William Charles Morris cartoon, illustrating the prediction of Secretary of the Interior Gifford Pinchot, who warned U.S. timber resources in the west would be depleted.
1903: Southern Pacific Railroad, which acquired the O&C railroad, announces it will no longer sell land, in violation of terms of the land grant[2]
1907: Three Arch Rocks first National Wildlife Refuge established west of Mississippi[3]
1907: Walter Lafferty begins lawsuit on behalf of 18 western Oregon counties affected by the land fraud scandal
1913: public access to beaches formalized—originally for use as highways—codified general public understanding under Oswald West[4]
1916: U.S. Congress passes Chamberlain-Ferris Act, which established payments for timber sales on 2.4 million acres of O&C lands, located in 18 Oregon counties; modified by the Stanfield Act of 1926[5][6]
1937: Congress passes the Oregon and California Railroad and Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant Lands Act of 1937 (O&C Act), which further modifies the terms of the timber payments to O&C counties; payments are reduced in 1953.[7]
1993: Congress passes the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 which replaces timber payments with "safety net" payment to 72 rural counties, including the O&C counties. Payments are to last until 2000.[7]
1994: The Northwest Forest Plan is implemented and defines land use on federal lands in the Northwest that sharply reduces timber harvest
2001: Northwest Coastal Forest Plan established, aimed to balance demands on forests in Tillamook and Clatsop counties. Largely regarded as a failure by 2008.[9]
2007: No extension to SRSCSDA is passed and federal payments to rural Oregon counties end; beginning July 1, 2008 Oregon loses $238 million in federal payments[10]
2008: 4-year extension to SRSCSDA is surprisingly included in Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. Rep. DeFazio and Sen. Wyden, two of the biggest supporters of extending the payments to Oregon counties, vote against the bill due to their opposition to the overall bailout bill.[11]
2011: With the extension to SRSCSDA expiring soon, backed by Governor John Kitzhaber and the entire Oregon congressional delegation, Senator Ron Wyden introduces legislation to extend the payments for another five years.[12] Republican and Democratic members of Oregon's congressional delegation have proposed setting aside some of the federal land in Oregon as public trusts in which half would be designated for harvest to provide revenue for the counties, and half designated as a conservation area.[13][14][15]
2012: The extension to SRSCSDA expires in January. President Obama's proposed 2013 United States federal budget includes $294 million to extend the program for fiscal year 2013 with a plan to continue the payments for four more years, with the amount declining 10% each year.[14] Congress does not take up the President's proposal, but include a one-year extension to SRSCSDA in its omnibus transportation bill, which is signed by the President.[16][17][18] This is expected to be the last renewal of the program.[16]
1998: Measure 65 (sought to roll back land use regulation, failed)
1999: Measure 56 passed 80%
2000: Measure 2 (sought to roll back land use regulation, failed, 47% yes)
Measure 7 — an amendment to the Oregon Constitution which is subsequently declared illegal — passed. controversial but uncontested title language(?) Overturned by Oregon Supreme Court.[25]
2004: Measure 37 passed (61%). controversial, uncontested title language(?)
2005–2009: Oregon Big Look Task Force, a citizen commission created by SB 82 of the 2005 session, charged with bringing land use recommendations to 2009 legislature.
2007: Measure 49 repeals/modifies much of Measure 37.
Regulatory taking—the concept that regulating land use constitutes a "taking" of property value, thus should be considered an exercise of eminent domain
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^U. S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management. "O&C Counties Historical Information". Retrieved February 14, 2012.
^Association of O&C Counties. "History of the O&C Lands". Retrieved February 14, 2012.
^ a b cOregon Heritage Forests. "Legal History of O&C Lands". Archived from the original on September 16, 2007. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
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^Mortenson, Eric (January 21, 2012). "Loss of federal forest payments has Oregon counties looking for revenue while having millions that can't be tapped". The Oregonian. Retrieved February 14, 2012.
^ a bPope, Charles (February 13, 2012). "Payments to cash-strapped rural counties included in White House budget proposal". The Oregonian. Retrieved February 14, 2012.
^Pope, Charles (February 15, 2012). "County timber payments plan moving fast in U.S. House". The Oregonian. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
^ a bBarnard, Jeff (June 30, 2012). "Congress extends timber payments". Ashland Daily Tidings. Retrieved July 1, 2012.
^Pope, Charles (June 29, 2012). "Congress clears transportation bill carrying $100 million for Oregon's financially squeezed rural counties". The Oregonian. Retrieved July 1, 2012.
^"Timber payments get Obama's OK". The Union Democrat. July 11, 2012. Retrieved July 20, 2012.
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^Beggs, C.E. (1973-05-28). "1st statewide planning commission will be created this year". Oregon Statesman. Salem, Oregon: Gannett Company. p. Section 1:6.
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^League of Oregon Cities v. State, 334 Or. 645, 56 P.3d 892 (2002) Archived 2007-04-26 at the Wayback Machine