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Senator Brock Smith urges funding to combat sudden oak death; committee hears technical testimony
Summary
Senate Bill 339, a proposal to appropriate $3.1 million from the general fund to the Oregon Department of Forestry for integrated pest management to combat sudden oak death, drew testimony on the disease's spread and economic risk in southwest Oregon.
The Senate Committee on Energy and Environment on Feb. 17 held a public hearing on Senate Bill 339, which would appropriate $3.1 million from the general fund to the Oregon Department of Forestry to carry out an integrated pest management program to combat sudden oak death (SOD). The bill would reserve $50,000 as a block grant to the Association of Oregon Counties for a task-force on integrated pest management.
Senator David Brock Smith, sponsor of the bill and a senator representing Southwest Oregon, described the history of the state response and recent outbreaks. He said…
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