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Federal Timber Payments and County Government Expenditures in Oregon

Creator:

Adams, Vince

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The federal government owns 60 percent of Oregon’s forests and, since 1908, has shared proceeds from federal forest timber harvests with counties. These revenues have provided a relatively stable source of funds for the provision of services by county governments in Oregon. Shared revenues from US Forest Service (USFS) lands...

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Capstone Project

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reduced the shared revenues received by local governments. The long-standing nature of these revenue
Changing federal county payments and rural Oregon counties: analysis of policy impacts and responses from loss of secure rural schools funding in selected Oregon counties

Creator:

Gaid, Dawn Marie

Abstract:

Changes in federal forest management, enactment of environmental policies, recessions and a shift to a global economy dramatically impacted counties between the 1980s and 1990s. In the 1990s, counties began experiencing a shift away from traditional natural resource extraction activities – amidst changing demographics resulting from rural restructuring taking place...

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Capstone Project

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be quantitative, rather than qualitative in nature, with more emphasis placed on ecological and