- Bend Bulletin main site
- Bend Bulletin archives
- Terms of Use
- Privacy Policy
- Contact the Bulletin
- Comments/Questions?
Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Keith Chu / The Bulletin
July 8, 2009
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., floated a proposal at a Senate committee hearing Tuesday to help stop global warming, fund forest-thinning projects to prevent wildfires and maybe even fund county timber payments programs to boot.
To be sure, the idea was in its embryonic....
