Observing that Oregon's 2015's timber harvest dropped slightly from 2014, the reporter says "Oregon had a steady increase in annual timber harvest from 2009 to 2013." Indeed, 2015's harvest data shows federal harvest levels in Lane County haven't dropped and are running about 170% above 2009's recessionary low. 

Federal forest payments are directly proportional to federal harvest levels. Even without increasing BLM logging by 37%, federal harvest levels and forest payments have risen 170% since 2009! Yet Commissioner Bozievich recently said “Our public safety crisis is a direct result of a 93% reduction in federal forest payments to Lane County." A 93% reduction? Where does Mr. Bozievich get this outrageously exaggerated number from?

My point is that no matter how much federal forest logging is increased, it will never be enough to resolve the phony budget "crisis" Oregon's timber county commissioners continually refer to.