The Bureau of Land Management has distributed millions of dollars in timber revenue payments to Oregon counties, including Jackson and Josephine counties.

More than $27.7 million in payments went to 18 western Oregon counties. The payments are supported by the timber harvested from public lands and support local services, including emergency response and education. 

Jackson County received $4,300,467.32, while Josephine County received $3,315,229.44. Douglas County was awarded the largest payment at $6,909,653.72, and Klamath County received $642,188.48.

“The BLM is working to protect our national and economic security, as directed in President Trump’s order, by immediately expanding American timber production,” said BLM Oregon/Washington State Director Barry Bushue in a press release. “We manage more than 2.4 million acres of some of the world’s most productive forests in western Oregon, and are committed to supplying a reliable, secure, and resilient domestic supply of timber, while providing jobs and other support to local communities through timber production.” 

The BLM manages this area, referred to as O&C and CBWR lands, as well as the funds generated from timber harvests in accordance with two laws. The Oregon and California Railroad and Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant Lands Grant Act of 1937 directs revenue from O&C Lands is shared between the U.S. Treasury and 18 western Oregon counties. The Coos Bay Wagon Road Act of 1939 directs revenue from CBWR Lands be paid in-lieu of tax payments to Coos and Douglas counties.

The timber revenue funding helps to provide local communities with the means to construct new county buildings, develop fairgrounds, build flood-control dams and reservoirs as well as supports libraries, museums and schools. 

Beyond these payments, the BLM timber program supports approximately 2,000 local jobs and generates more than $1 billion for local economies.

Total payments by county:

County	Payment
Benton	$771,175.06
Clackamas	$1,523,139.35
Columbia	$565,345.42
Coos	$1,925,283.64
Curry	$1,001,704.26
Douglas	$6,909,653.72
Jackson	$4,300,467.32
Josephine	$3,315,229.44
Klamath	$642,188.48
Lane	$4,190,691.51
Lincoln	$98,798.23
Linn	$724,520.34
Marion	$400,681.71
Multnomah	$299,139.08
Polk	$592,789.37
Tillamook	$153,686.13
Washington	$172,896.90
Yamhill	$197,596.45
TOTAL	$27,784,986.41