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Linn County will participate in a new Oregon Timber Counties Coalition, commissioners Roger Nyquist, Sherrie Sprenger and Will Tucker agreed Tuesday, Nov. 2.

The coalition will include western Oregon counties with national forest lands. Douglas and Klamath counties will contribute $15,000 per year to fund lobbying efforts for the group, and Linn, Coos, Marion, Polk and Tillamook counties will contribute $7,500 each per year. Klamath County will collect the funds, which will be used to hire the Jamison & Sullivan consulting firm to promote the productivity and health of the state’s nationa...