Water agencies tell Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden to protect watersheds

Washington and Clackamas water agencies tell Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden to protect watersheds

Water agencies in Washington and Clackamas counties say they want stronger protections for their watersheds in a congressional bill aimed at boosting logging on federal lands in western Oregon.
The water agencies, which serve about 800,000 residents in the Portland area, want additional protections for forestlands in their watersheds, including bigger streamside buffers on logging.

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By Jeff Mapes, The Oregonian