{"id":19175,"date":"2024-04-19T16:39:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T20:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=19175"},"modified":"2025-06-18T17:43:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T21:43:54","slug":"wyden-merkley-announce-47-7-million-in-secure-rural-schools-funds-to-oregon-counties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/wyden-merkley-announce-47-7-million-in-secure-rural-schools-funds-to-oregon-counties\/","title":{"rendered":"Wyden, Merkley Announce $47.7 Million in Secure Rural Schools Funds to Oregon Counties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Oregon receives the most SRS funds of any state in the country<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Washington DC&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><strong>\u2014&nbsp;<\/strong>U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley this week announced that 30 Oregon counties will receive more than $47.7 million in federal payments under the&nbsp;<em>Ley de Escuelas Rurales Seguras y Autodeterminaci\u00f3n Comunitaria (SRS)<\/em>&nbsp;for schools and road maintenance, youth job training, wildfire prevention, watershed restoration and habitat conservation. These funds are allocated from the U.S. Forest Service, with more expected from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThe Secure Rural Schools Act has helped rural communities in Oregon and across the nation to be even better places to live and work,\u201d<strong>&nbsp;said Wyden, who co-authored the original SRS law in 2000 and secured three additional years of SRS funding in the 2021&nbsp;<em>Ley de Infraestructura Bipartidista<\/em><\/strong>.&nbsp;\u201cThis direct investment in Oregon counties will help create opportunities for young Oregonians, generate jobs and economic growth, and promote public safety. These are the types of federal investments I fought for more than two decades ago when SRS originally passed, and that I will keep battling to support rural communities throughout the state.\u201c<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cSecure Rural Schools payments are critical for our rural communities here in Oregon and across America because these investments provide essential support for our schools, key infrastructure projects, public safety, and wildfire mitigation efforts,\u201d <strong>dijo Merkley.&nbsp;<\/strong>\u201cThese USFS investments in rural Oregon counties with federal forest lands will help secure the resources they need to stay safe and strong, and I\u2019ll keep fighting to uphold the federal government\u2019s promise to continue this vital program.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>El&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usda.gov\/media\/press-releases\/2024\/04\/12\/usda-forest-service-invests-more-232m-support-schools-roads-other\">$47.7 million for SRS nationwide<\/a>&nbsp;provides critical funding for schools, roads, and other municipal services to more than 700 U.S. counties. 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