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Measure 34: Supporters say the state will gain revenues with new plan
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“It’s a perfect opportunity to have
conservation and logging,” he said.
“It all comes down to the vision of
the forest.”
He added that if that vision is that of
a tree farm, then the state’s plan will
work, but the measure’s vision is also
about conserving the habitat, he said.
The counties in which the forests
are located get two-thirds of all rev
enues gained from timber harvesting.
Tr the measure passes, it will cost the
state between $4.2 million and $10.3
million a year in revenues. The state
will also incur increased expenditures
of between $1.5 million and $6.3 mil
lion a year, and one-time expenditures
of about $2 million, according to the
Secretary of State’s Office.
Opponents of the measure of the
plan are not only concerned about the
economic impact, but also the nature
of the proposal itself.
Pat McCormick, spokesman for Al
liance to Keep Our State Forests Work
ing, said if the measure passes about
25 percent of the workforce in Tillam
ook would lose their jobs and counties
would have to bear the brunt ot the
cuts in different ways.
“The existing mechanisms for man
aging the forest are balanced,” he said,
adding that wildlife, endangered
species and the habitat are all incorpo
rated into the plan.
McCormick said that the measure
proponents’ claim that the state wants
to log 85 percent of the forests is
“ridiculous.” Tillamook forest predom
inantly consists of Douglas Firs and
such a monoculture is subject to vari
ous vulnerabilities such as infestations
that threaten tree health, McCormick
said. Part of the state’s plan is to diver
sify the forest by planting other types
of trees and getting rid of diseased
trees, which would contribute to
healthy forests.
“You want to harvest trees and pro
tect all the things that are important to
people,” McCormick said.
He added that it took years to
come up with the plan with 35 public
meetings and verbal and written tes
timonies from thousands of people.
He said the measure, with its propos
al to have a special committee of sci
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ing the forest and
removing diseased
trees to keep the
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ment plans, takes away from the pub
lic process of participation.
“The basic concern... is that this is
trying to take away from the thorough
and deliberate way that we use to
make policy,” McCormick said.
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Tim Josi agrees that the measure
“circumvents a very public
seven-year process.”
He said he believes that the adopted
plan is better for the environment than
setting aside 50 percent reserves and
the plan has provisions for clean wa
ter, environmental restoration, salmon
and recreation.
“I think (the proponents’) real goal
is to lock up the forest,” Josi said,
adding that a majority of the funding
for the “very poorly thought out plan”
is being taken from state groups.
If the measure passes, both Tillam
ook and Clatsop would lose 25 percent
of their general funds, family wage
jobs and sawmills may be forced to
close, he said. Local governments in
Tillamook, Clastop, Columbia and
Washington counties stand to lose
about $17 million.
“It would just be devastating for us
if this passes and without good rea
son,” he said. He added that Oregon
schools would lose about $8.6 million.
And with less revenue to the forestry
department in general, it will be un
able to fund different projects such as
replacing equipment and roads, pro
viding recreational activities or having
enough personnel to fight fires.
But Wilier said that while there was
input at public meetings that were at
tended by a few hundred people, the
board did not pay attention to what
people really wanted.
“The Board of Forestry did not lis
ten,” he said, adding that the mission
of the board is to promote timber and
not wildlife or salmon.
Wilier said that while the plan might
decrease direct state revenues in the
next two years, its long term ecological
impact and financial gains were signif
icant. He said when state timber pro
duction is decreased, private industry
will step in to address the demand and
the state will gain revenues because
these industries pay taxes.
“It will be gained from economic
opportunities opened up from our
plan,” Wilier said. He added that
250,000 acres of the forest will contin
ue to turn out timber.
Opponents like the Alliance to Keep
our Forests Working have also ex
pressed concern that if the measure
passes, it could increase the danger of
massive forest fires.
But Wilier said these particular
forests are not dry forests that are at
high risk of fire and telling people that
they are is “an insult to the intelligence
of the voters in Oregon. ”
“Our economy is driven by our
quality of life,” Wilier said. “Our plan
is exactly for providing for the quality
of life.” Voters will decide on Nov. 2
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an equally beneficial manner with
half of the forests maintained for
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management and rejects requiring
management with equal conserva
tion and production specifications.
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the University’s peer health educa
tors hosted information tables in the
EMU Ballroom lobby.
The show was less than one hour
long, but provided an array of statis
tics and information to the audi
ence.
Health Educator Annie Dochnahl
said she was pleased with the
show’s attendance. Prior to the
event, she hoped to make it both in
formative and entertaining.
University freshman Liz Nolan,
who attended with a group of
friends, said she found the event
beneficial.
“It was for a good cause and pre
sented a lot of good information,”
Nolan said.
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