Oregon Farm Bureau applauds the 2016 Legislature’s passage of SB 1517B. The bill, proposed by Oregon Farm Bureau and the Oregon Dairy Farmers Association, creates a 10-year pilot program giving Tillamook County and local farmers more say on the development of wetland restoration projects in that county.
This bill makes Tillamook County one of the first in the nation to be involved in the process of wetland siting and ensuring protections for neighboring landowners potentially impacted by new wetlands.
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