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Archive Home > 2006 > September > 25 > Lawmakers aim to save timber fund

Lawmakers aim to save timber fund

Replacement for county payment program awaits Senate approval

By Yuxing Zheng / The Bulletin
September 25, 2006

WASHINGTON - With the expiration deadline for county timber payments looming at the end of the month, lawmakers from the Oregon congressional delegation are scrambling to secure federal funding to reauthorize the program.

After initially proposing a phaseout of the county payments over five....

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