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Linn County Commissioners Roger Nyquist, Sherrie Sprenger and Will Tucker are asking for help from House and Senate officials to delay implementation of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – National Marine Fisheries Service Biological Opinion that will affect the National Flood Insurance Program.

On Tuesday morning, Oct. 25, the commissioners signed a letter to senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden and representatives Cliff Bentz, Suzanne Bonamicci, Kurt Schrader, Earl Blumenauer and Peter DeFazio.

“Implementation of this BiOp has hung like a cloud over the head of Orego...