Timber Subsidy Dollars Drop

The Obama administration has told 41 states how much money they are losing as Congress ends subsidies to counties with national forest land.  Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says the Forest Service will distribute more than 50 million dollars to 746 timber counties, compared to about 300 million dollars during the final year of the Secure Rural Schools subsidies program.  While local figures are not yet known, most officials in the Northwest had stopped counting on the funds for roads and schools a number of years ago. Hood River County Administrator David Meriwether says they don’t include the funds in their budget.  Both Hood River and Wasco counties have reduced their road department budgets in the past few years to reflect shrinking federal forest payments.

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