Oregon Dems Plead with Bentz to Oppose Federal Budget Bill

Oregon Dems plead with Bentz to oppose federal budget bill

The Senate version, passed earlier this week, will go back to the House.

Federal budget bill would boost logging — but cut funds to Oregon timber counties

The Republican-backed budget bill that passed in the U.S. Senate Tuesday authorizes dramatic increases to logging on federal lands managed by the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management. But Oregon counties won’t see most of those revenues if the bill clears the U.S. House unchanged.“Rural counties, all counties that receive timber revenue from the Forest Service and the BLM will lose,” said Doug Robertson, executive director of the O&…

Federal budget bill would boost logging — but cut funds to Oregon timber counties • Lincoln Chronicle

By APRIL EHRLICH/Oregon Public Broadcasting The Republican-backed budget bill that passed in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday authorizes dramatic increases to logging on federal lands managed by the U.S. Forest […] The post Federal budget bill would boost logging — but cut funds to Oregon timber counties appeared first on Lincoln Chronicle.