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KPUD Dallesport plant operators win again
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KPUD Dallesport plant operators win again

  • By Rodger Nichols For Columbia Gorge News
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DALLESPORT — Wastewater treatment plant operators play a critical role in keeping Washington’s water clean. The facilities they operate have t…

Editorial: Balance needed in stream rules
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Editorial: Balance needed in stream rules

  • The (Bend) Bulletin
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The Oregon Board of Forestry took another step last week in its effort to keep small and midsize streams cool enough to meet the state’s Protecting Cold Water standards. The board voted Wednesday to move forward with rule-making that will apply largely to streams on privately owned timberland. Fortunately, neither the board nor the Oregon Department of Forestry it oversees appears willing to rush the process.

Farm bill includes county payments
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Farm bill includes county payments

  • MATTHEW DALY, Associated Press
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WASHINGTON — The farm bill moving toward approval in Congress includes a one-year extension of a federal program that compensates rural counties for federal lands they can’t tax. About 1,900 local governments — mostly in the West — received a total of $400 million last year under the program, known as Payment in Lieu of Taxes or PILT.