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<h1><b><font size=6 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:24.0pt'>Shasta-Trinity
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<h6><b><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:7.5pt'>Published:
Monday, January 8, 2007 3:25 PM CST<br>
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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>REDDING
– Forest Supervisor Sharon Heywood announced that more than $28 million
in U. S. Forest Service revenue will be distributed to five counties
encompassing parts of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Shasta-Trinity</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">National Forest</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> for
improvements to public schools, roads and stewardship projects.<br>
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“This is the sixth and final year of payments as authorized under the
Secure Rural Schools Act and Community Self Determination Act of 2000,”
Heywood stated in a recent press release. “The Forest Service has
distributed more than $163 million under this legislation since 2001 to assist
Lassen, Shasta, Siskiyou, Tehama and Trinity counties in maintaining and
improving local schools and roads.”<br>
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Since 1908, 25 percent of Forest Service revenues, such as those from timber
sales, mineral resources and grazing fees, have been returned to states in
which national forest lands are located, according to the release.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Because
receipts from timber sales fluctuate, the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Secure</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Rural</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Schools</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> and Community
Self-Determination Act of 2000 was developed to stabilize payments to counties.<br>
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The press release reported that funds have been used for schools and roads as
well as “to create employment opportunities to maintain current
infrastructure and enhance forest ecosystems, improving land health and water
quality.”<br>
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Authority for the Forest Service to make the payments expired at the end of
fiscal year 2006.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Siskiyou</span></font></st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType> received the highest payment of more than
$9.57 million; <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Trinity</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType> received $7.98 million; and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Shasta</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
received $4.14 million.<br>
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The <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Shasta-Trinity</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">National Forest</st1:PlaceType> is the largest national forest in <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">California</st1:place></st1:State> with a
diverse landscape ranging from 1,000 to 14,162 feet. The 2.1 million acre
forest encompasses five wilderness areas, hundreds of mountain lakes and 6,278
miles of streams and rivers. For more information, visit
www.fs.fed.us/r5/shastatrinity/home-page/rac<o:p></o:p></p>
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