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Archive Home > 2005 > July > 29 > Forestland slated for protection

Forestland slated for protection

By James Sinks / The Bulletin
July 29, 2005

SALEM - A sprawling pine forest west of Bend could become the first place protected from development under a new preservation program passed by this year's Legislature.

The Community Forest Authority bill, the brainchild of Rep. Chuck Burley, R-Bend, was passed by the state assembly in June and....

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