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House passes bill to boost livestock compensation, expand nonlethal grants amid wolf conflicts
Summary
The House passed Senate Bill 777 to increase compensation multipliers for confirmed wolf depredation, narrow compensation to confirmed and probable losses, and raise available nonlethal deterrence grant shares, while preserving wolf recovery goals, sponsors said.
The Oregon House passed Senate Bill 777, legislation that changes how the state compensates livestock owners for wolf depredation and increases support for nonlethal deterrence.
Sponsor Representative Bobby Levy told colleagues the bill “finally gives our ranchers families the respect and support and protection they have long been asking for,” arguing current compensation procedures leave producers undercompensated and sometimes unwilling to report losses. Levy said the bill targets compensation to confirmed and…
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