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30 Wednesday, April 21, 2021 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon PLANS: Numerous projects are underway this spring Continued from page 1 The new headquarters will have three separate wings meant to symbolize the Three Sisters 4 Faith, Hope, and Charity. Reid hopes that work will begin on a new warehouse in 2022 and on the new head- quarters in 2023. Within the building will be a con- ference room that will be made available to 501(c)(3) organizations after hours. Housing for seasonal staff will also be located on the property. The new station is necessary to keep us here (in Sisters) — Sisters District Ranger Ian Reid Seasonal work getting underway A great deal of work is planned or underway on the District to mitigate dam- age to the National Forest from fires over the last several years. Thousands of new trees are being planted in the Milli Fire scar around Highway 242 west of Sisters, which is scheduled to open on June 21. Since the Cache Mountain Fire in 2002, the Sisters Area Fuel Reduction (SAFR) Program over the past 20 years has allowed for more successful fire suppression and safer for- est operations, according to Andrew Myhra, Cascade Division Fire Management Officer and Fuels Specialist. (See related story, page 1). Myhra said that there were 103 fire responses on the Sisters Ranger District in 2020 including the Green Ridge Fire caused by lightning, as well as the Lionshead Fire that started in the Metolius Basin and then turned and headed west over the hill. Myhra warned that if there is a rapid spring melt-off of snow, there could be an earlier start to the 2021 fire season. Haley Anderson, Sisters Ranger District Silviculturist and Vegetation Manager, explained the danger tree removal project on last year9s Green Ridge fire area to provide for long-term public and employee safety along the roadside. The tim- ber sale in that area is being used as a tool to conduct the project, and is not the reason for the project. Danger trees are removed if they stand within one- and-a-half times their height from the road. If a danger tree (dead, dying or dis- eased) is 100-feet tall and it is 150-feet from the road, it is removed. A Green Ridge Landscape Restoration Project is being undertaken on 25,000 acres to improve forest resiliency and ecological function by thinning the trees, aspen restoration, and doing some prescribed burning. District Forester Steve Orange discussed the Suttle Lake Vegetation Project, which includes Camp Tamarack on Dark Lake south of Suttle Lake. The Forest Service hopes to be finished with the removal of dead, diseased, and danger trees around May 1. Other work in the area that will require weekday closures, will be at Link Creek (done by Memorial Day), the Suttle Lake Loop Trail campground area, and Scout Lake (done by mid-to- late June). These areas will be open to the public only on the weekends while work is underway. Roadside work will take place between Scout and Dark Lakes to remove danger, dead, and dying trees. According to Mike Reihle, District Fish Biologist, First Creek Road will be permanently closed and decommissioned. Decompacting of the road- bed will enable planting of vegetation to improve wild- life habitat. That work will be undertaken later in the summer. Areas of the Metolius River that have been restored by the instream Wood Placement Project have yielded three times as many Chinook salmon and two times as many red- band trout, according to the District. More logs are scheduled for placement in the river, but they will not be in the main channel and will not block boat passage. Campgrounds and permits All fee campsites on the Sisters Ranger District are available by reservations only on www.recreation. gov, according to Sarah B a u g h ma n , R e c re a tio n Team Leader for the district. All non-fee campgrounds are first come-first serve. Campers are encouraged when doing disbursed camp- ing to please use already established sites to avoid creating new sites. Baughman reminded equestrians to bring stock water with them to Graham Corral because there is cur- rently uncertainly as to whether or not water will be available. The new limited permit- ting system for the wilder- ness areas of Mt. Jefferson, Mt. Washington, and Three Sisters is necessary to protect the wilderness from more damage due to increased use by the public, according to Deschutes National Forest Staff Officer Lisa Machnik. Wilderness Permits in the Central Cascades Wilderness are required between the Friday of Memorial Day weekend and the last Friday in September for all over- night use. Some day use in these wilderness areas also requires permits. Planning a Home Construction or Renovation Project? Our team believes quality, creativity, and sustainability matter. 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Head Coach Jeff Larson is approaching the season some- what differently than normal, given how long athletes have been away from the sport, and the fact that the season is just over six weeks long. <Our goals for the sea- son are to have fun, provide competitive opportunities for our seniors since this is their last shot at high school track and field, and to lay a foun- dation which returning track athletes in 2022 can build upon,= he said. <My hope is to reintroduce the sport to our student-athletes.= With just two weeks of training under their belts, Larson had no expectations. <It was great to have the chance to compete in the spring sunshine,= said Larson. The Crook County Cowboys are always gracious hosts. We competed hard, to the best of our ability after only eight practices. Despite our limited time on the track, we still had nearly 20 personal records. Amazing!= Top performances on the girls side included wins by Anya Shockley (5 feet) in the high jump, Shelby Larson in the pole vault (9 feet) and Annie Cohen in the 400 meters (1:15.5). The boys team had victo- ries by 2019 state champion Brody Anderson in the 400 (54.52), Carson Brown in the javelin (140 feet 2 inches), Taine Martin in the high jump (5 feet 6 inches) and pole vault (10 feet), and Hayden Sharp in the long jump 19 feet 7 inches and 110 hurdles (18.13). Larson remains optimis- tic about the Outlaws9 track program. <The program lost a lot of momentum last year from the shutdown,= he said. <I9m thrilled to see over 50 middle schoolers out on the track each day at practice, so even though our high school numbers are light, I think the future is bright ....= SUDOKU SOLUTION for puzzle on page 27 Grounded in your community • Superior closing experiences • Strong relationships that last • Services and online resources that are second to none Stop by and visit with Shelley Marsh & Tiana Van Landuyt. 220 S. Pine St., Ste. 102 | westerntitle.com | 541-548-9180
