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Wednesday, January 6, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Land Trust to host Nature Nights
The Deschutes Land Trust
(DLT) has announced its
winter Nature Nights series.
From salmon and steelhead
to lichen to cougars, the
Land Trust is offering free,
monthly presentations on
nature-related topics given
by experts in their field.
Presentations include:
• January 27: Salmon in
the Deschutes — 7 to 8:30
p.m., The Tower Theatre in
Bend.
Large, ocean-going
salmon historically returned
annually to the Deschutes
River and many of its tribu-
taries. Today salmon and
steelhead are coming back
to their home waters after
an absence of nearly 50
years. Join retired fisher-
ies biologist Don Ratliff
for an illustrated overview
of salmon and steelhead in
the Deschutes River basin.
Learn about their historic
and present distributions,
their life histories, and how
they fit into the extremely
diverse river system that is
the Deschutes River.
• February 24: Lichens
— The extreme fungi — 7
to 8:30 p.m., The Tower
Theatre.
Have you ever wondered
what the neon tufts growing
on our local junipers are?
Then join DLT for an illumi-
nating evening about lichens!
That neon green is actually
a lichen: a fungus growing
together with an alga to make
a specialized growth form.
Lichenologist Daphne
Stone will lead a tour of
lichens: what they are, how
they survive in diverse and
often extreme habitats,
and how they are different
from other fungi. Look at
Disposing of your
Christmas tree
It’s a sad ritual of the
season — that fresh, green
Christmas Tree you brought
into the house with so much
joy just a few weeks ago has
to go now.
Dried up Christmas trees
are a fire hazard, so it’s
important that you get the
chore taken care of. So how
best to get rid of it?
Local Boy Scouts aren’t
doing tree pick-up this year,
but the Sisters Community
Church youth group will
pick up your tree for a dona-
tion. Contact Nate Roy at
541-598-4321.
You can simply put your
tree out with your trash and
High Country Disposal will
pick it up — and add a $5
surcharge to your garbage
collection bill.
You can drop off your
tree at Harmony Farms
sanctuary for their animals
to enjoy — email harmony
farmsanctuary@gmail.com
for information.
Or you can just drop
your tree off at the Sisters
Recycling Center through
January.
blm photo by Alec bryAn
Have you ever wondered what the neon tufts growing on our junipers are?
interesting lichens around the
Pacific Northwest, includ-
ing lush lichens in coastal
Oregon, lichens that fix
nitrogen from the air in the
Cascades, brilliant crustose
lichens on rocks in dry areas,
and delicate soil crust lichens
that protect the deserts of
eastern Oregon.
• March 30: Cougar con-
servation in the 21st century
— 7 to 8:30 p.m., The Tower
Theatre.
Our relationship with
predators, particularly large
predators, is driven by a fas-
cination and curiosity that
is primal. Cougars are one
such species where human/
predator interactions seem
dramatic, but are nonethe-
less extremely rare. Join
biologist Rick Hopkins to
learn more about cougars
and the conservation efforts
needed to provide both habi-
tat and connectivity for the
species. Rick will explore
the biology and ecology of
cougars, the history of preda-
tor management and con-
servation including myths
that are often perpetuated,
and suggest a framework
for modernizing predator
management that promotes
conservation.
Nature Nights are free,
but a ticket is required.
Register online at www.
deschuteslandtrust.org.
The Deschutes Land Trust
conserves land for wild-
life, scenic views, and local
communities. As Central
Oregon’s only nationally
accredited and locally based
land trust, the Deschutes
Land Trust has protected
more than 8,750 acres since
1995. For more information
on the Deschutes Land Trust,
call 541-330-0017 or visit
www.deschuteslandtrust.org.
New York woman’s
body is a brewery
By Mary Esch
Associated Press
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) —
Drunken-driving charges
against an upstate New York
woman have been dismissed
based on an unusual defense:
Her body is a brewery.
A lawyer representing the
woman says her blood-alco-
hol level has been recorded
at four times the legal limit
when she hasn’t had a drink.
She didn’t discover her rare
condition until after her
arrest.
Attorney Joseph Marusak
says he submitted medi-
cal evidence of his client’s
condition, known as “auto-
brewery syndrome,” to a sub-
urban Buffalo judge who dis-
missed the DWI charges this
month.
The condition is believed
to be caused by high levels of
yeast in the gut. The woman
is now on a low-carbohydrate
diet that has brought it under
control.
Marusak declined to name
the woman, citing medi-
cal confidentiality laws, and
he says the case has been
sealed.
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