Willamette Valley
The facts on Measure 37 claims in the Willamette Valley
- The Willamette Valley is particularly hard hit by Measure 37.
Benton, Lane, Linn, Marion, Polk and Yamhill counties have a total of
2,259 Measure 37 claims, covering nearly 167,000 acres. For the sake of
comparison, the entire City of Portland covers 85,952 acres of land.
- Marion County was the top agricultural county in Oregon in
2006, generating over $585 million in income. Linn, Yamhill, and Polk
counties were also in the top 10. Across the states, Measure 37 would
take hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland permanently out of
production by paving over them for subdivisions.
- About 10% of Yamhill County's agriculturally zoned land
involved Measure 37 claims. Marion County could be the site of more
than 251 new subdivisions.
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