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Wednesday, July 26, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Search and rescue team Habitat plan on the table for basin
helps dog on trail
A dog that
developed paw
problems got
help from local
search and rescue
volunteers last
week.
On July 18
nine members
of the Camp
Sherman Hasty
Team responded
to Square Lake in
the Mt. Jefferson
Wilderness area
to transport an
injured dog back
to the trailhead.
PHOTO PROVIDED
Mike Harding
of Portland and Leon got a sweet ride from Hasty Team volunteers.
his dog Leon — a 110-pound transported to Round Lake
Rottweiler — were on a two- where he was placed into a
day camping trip on the east vehicle and transported to a
side of the Cascades when veterinarian in Portland.
Hasty Team members
the pads on Leon’s paws
started to bleed due to the hot believe Leon enjoyed the ride
and rocky trail surface. Leon out more than the hike in.
The Hasty Team recom-
made it to Square Lake but
could barely stand. Harding mends considering the trail
contacted the Jefferson surface and temperature when
County Sheriff’s Office for you take your dog out hiking.
Just like humans they need to
help.
The Camp Sherman Hasty be in shape for the adventure
Team hiked into Square Lake you have planned as well as
with a wheeled litter. Leon prepared for any and all types
was loaded onto the litter and of conditions and weather.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service and National Marine
Fisheries Service are work-
ing with The Deschutes
Basin Board of Control and
City of Prineville to develop
a Deschutes Basin Habitat
Conservation Plan to mini-
mize potential impacts to
five listed and nonlisted spe-
cies that may result from the
irrigation and related water
management operations in
the Deschutes Basin.
Members of the public are
invited to attend four pub-
lic meetings that are being
held as part of the scop-
ing process, an initial step
in developing the Habitat
Conservation Plan.
The aquatic species
covered in the Habitat
Conservation Plan include
three federally listed spe-
cies (Oregon spotted frog,
bull trout, and steelhead)
and two non-listed spe-
cies (sockeye salmon and
spring Chinook salmon).
The plan covers the major-
ity of the 10,000-square-mile
Deschutes River basin, with
the exception of the Metolius
River basin.
“This planning process
brings together partners to
collaborate on a science-
based strategy that will not
only conserve imperiled spe-
cies in the Deschutes Basin,
but also provide predict-
ability to water users,” said
Bridget Moran, the Service’s
Bend Field Supervisor. “We
want input from all interested
parties to ensure the planning
process is inclusive and has
addressed all possible issues
and concerns.”
The primary purpose of
the scoping process is to
encourage Federal, Tribal,
State and local governments,
and the public to help the
Service and applicants iden-
tify issues and alternatives
related to the proposed action.
Input will be used to prepare
a draft Environmental Impact
Statement under the National
Environmental Policy
Act.
The agencies develop-
ing the Habitat Conservation
Plan will hold a public meet-
ing on Tuesday, August 15,
at the U.S. Forest Service
office 63095 Deschutes
Market Rd. in Bend from
2 to 4 p.m. and again from
6 to 8 p.m.
Written comments will
be accepted until September
22, and can be submitted at
the public meetings or by
mail. For further instructions
visit https://www.fws.gov/
oregonfwo/.
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