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Archive Home > 2005 > March > 06 > Committee: General fund should pay for fire insurance

Committee: General fund should pay for fire insurance

Private timberland owners are looking for public help to shoulder cost of fees

By James Sinks / The Bulletin
March 6, 2005

SALEM - Oregon timberland owners want taxpayers to shoulder more of the costs of protecting the state's privately owned forests from wildfires, and got a step closer to that goal this week.

The Legislature's budget-drafting committee recommended this week that the state's one-of-a-kind....

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