PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has distributed over $27.7 million in timber revenue payments to 18 counties in western Oregon.

The proposed budget bill would increase logging on federal lands, but most of that money won't go to Oregon counties that typically receive a portion of timber sales.

Eighteen counties in western Oregon received a financial boost with more than $27 million coming from the Bureau of Land Management. The funding comes from timber harvested from BLM-managed lands ...