09:50 AM PDT on Tuesday, April 27, 2004
By BRAD CAIN, Associated Press Writer
SALEM -- Backers of a plan to set aside half the Tillamook and Clatsop forests to protect drinking water, salmon and recreational uses predict they will qualify the measure for the Nov. 2 ballot.
The deadline for turning in petition signatures is July 2, but the Tillamook plan's sponsors said Monday the campaign is going so well that they plan to submit their signatures a month from now.
It would require 75,630 valid signatures to qualify the measure.
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