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| Aid for loggers now a sprawling entitlement |
| 2009-12-08 |
| MORE SPOTTED OWL NEWS OR NOT. I posted the entire article because the link at times is difficult to use. Note that Harry Reid got a bundle for his state in a state that is not particularly known for logging. This is the kind of stuff that fuels movements like the Tea Party movement. It is amazing how much traction the Tea Party movement has gained in a short time. County payments' given to states without timber RESERVE, N.M. -- A federal program that began as a safety net for Pacific Northwest logging communities hard-hit by battles over the spotted owl in the 1990s has morphed into a sprawling entitlement -- one that ships vast amounts of money to states with little or no historic connection to timber, an analysis by The Associated Press shows. Nicknamed "county payments," the timber program was supposed to assist counties shortchanged when national forests limited logging to protect the northern spotted owl and other endangered species. Since becoming law in 2000, the program has distributed more than $3 billion to 700 counties in 41 states with national forests -- including Tennessee -- and helped fund everything from schools to libraries to jails. The federal largess initially focused on a handful of Western states, with Oregon alone receiving nearly $2 billion. |
| Posted by:JohnQC |
| #3 Fixed it, Anguper Hupomosing9418. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-12-08 22:04 |
| #2 Sorry, somehow one submission became 3. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2009-12-08 17:07 |
| #1 I'm a lumberjack, and I'm OK |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2009-12-08 17:06 |