Summary: <p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Jefferson Exchange – March 7, 2013, HOUR 1</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Buckley on the Budget </b><br> The nitty-gritty of the budget battle is about to begin in the Oregon legislature. Democrats and Republicans both laid out spending plans for the next two years, and both parties want to spend more on schools than the governor proposes. Ashland state representative <a href="http://www.leg.state.or.us/buckley/" target="_blank"><strong>Peter Buckley</strong></a> chairs the budget-proposing Ways and Means Committee in the House... he will join us to explain the Democrats' plan, the Republicans' response, and how anybody proposes paying for more school money.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Stocking with Dead Fish </b><br> You've heard of fish-stocking programs… live fish are transported to lakes or rivers to fill out the fish populations and help the ecosystem. But Oregon Fish and Wildlife's <a href="http://www.dfw.state.or.us/fish/RE/" target="_blank"><strong>Restoration & Enhancement</strong></a> program also dumps salmon carcasses to put nutrients in streams. You'll hear how the program works.</p>
