Congressman DeFazio introduced a bill today granting one-time contract extensions to the employees of the state’s Bureau of Land Management. This bill intends to bring relief to Oregon’s troubled timber industry, loosing money due to the collapsing housing market and declining timber prices.
“If these companies are forced to harvest when prices are low, or default on contracts, we will lose mills and jobs,”
DeFazio said Thursday. “This legislation could make or break some of the family owned Oregn companies that are already holding on by a thread.”
This legislation will provide short-term assistance to the timber industry, in hopes to give workers a push in a better direction financially.