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Archive Home > 2007 > March > 06 > Burley looks to feds to preserve land

Burley looks to feds to preserve land

Bill allows federal grants to stop development of some forestland

By James Sinks / The Bulletin
March 6, 2007

SALEM - The Oregon House on Monday brushed aside concerns that too much of the state's landscape is controlled by the government and endorsed wider use of federal grants to keep forests from being developed.

House Bill 2468 would allow more of the state's private woodlands to be eligible under....

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