GERALD BOGEN
herons (c°n,inued,r°mpa9ei)
Although they feed in separate areas, herons nest in colonies. The
McKenzie Island heronry was surveyed in 1975 by great blue heron
expert Scott English. He located 25 nesting trees containing 72 active
nests. The nests were in the upper branches of mature black cotton
woods.
“Any gravel extraction that close to the McKenzie Island heronry
would cause abandonment of the heronry," English says. "The dike
application, if permitted by the state, would dose off a valuable feeding
area, especially for immature birds that could not fly great distances for
food.
"The key to successful heronries are sedusion, lack of human
disturbance and the proximity of feeding areas. If permits were to be
issued for excavation, espedally during the breeding season, we would
lose our largest heronry," he adds.
English is also concerned that if excavated gravel is used to build
the dike dosing off the McKenzie backwater near the heronry, a major
rock crushing operation could be installed in the area. Noise from a rock
crusher more than a mile away can be heard at the heronry this year.
"Any noise level increase at the heronry could force abandonment
of the nests by nervous herons," English says. “Alternatives for relocat
ing in the Eugene area are limited. Herons depend on the mature black
cottonwoods in the valley, which are found in a very thin band of dense
vegetation adjacent to river channels.
"These riparians belts are limited and rapidly diminishing as the
Willamette Valley becomes developed. Even if they could relocate,
studies have shown that reproductivity drops off after they abandon
their historical nesting sites.”
To lose the largest heronry in the valley alone would not be fatal to
valley populations. However, English believes that agendes have been
allowing heronries to be eliminated piecemeal. At some point, he says,
either the heronries or the habitat needed for new heronries will have to
be preserved, or else there will be no more herons reproduced.
The Oregon Division of State Lands (DSL), which must authorize
all major gravel excavations within the state, has issued a permit to
Eugene Sand and Gravel for excavation of the point bar. A separate
permit for building the nearby dike is being processed by DSL, but has
been opposed by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW).
"The proposed dike and subsequent gravel removal would change
the habitat character by eliminating McKenzie River water exchange,
change water levels and eliminate valuable shallow shoreline," Brent
Forsberg, a staff biologist for ODFW, commented to the division of state
lands.
The ODFW also commented on the point bar excavation permit
when it was processed. As a result of their recommendations, excava
tion will not be allowed from August 31 to March 1 to protect fish runs
and fish eggs that are laid in the gravel bars. A recommendation by
ODFW wildlife biologists to limit excavation during the herons breeding
season (from February until early July) was rejected by the DSL when
the permit was issued.
Another provision of the permit that limits the gravel excavation to
10,000 cubic yards has been appealed by Eugene Sand and Gravel.
They originally requested to excavate 40,000 cubic yards. They have
stopped paying permit applications fees until a public hearing is held by
DSL on their complaint. DSL has agreed to hold the hearing after the
Corps finishes its aspect of the permit process.
Oregon Daily Emerald
Bogen sums up six-year term
Story and photo
by LORI PETERSON
Of the Emerald
“I would much rather fade
away....”
But Gerald Bo gen, who is leav
ing his six-year stint with the Uni
versity administration this month,
will be lucky if the years he spent
at Oregon lose any of their color.
Bogen will be leaving the office
of vice-president of student af
fairs, but he has also served as an
assistant to Ray Hawk, vice
president for administration and
finance, before assuming his pre
sent position in 1971.
Bogen’s years at this University
coincided with one of the most un
traditional periods in the history of
the American university. Bogen,
however, does not look at the role
he played in terms of its historical
significance. “I was hired to do a
job,” he says.
Bogen, who has served under
both former University Pres.
Robert Clark and current Univer
sity Pres. William Boyd, often has
had to act as the arm of the presi
dent.
“He was definitely a company
man," says Dick Reynolds, former
EMU director and current man
ager of the Memorial Coliseum in
Portland. “He represented the in
stitution as portrayed by the Uni
versity president and was ex
tremely loyal to the University.”
Don McCarty, director of Career
Planning and Placement, agrees
that Bogen was often a right-hand
mein to the president. "That kind of
faith in his abilities was clear, very
dear,” says McCarty.
But serving in the role of
president’s confidante was not
always easy during the turbulent
1960s and early 1970s.
“Sometimes it was difficult
to be perceived as the heavy,”
says Bogen, “to be representing
the inside; but I don’t remember
any criticism from those people
(Clark/Boyd). They never se
cond-guessed my judgment."
When bombing was stepped up
in North Vietnam, students
throughout the country expressed
their outrage and concern. Here,
Bogen gave the final word allow
ing University students to dig a
symbolic bomb crater in front of
the ROTC building.
But according to former ASUO
Pres, lain More, the way Bogen
was to carry through that decision
was typical. “He (Bogen) was so
damn bureaucratic, he called the
Campus Planning Committee to
see if they could locate a place to
dig the bomb craters,” says More.
The ROTC site was finally agreed
upon—to some faculty members'
dismay — and a later, unplanned
digging took place in front of
Johnson Hall.
Bogen was also involved with
trying to keep order during those
years. According to Eugene
Police Capt. Pat Larion, “many
confrontations were .avoided be
cause he listened to both sides.”
Larion says Bogen was able to
bridge the gap between students
and the police department.
Bogen admits he has had some
disappointments during his years
at the University. He says he feels
“a high sense of frustration in the
area of providing good education
for minority students.”
Bogen initiated the Upward
Bound Program on this campus in
1964, one of three programs in the
nation that received federal fund
ing. A pre-college preparatory
program designed for people from
low-income backgrounds, Up
ward Bound was phased out with
the minority cultural centers in
1975 by Boyd.
Looking back, though, Bogen is
proud of the national role he has
played in student issues. Feeling
that recent legislation aimed at
protecting student privacy is un
workable, he has lobbied in
Washington D C. for repeal of the
laws.
Bogen has not yet announced
his future plans.
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