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So many of the saw mills are vanishing. one county in southern oregon once had 22 thriving saw mills. now they have zero. the republican controlled house passed legislation last week that would allow more logging on federal land. it would save some of those jobs, but they also say environmentalists in the senate as they are putting up a fight for that. dan is live and just how tough is it for these rural timber counties. >> it is extremely difficult. it is three times higher than the overall jobless rate in the state of oregon. when the rough and ready mill shutdown they lost their jobs and th...

This year. among the legislative solutions being discussed in salem, having the state take over functions like elections, building inspections and taxation, and letting the governor impose attacks to pay for public safety. >> there are real people in these counties, that if the state does need to step in and perform some services for a certain period ever time then we need to be there to do that. >> reporter: the state has not yet figured out how it would pay for those services, heather. heather: are there other options? >> reporter: well, yeah, people in these timber counties say it's pretty ...