for legislation to address complaints that so-called O&C
lands have not been turning out the level of money for timber counties
they did before logging was cut back to protect the northern spotted owl
and salmon from extinction. He said he hoped a bill would become law
before the end of the year. "We are building the kind of coalition that will
navigate Congress and get signed by the White House," Wyden said from
Washington, D.C. "It is not going to ignite an ideological war. It will
give us a chance to do what we do best in Oregon, which is to find a way
for people to get jobs in rural Oregon, boost timber harvest, and
respect the treasury." Wyden's proposal differs from another in the House in
one key area. Wyden's would give timber counties with below-average tax
rates incentives to help themselves. However, it does not spell out what
those incentives are...more
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