Monthly Archives: November 2017

O&C Counties to Receive Nearly $1.4 million in Withheld Timber Payments

The Association of O&C Counties today announced a breakthrough in discussions with the Department of the Interior and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regarding $1.39 million in timber payments withheld by the federal government earlier this year. “We are happy to report the 18 O&C Counties will be receiving those withheld payments very…

Association of O&C Counties Applauds U.S. House Passage of Resilient Federal Forests Act

The Association of O&C Counties (AOCC) today applauded bipartisan passage of the Resilient Federal Forests Act of 2017 (H.R. 2639) in the U.S. House of Representatives. The legislation gives the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) new policy and legal tools to increase the pace and scale of active forest management on federal lands. “Passage…