Five Oregon counties vote to leave state, create 'Greater Idaho'

Re:Five Oregon counties vote to leave state, create 'Greater... by staplung on Thursday May 20, 2021 @05:48PM (#27227805)

> 4. Safety: Idaho allows forests to be managed to prevent destruction of housing from huge wildfires.

I just spent a month in central Oregon and there were proscribed burns going on all over the place. It was the most forest management I've seen in any state.

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Re:Five Oregon counties vote to leave state, create 'Greater... by giantrobot on Thursday May 20, 2021 @08:11PM (#27229048)

This is coded language to mean "we can pull resources from federal/state lands but not pay for them".

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Re:Five Oregon counties vote to leave state, create 'Greater... by kortex on Thursday May 20, 2021 @11:24PM (#27230137)

I thought it was coded language for "we can let logging corporations plunder the forest with no oversight."

Both works to be honest.

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