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Article Excerpt
In Oregon, we call it clearcutting--the practice of chopping down large portions of timber forest with no thought for future growth or the environmental, economic, or aesthetic consequences of eliminating a valuable natural resource.
In March, as governors and legislators struggled to balance their budgets in a time of economic downturn and reduced revenues, clear-cutting of state arts agencies--their complete elimination--was on the table in Oregon, New Jersey, Missouri, and Arizona.
According to Ed Dickey, who heads the National Endowment for the Arts' partnership program, which distributes matching funds to state arts agencies, "arts in the states will not survive in effective form without state support. It's still relatively early in the process," he said, but "it's critical to maintain the infrastructure of support so it is there when times get better. Once it has been eliminated,...
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