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In successfully lobbying against the dominance of logging in Oregon, environmentalists created a loss of more than just jobs in the timber industry. Teachers, police, and librarians all lost their jobs recently as a result of cuts in federal aid tied into timber revenue.
Nearly half of Oregon was declared a timber economy over a century ago. Now, the financial landscape has shifted along with federal funds designed to curb excessive logging in the Beaver State. What alternatives are available to those communities hit the hardest, so that they can re-open their libraries, beef up their police forces, and lower classroom sizes?
