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Groups offer solution to Ore. timber county crisis

The Columbian
Published: February 1, 2012, 4:00pm

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Conservation groups are offering a different approach to the fiscal crisis facing timber counties in Oregon.

Instead of just increasing timber production from federal forests known as the O&C lands, they suggest that counties, the state of Oregon and the federal government share the load.

The Oregonian reports (http://bit.ly/zrLM0M) Thursday that the plan suggests the $110 million needed by the 18 counties could be generated by nearly tripling state harvest taxes on private timber, saving on forest management by transferring the O&C lands to the U.S. Forest Service, and calling on voters in timber counties to raise their property taxes, which are among the lowest in the state.

Conservation groups offered the plan as an alternative to one from members of Oregon’s congressional delegation that would boost timber production.

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Information from: The Oregonian, http://www.oregonlive.com

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