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Timber harvest has not just "dropped". We the people have required that forest service timber harvest be significantly reduced through our legal and civic actions. The income from the harvest was the source of revenue to local governments. If the source of revenue goes away it is not illogical to expect the payments to local government from that source of revenue to go away also. We need to understand that relationship, and our elected officials need to manage local government within their means.

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