Oregon Senate passes bill increasing compensation to ranchers for wolf kills

From BakerCityHerald.com:

ENTERPRISE — State Sen. Todd Nash has accomplished one of his chief goals as a new state senator — getting the Legislature’s upper house to pass an update to Oregon’s wolf depredation compensation program. The Senate in a 28-1 vote on March 25 passed Senate Bill 777. Nash was the chief sponsor for the bill that now moves to the House, where Rep. Bobby Levy, R-Echo, is championing the legislation, which has yet to be assigned to a committee.

The bill provides what Nash said is “fair compensation for ranchers who lose livestock or working dogs to confirmed wolf kills while increasing funding for nonlethal deterrence,” according to a press release.

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