Rural Areas Could Lose Under Timber Quota Bill

…Haggerty found that rural counties that get the Secure Rural Schools funding today will get 25 percent less money, based on the 2012 price of timber and the CBO numbers. Idaho’s 35 Secure Rural School counties would get $15 million less in 2023 under Hastings bill than under Secure Rural Schools, which Congress recently approved for another year…

Author:
Chris Mehl

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