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Mermaid spotted at Fir Street Park page 5 Sisters artist’s book is on the street page 7 Quilts in the Garden to feature raffle chances page 21 The Nugget Vol. XLI No. 26 P OSTAL CUSTOMER News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon www.NuggetNews.com Wednesday, June 27, 2018 Most Milli-damaged trails remain open By Craig F. Eisenbeis Correspondent In the wake of last year’s 24,000-acre Milli Fire, the good news is that almost all trails within the burn perim- eter are open for use. The bad news? Well, that’s pretty obvious: more forest destruc- tion has been added to our ever-growing local inventory of thousands of burned and blackened acres in Sisters Country. The Forest Service is working hard to clear trails of debris and fallen trees. In the meantime, even trails that have not been fully cleared are still passable, albeit with more than a few obstacles to negotiate. The only major closure remaining is the Black Crater Trail, which is very... black. By all accounts, this trail is pretty much com- pletely, and severely, burned over — except for portions near the very summit of Black Crater, where some Correspondent Fisheries biologists have found a record number of redband trout redds, or nests, during their 2017-2018 sur- veys on the Metolius River. This indicates that the river’s trout population remains strong and healthy. “We have found that the primary spawning areas on the Metolius River for red- band trout are from the mouth of Spring Creek to the head- waters, and in Lake Creek and Abbot Creek,” said Nate Dachtler, assistant district fisheries biologist for the Deschutes National Forest’s Sisters Ranger District. Surveyors documented Inside... Sisters continues to wrestle with short-term rentals By Sue Stafford Correspondent and emphasized that the clo- sure is seen as temporary. There was obvious frustra- tion in the room last Thursday when the Sisters Planning Commission again discussed short-term rentals, after hav- ing already passed on their recommendation to the City Council. Following directions from the Council at their May 23 workshop, City planning staff is looking at incorporating See TRAILS on page 31 See RENTALS on page 25 PHOTO BY CRAIG EISENBEIS The landscape immediately surrounding both Matthieu Lakes was not burned in last year’s Milli Fire. of the old bristlecone pines reportedly survive. Amy Racki, recreation team leader for the Sisters Record redd counts on Metolius River By Jim Yuskavitch PRE-SORTED STANDARD ECRWSS U.S. POSTAGE PAID Sisters, OR Permit No. 15 1,947 redds in those stream reaches for the 2017-18 spawning surveys. For 2016- 17 they located 1,244 and 1,174 for 2015-16. These redd surveys were begun with the 1995-96 red- band spawning season, which on the Metolius runs from December through May, although most of the fish spawn between January and March, peaking in February. The surveys are coopera- tively done by the U.S. Forest Service, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and Portland General Electric, but volunteers play an important role. According to Dachtler, they typically get about 20 See REDBAND on page 20 Ranger District, said that her agency hopes to have the Black Crater Trail open again before the end of summer 100 years of a country store By Sue Stafford Correspondent Walking into the Camp Sherman store, a local greets proprietor Roger White with, “How are you, Mr. Mayor?” The Camp Sherman Store and Fly Shop is surely the heart of this small commu- nity on the banks of the wild and scenic Metolius River. Roger and Kathy White have been the tenders of that heart for the past 22 years. In honor of its 100th anni- versary, the store is holding a barbecue on Saturday, July 7, starting at 5 p.m., with wine tasting from 3 to 6 p.m. The public is invited to celebrate 100 years of continuous operation of the same busi- ness in the same location. Roger says Kathy is living her ultimate dream of owning PHOTO BY JIM CORNELIUS The Camp Sherman Store has been serving the local community for a century. They’re celebrating next weekend. the store. She and her fam- ily were regular visitors to Camp Sherman when she was a child, and she worked in the store in the summer as a teenager. Kathy’s brother See 100 YEARS on page 30 Letters/Weather ................ 2 Sisters Naturalist ............. 10 Entertainment ..................13 Obituaries ....................... 18 Classifieds ..................26-28 Meetings ........................... 3 Announcements ................12 Sisters Saver ....................15 Crossword ....................... 25 Real Estate .................29-32
