✷✟ ➋✠✆✡ ❖☛☞✡ ❱✡
➣↔↕➙
↕➣➛➛➜➝
Þßàáâ
ãäåæç èé êëèåæçì íæëîï ððì
ñïò óôéñ åæç äõ ðöô÷øãïòëò æëò
ðóù åæçé úòõñ èû ñïò çòæëø
Baker County commissioner Haines public works
part of new wildfire council director issues claims
➞➟ ➠➡➟➢➤➥ ➠➡➦➤➧➟
❰➘➶ â➴Ò➬×❐❒Ö ï✃➶ ➬➶➶❮ ➪➴
against mayor
➨➩➫➭➯➲ ➳➩➵➫ ➸➩➺➻➼➽➩
Ô➚Ü➶ ➱Ò➘➶ ➷➶ ➚➘➶ ❮➴❐➬Ñ
years have shown resi-
dents across Oregon that
Mark Bennett is pleased
to serve on Oregon Gov.
➾➚➪➶ ➹➘➴➷➬➮➱ ➬➶➷ ✃❐❒❮❰➘➶
Response Council. Although
everything we can, and that
we are building support
for the sustainable funding
needed to change this pat-
➚Ï➪➶➘ ➪Ð➶ Ñ➘➴ÒÓ➮➱ ❰➘➱➪ Ô➶➶➪ - ➪➶➘➬Ö à➮Ô ➱➴ Ó❒➶➚➱➶❮ ➪➴ Õ➘❐➬Ñ
ing Monday, he feels a bit Ô➚➬Ú ➶ìÓ➶➘➪➱ ➪➴Ñ➶➪Ð➶➘ ➪➴
like a student who just aced ➪➚×Ü❒➶ ➪Ð❐➱ ❐ÔÓ➴➘➪➚➬➪ ❐➱➱Ò➶
calculus and then enrolls in ➪Ð➚➪ ❮➶➶Ó❒Ú ➚Ø➶×➪➱ í➘➶Ñ➴ -
➘➶Ô➶❮❐➚❒ ➚❒Ñ➶Õ➘➚Ö
nians and our lands.”
Bennett, a Baker County
Þßàáâüý þÿ ❨ þ ÿ ❨ þÞ
❖ û íæëîï ððì ô ✼✻✁ ì ñïò
❇ ëèñèéï ✂ æëúèæ ❛ òûñ ✄ æééòå ñïò
❙ ñæ ❛✄ ❆ îñ ñä ëæèéò ❛ äûòç
õëä ❛ ñïò ❆❛ òëèîæû îäúäûèòéì
✇ ïèîï ❤ òëîòúç ëòéèéñòå ñïò ñæ ☎ ø
✭ ãïò ❙ ñæ ❛✄ ❆ îñ ✇ æé ëò ✄ òæúòå æ
çòæë úæñòëø ✳
ß ✆ Þþÿý àáÞ ❚
■ û ôóóðì ✂ ëòéèåòûñ r ïòéñòë
❆ úæû ❆ ëñï t ë éè ✝ ûòå æ ❛ òæé t ëò
ä t ñúæ ✇ èû ✝ ✄ äúç ✝ æ ❛ çø
■ û ôó÷ùì ïäî ❦ òç ❡ é ❤ ëéñ ❙ ñæû ✲
úòç rt✄ îïæ ❛✄ èäûéïè ✄ ✝ æ ❛ ò
✇ æé ✄ úæçòå ✞ ïä ❛ ò ñòæ ❛ íäû ✲
ñëòæú åòõòæñòå ❖ ññæ ✇ æì ✟✲ ôø
■ û ô÷ ✟✟ ì å t ëèû ✝ ✂ ëäïè ✠ èñèäûì
✂ ëòéèåòûñ êëæû ❦ úèû ✡ ø ☛ ää ✲
éò s òúñ éè ✝ ûòå æ ❛ òæé t ëò ñä
❛ æ ❦ ò ✇ èûò æûå ✠ òòë îäûñæèû ✲
èû ✝ t✄ ñä ✟ øð ✄ òëîòûñ æúîäïäú
úò ✝ æúø
■ û ô÷ùôì ñïò ✾ ëæûå r ä t úòò
ïçåëäòúòîñëèî åæ ❛ èû ❲ æéïèû ✝✲
ñäû éñæñò äõ ❤ îèæúúç ✇ òûñ èûñä
ä ✄ òëæñèäûø
■ û ô÷ ✻✟ ìãïò ❇ òæñúòé ❡ åò ✠t ñ
æú ✠t❛ ì ➇✂ úòæéò ✂ úòæéò íòì ➈
✇ æé ëòúòæéòå èû ñïò ☞ ûèñòå
❑ èû ✝ åä ❛ ✠ ç ✂ æëúä ✄ ïäûòø
■ û ô÷ ✻ óì ✂ ëòéèåòûñ ✌ çûåäû ❇ ø
❏ äïûéäû æûûä t ûîòå ñïæñ ✾ òûø
❲ èúúèæ ❛ r ø ❲ òéñ ❛ äëòúæûåì
ñïò îä ❛❛ æûåòë äõ ❆❛ òëèîæû
õäëîòé èû ❱ èòñûæ ❛ ì ✇ ä t úå úòæ s ò
ñïæñ ✄ äéñ ñä ✠ òîä ❛ ò ñïò ☞ ø ❙ ø
❆ ë ❛ ç ❡ é ûò ✇ r ïèòõ äõ ❙ ñæõõø
❙ ñ t åòûñé æñ ñïò ☞ ûè s òëéèñç äõ
◆ æûñòëëò èû é t✠t ë ✠ æû ✂ æëèé
äîî t✄ èòå ñïò éîïääú ❡ é æå ❛ èû ✲
èéñëæñèäû ✠t èúåèû ✝ èû æ ✄ ëòú t åò
ñä ❛ æééè s ò ✄ ëäñòéñé èû êëæûîò
ñïæñ ✠ ò ✝ æû ñïò õäúúä ✇ èû ✝ íæçø
ãïò ❤ ëéñ ☛ òå ✌ ä ✠ éñòë ëòé ✲
ñæ t ëæûñ ä ✄ òûòå èû ✌ æ ❦ òúæûåì
êúäëèåæø
■ û ô÷ ✼ óì ❑ æëú ❲ æúúòûåæì ñïò
✼✟✲ çòæë ✲ äúå ✄ æñëèæëîï äõ ➇ ãïò
êúçèû ✝❲ æúúòûåæé ➈ ïè ✝ ï ✲✇ èëò
æîñì õòúú ñä ïèé åòæñï ✇ ïèúò
æññò ❛✄ ñèû ✝ ñä ✇ æú ❦ æ îæ ✠ úò
éñë t û ✝ ✠ òñ ✇ òòû ñ ✇ ä ïäñòú
ñä ✇ òëé èû ❙ æû ❏t æûì ✂t òëñä
☛ èîäø
■ û ô÷óóì ✠ äñï ïä t éòé äõ
r äû ✝ ëòéé ä s òëëäåò ✂ ëòéèåòûñ
☛ äûæúå ☛ òæ ✝ æû ❡ é s òñä äõ ñïò
r è s èú ☛ è ✝ ïñé ☛ òéñäëæñèäû ❆ îñø
■ û ô÷÷ôì ïè ✝ ï éîïääú èûéñë t î ✲
ñäë ✂ æ ❛ òúæ ❙❛ æëñì æîî t éòå äõ
ëòîë t èñèû ✝ ïòë ñòòûæ ✝ ò úä s òë
æûå ïèé õëèòûåé ñä ❦ èúú ïòë ï t é ✲
✠ æûåì ✾ ëò ✝ äëçì ✇ æé îäû s èîñòå
èû ✐☎ òñòëì ◆ ò ✇ ✱ æ ❛✄ éïèëòì äõ
❛t ëåòë ✲ îäûé ✄ èëæîç æûå ✠ òèû ✝
æû æîîä ❛✄ úèîò ñä ❛t ëåòë æûå
✇ æé éòûñòûîòå ñä úèõò èû ✄ ëèéäû
✇ èñïä t ñ ✄ æëäúòø
ßÞÞ ❚✍ â
▼✎✏✑✒✓✔✕✖✗ ✩✘✙✚ ✛✜✢✢✜✣✤
✁✲✻✲ ôô ✲ ùù ✲ ù ✻✲ ùó
▼✎✏✑ ▼✥✦✦✥✧★✖✗ ✩✪✫ ✛✜✢✢✜✣✤
ôö ✲ ùð ✲✁✟✲✻✼✲✻ ó ✲ ô ✁✲☎✟
P✧✬✎✮✒✑✦✦✗ ✩✯✰✪ ✛✜✢✢✜✣✤
ôö ✲ ôù ✲✁ ö ✲✁✟✲✻✟✲✂❇ ðô ✲☎ ð
✴✥★ ✵✧✮ ♦✥✵✎✗ ✶✷✸✹✺ ✰✫
✟ ö ✲✟ ô ✲✟✟✲✻ ö
P✥✔✕ ✽✗ ✶✷✸✹✺ ✰✿
❀ ❁ ❂❃❄❃❅ ❈❉❊❉❋❉●
❀ ❍ ❂❃❄❃❅ ●❉❋❉❋❉●
❀ ▲ ❂❃❄❃❅ ◗❉▲❉❊❉❍
❀ ❁❈ ❂❃❄❃❅ ❊❉❍❉❈❉❘
P✥✔✕ ✽✗ ✶✷✸✹✺ ✰✫
❀ ❁ ❂❃❄❃❅ ❊❉◗❉❁❉▲
❀ ❍ ❂❃❄❃❅ ❍❉❘❉❈❉●
❀ ▲ ❂❃❄❃❅ ●❉❋❉❁❉❍
❀ ❁❈ ❂❃❄❃❅ ❍❉❍❉◗❉❘
✍ ßáà ✍❚❯ ß ✍ Þ
❳❩❄❬❭❪❫ ❴❵ ❜❝❞❞❅
❀ ❢❣❫❥❧❭ ♠❪❭♥❵❣❅ ♣❈❈❉❋▲▲❉❘◗❘♣❃
❀♠❩❴❫❥❧❭♠❪❭♥❵❣❅●❈◗❉●♣♣❉❊❋❍❁❃
❋ ✁✂❆❨✱ ✄❆ ☎✆ ✝✝✱ ✝✞✶✾
LOCAL
×➴ÔÔ❐➱➱❐➴➬➶➘ ➚➬❮ ×➚➪➪❒➶
rancher in the southern
part of the county, said the
Bennett said the gov-
ernor’s goal of having the
×➴Ò➬×❐❒ ➘➶Ó➴➘➪ ❐➪➱ ❰➬❮❐➬Ñ➱
ÕÚ è➶Ó➪➶ÔÕ➶➘ ❐➱ ➚ÔÕ❐➪❐➴Ò➱
➱Ô➴Ü➶ß ➶Ý➚×Ò➚➪❐➴➬➱ ➚➬❮
blocked highways are no
❒➴➬Ñ➶➘ Ó➘➴Õ❒➶Ô➱ ×➴➬❰➬➶❮
to the sparsely populated
lands east of the Cascades,
Bennett believes another
threat — to drinking water
supplies — has also helped
to spur interest in taking ac-
tion at the state level.
During the Council’s ini-
➪❐➚❒ Ô➶➶➪❐➬Ñ ù➴➬❮➚Úß Ô➶Ô -
bers discussed the vulner-
➶Ø➶×➪➱ ➴Ï Õ❐Ñ Õ❒➚Ù➶➱ ➪Ð➚➪ but plausible.
➚Õ❐❒❐➪❐➶➱ ➪➴ ❰➘➶ ➴Ï ➪➷➴ Ô➚á➴➘
Ó➘➴ÔÓ➪➶❮ ➹➘➴➷➬ ➪➴ ×➘➶➚➪➶
Bennett, who is the only ➷➚➪➶➘ ➱ÒÓÓ❒❐➶➱ ú ë➴➘➪❒➚➬❮➮➱
the council by executive or- ×➴Ò➬➪Ú ×➴ÔÔ❐➱➱❐➴➬➶➘ Ï➘➴Ô Bull Run, the source of water
der in January are depress- east of the Cascades on the Ï➴➘ ➚❒Ô➴➱➪ æ Ô❐❒❒❐➴➬ Ó➶➴Ó❒➶ß
❐➬Ñ❒Ú Ï➚Ô❐❒❐➚➘ ➪➴ Ð❐Ô ➚➬❮ ➪➴ council, said he is especially and Ashland’s watershed.
other residents in Central ❐➬➪➶➘➶➱➪➶❮ ❐➬ Ó➘➴Ô➴➪❐➬Ñ
ãÐ❐➱ß ➪➴➴ß ûÒ➚❒❐❰➶➱ ➚➱ ➴❒❮
and Eastern Oregon.
Ô➴➘➶ ➚ÑÑ➘➶➱➱❐Ý➶ Ô➚➬➚Ñ➶ - news for Baker County.
Valleys clogged with Ô➶➬➪ ➴Ï ÓÒÕ❒❐× ❒➚➬❮ ➪➴ ×Ò➘Õ ➹➚Ü➶➘ â❐➪Ú ➴ð×❐➚❒➱ Ð➚Ý➶
❒Ò➬ÑÛ❐➘➘❐➪➚➪❐➬Ñ ➱Ô➴Ü➶Ö
➪Ð➶ ❰➘➶ ➪Ð➘➶➚➪Ö
been worried for decades
Green forests trans-
ëÒÕ❒❐× ❒➚➬❮ Ô➚Ü➶➱ ÒÓ about the possibility of
Ï➴➘Ô➶❮ ❐➬➪➴ ➱➷➚➪Ð➶➱ ➴Ï about 51 percent of Baker ➚ Ô➚á➴➘ ❰➘➶ ❐➬ ➪Ð➶ ×❐➪Ú➮➱
black bark and ashy soil.
â➴Ò➬➪Ú➮➱ ä Ô❐❒❒❐➴➬ ➚×➘➶➱Ö
10,000-acre watershed in
Rural residents forced to
öÏ➪➶➘ ➪Ð➶ ×➴Ò➬×❐❒➮➱ ❰➘➱➪ the Elkhorn Mountains.
➶Ý➚×Ò➚➪➶ ➚➱ Þ➚Ô➶➱ ➪Ð➘➶➚➪ - Ô➶➶➪❐➬Ñß ➹➶➬➬➶➪➪ ➱➚❐❮ Ð➶➮➱ èÒ×Ð ➚ Õ❒➚Ù➶ ×➴Ò❒❮ Ï➴➘×➶
➶➬➶❮ ➪Ð➶❐➘ Ð➴Ô➶➱ ➚➬❮ß Ó➴ - ➴Ó➪❐Ô❐➱➪❐× ➪Ð➚➪ Ô➶ÔÕ➶➘➱ ➪Ð➶ ×❐➪Ú ➪➴ ❰➬❮ ➚ ➪➶ÔÓ➴➘➚➘Ú
tentially, their lives.
➘➶➚❒❐Ù➶ ➪Ð➶ ➱×➴Ó➶ ➴Ï ➪Ð➶ ➘➶Ó❒➚×➶Ô➶➬➪ ➱➴Ò➘×➶ß ➚➬❮ ➪➴
à➬ áÒ➱➪ ➪Ð➶ Ó➚➱➪ ❰Ý➶ Ú➶➚➘➱ß Ó➘➴Õ❒➶Ôß ➷❐➪Ð Ý➚➱➪ ➚➘➶➚➱ ➴Ï ÕÒ❐❒❮ ➚ ÔÒ❒➪❐Ô❐❒❒❐➴➬Û❮➴❒❒➚➘
➷❐❒❮❰➘➶➱ Ð➚Ý➶ ➱×➚➘➘➶❮ Ô➴➘➶ forests across the state, but ❰❒➪➘➚➪❐➴➬ Ó❒➚➬➪Ö
than 150,000 acres in Bak-
➶➘ â➴Ò➬➪ÚÖ ãÐ➶ äåæç ❰➘➶
season was the worst, sta-
tistically, with the Cornet/
Windy Ridge Fire spread-
ing across 104,000 acres
south of Baker City. The
❒❐ÑÐ➪➬❐➬ÑÛ➱Ó➚➘Ü➶❮
especially east of the Cas-
×➚❮➶➱ß Õ➶❐➬Ñ ïÓÐ➶➬➴Ô➶➬➚❒ -
ly overstocked” with trees.
Experts say these dense
Whether or not the Wild-
Drought exacerbates the
the validity of the concerns
that people in Central and
Eastern Oregon have been
❰➘➶ â➴Ò➬×❐❒➮➱ ➷➴➘Ü Ú❐➶❒❮➱
➪➚➬Ñ❐Õ❒➶ß ➚➬❮ ➪❐Ô➶❒Úß Õ➶➬➶ -
❰➪➱ ❐➬ í➘➶Ñ➴➬ß ➹➶➬➬➶➪➪ ➱➚❐❮
Ï➴➘➶➱➪➱ ➚➘➶ Ô➴➘➶ ➱Ò➱×➶Ó➪❐Õ❒➶ Ð➶➮➱ Ñ➘➚➪❐❰➶❮ ➪Ð➚➪ ➴ð×❐➚❒➱
to insects and disease.
➚×➘➴➱➱ ➪Ð➶ ➱➪➚➪➶ ➘➶×➴Ñ➬❐Ù➶
Õ❒➚Ù➶ Ó➘➴Õ❒➶Ôß ➹➶➬➬➶➪➪ ➱➚❐❮Ö
was the biggest in county
history.
As a general rule, trees
➪Ð➚➪ ➶Ô➶➘Ñ➶ Ï➘➴Ô ➚ ❰➘➶ ➷❐➪Ð ➶ìÓ➘➶➱➱❐➬Ñ Ï➴➘ Ô➚➬Ú Ú➶➚➘➱Ö
➹Ò➪ ➱❐➬×➶ ➪Ð➶➬ß Ô➚á➴➘ ❰➘➶➱ their crowns unburned
ï✃➶ Ð➚Ý➶ ➪Ð❐➱ ÓÐ➶➬➴Ô -
Ð➚Ý➶ ÕÒ➘➬➶❮ ÔÒ×Ð ×❒➴➱➶➘ ➪➴ have a good chance to sur- enal risk, and we’ve been
Oregon’s population centers vive.
➶❮Ò×➚➪❐➬Ñ ➪Ð➶ Ô➚❐➬ Ó➴ÓÒ❒➚ -
west of the Cascades.
The Eagle Creek Fire,
➱➪➚➘➪➶❮ ❐➬ ➪Ð➶ â➴❒ÒÔÕ❐➚
Gorge by a teenager playing
But Bennett, who fre-
quently drives through the
heart of the Cornet/Windy
Ridge Fire while traveling
tion base in this state that
➪Ð❐➱ ❐➱ ❐ÔÓ➴➘➪➚➬➪ßõ ➹➶➬➬➶➪➪
➱➚❐❮Ö ïà Õ➶❒❐➶Ý➶ ➪Ð➶➘➶➮➱ Ô➴ -
Ô➶➬➪ÒÔ Ð➶➘➶ß ➚➬ ➴ÓÓ➴➘➪Ò -
➷❐➪Ð ❰➘➶➷➴➘Ü➱ ❐➬ è➶Ó➪➶ÔÕ➶➘ Ï➘➴Ô Ð❐➱ ➘➚➬×Ð ➬➶➚➘ ÷➬❐➪Ú nity to push this forward, to
2017, burned about 49,000 to Baker City for county Ô➴Ý➶ Ï➘➴Ô ×➴ÔÓ❒➚×➶➬×Ú ➪➴
acres and closed Interstate Ô➶➶➪❐➬Ñ➱ ➚➬❮ ➴➪Ð➶➘ ÕÒ➱❐ - action.”
éê Ï➴➘ Ô➴➘➶ ➪Ð➚➬ ➚ ➷➶➶ÜÖ
ness, said he has noticed
ãÐ➶ ❰➘➶ ➚❒➱➴ Ï➴Ò❒➶❮ ë➴➘➪ - ➪Ð➚➪ Ô➚➬Ú ➪➘➶➶➱ ➷❐➪Ð ❐➬➪➚×➪
land’s air with ash and
crowns have died since the
ing costs exceeding $533
Bennett acknowledges
➞➟ ü➡➢ý➟ üþ➤ÿ ✇ ý➟
➨➩➫➭➯➲ ➳➩➵➫ ➸➩➺➻➼➽➩
Ï➴➘ ➪Ð➶ ➱➚Ô➶ ➘➶➚➱➴➬➱Ö
But Brown announced
The public works direc-
➚➪ ➪Ð➶ ➱➪➚➘➪ ➴Ï ➪Ð➶ Ô➶➶➪❐➬Ñ
letter sent to city council-
not be discussed during the
agency and to drive ve-
hicles he wasn’t licensed to
operate.
Brandon Fry, who is the
city’s only public works
sion, which is closed to the
public.
Haines since January 2017.
Fry contends that Mayor
ò ✂✄ ➱➶➬➪ ➚ ❒➶➪➪➶➘ ➪➴ ➹➘➴➷➬
➪➴ ➬➴➪❐ÏÚ Ð❐Ô ➪Ð➚➪ ø➚❐➬➶➱
as the only candidate on
sewer discharge statistics
ends and holidays.
Fry said Brown later told
Ð❐Ô ➪➴ ➱ÒÕÔ❐➪ Ô➴➬➪Ð❒Ú ➘➶ -
that didn’t represent actual
recordings of the daily dis-
and other days on which
Fry didn’t actually take
readings.
In a letter he sent to the
Haines City Council on
March 7, Fry also contends
that when he was hired,
readings have occurred,”
Fry wrote in his letter to city
×➴Ò➬×❐❒➴➘➱Ö ïà➪ Ð➚➱ ×➴Ô➶ ➪➴
ÔÚ ➚➪➪➶➬➪❐➴➬ ➪Ð❐➱ Ó➘➚×➪❐×➶
truck and road grader.
brought his concerns to
even though he lacks the
license.
➹➘➴➷➬ ❮➶×❒❐➬➶❮ ➪➴ ×➴Ô -
relationship
Fry had planned to dis-
cuss his allegations during
the City Council’s March 12
Ô➶➶➪❐➬Ñß ➚➬❮ ➱➶Ý➶➘➚❒ Ó➶➴ -
words or opinions are not
being heard. I have grown
Ï➶➚➘ÏÒ❒ ➴Ï ➪➶➘Ô❐➬➚➪❐➴➬ Õ➶ -
cause of these illegal or eth-
ically wrong practices....”
➪➴➘ Ï➴➘ ø➚❐➬➶➱ ×❒➚❐Ô➱ ❐➬ ➚ that Fry’s allegations would
➴➘➱ ➪Ð➚➪ ➪Ð➶ Ô➚Ú➴➘ ➴➘❮➶➘➶❮ ➴Ó➶➬ Ô➶➶➪❐➬Ñß ÕÒ➪ ➷➴Ò❒❮
Ð❐Ô ➪➴ ➱➶➬❮ Ï➚❒➱❐❰➶❮ ➱➶➷➶➘ instead be addressed dur-
➱Ú➱➪➶Ô ➘➶×➴➘❮➱ ➪➴ ➚ ➱➪➚➪➶ ing a later executive ses-
➶ÔÓ❒➴Ú➶➶ß Ð➚➱ ➷➴➘Ü➶❮ Ï➴➘
â❐➪Ú ×➴Ò➬×❐❒➱ ×➚➬➮➪ Ô➚Ü➶
any decisions during ex-
ecutive sessions.
On Aug. 30, 2017, the
❐Ô ➹➘➴➷➬ß ➷Ð➴ ➷➚➱ ➘➶Û had failed to record sewer
➶❒➶×➪➶❮ ❐➬ ✁ ➴Ý➶ÔÕ➶➘ äåæé Þ➴➷ ❮➚➪➚ ➴➬ ➱➴Ô➶ ➷➶➶Ü -
➪Ð➶ Õ➚❒❒➴➪ß ➪➴❒❮ Ð❐Ô ➪➴ ➱➶➬❮
➪➴ ➪Ð➶ í➘➶Ñ➴➬ ò➶Ó➚➘➪Ô➶➬➪ Ó➴➘➪➱ ➪➴ ò ✂✄ ➪Ð➚➪ ❐➬×❒Ò❮➶❮
➴Ï ✂ ➬Ý❐➘➴➬Ô➶➬➪➚❒ ✄ Ò➚❒❐➪Ú ➘➶➚❮❐➬Ñ➱ Ï➘➴Ô ➷➶➶Ü➶➬❮➱
×Ð➚➘Ñ➶ Ý➴❒ÒÔ➶➱Ö
Ô➶➚➱Ò➘➶Ô➶➬➪➱Ö
ó➘Ú ➱➚❐❮ ➹➘➴➷➬ ➪➴❒❮ Ð❐Ô
“I was instructed by the
to do that rather than work Ô➚Ú➴➘ ➪➴ ☎ ÏÒ❮Ñ➶ ➪Ð➶ ➬ÒÔ -
➴Ý➶➘➪❐Ô➶ ➴➬ ➷➶➶Ü➶➬❮➱ ➚➬❮ Õ➶➘➱➮ ➚➬❮Ô➚Ü➶ ➴Ò➘ Ô➴➬➪Ð❒Ú
holidays to take the daily ñ➘➶Ó➴➘➪➱ô ➚ÓÓ➶➚➘ ➚➱ ❐Ï ➪Ð➶➱➶
is illegal with the state of
×❐➪Ú ➴ð×❐➚❒➱ Ü➬➶➷ Ð➶ ❮❐❮➬➮➪ í➘➶Ñ➴➬ ➚➬❮ Ô➴➘➚❒❒Ú ➷➘➴➬Ñ
Ð➚Ý➶ ➚ ×➴ÔÔ➶➘×❐➚❒ ❮➘❐Ý➶➘➮➱ in the interest of saving the
license, which is required â❐➪Ú Ô➴➬➶ÚÖõ
➪➴ ❮➘❐Ý➶ ➪Ð➶ ×❐➪Ú➮➱ ❮ÒÔÓ
Fry wrote after he
ø➶ ×❒➚❐Ô➱ ➹➘➴➷➬ ➪➴❒❮ ➹➘➴➷➬ß ➷❐➪Ð ➷Ð➴Ô Ð➶ ➱➚❐❮
Ð❐Ô ➪➴ ❮➘❐Ý➶ ➪Ð➶ Ý➶Ð❐×❒➶➱ he previously had a “great”
Ô➶➬➪ ➴➬ ó➘Ú➮➱ ❒➶➪➪➶➘Ö
Ó❒➶ ➚➪➪➶➬❮➶❮ ➪Ð➶ Ô➶➶➪❐➬Ñ
tion,”
that
relationship
ïÐ➚➱ Ñ➘➴➷➬ Ð➴➱➪❐❒➶ ➚➬❮ ÔÚ
➱Ô➴Ü➶Ö
❰➘➶ ÕÒ➘➬➶❮ ➪Ð➘➴ÒÑÐ ❐➬ öÒ -
ãÐ➶ äåæé ❰➘➶ ➱➶➚➱➴➬ ➷➚➱ gust 2015.
➪Ð➶ Ô➴➱➪ ➶ìÓ➶➬➱❐Ý➶ ❐➬ í➘ -
He attributes this to
➶Ñ➴➬ Ð❐➱➪➴➘Úß ➷❐➪Ð ❰➘➶❰ÑÐ➪ - drought.
Ô❐❒❒❐➴➬ß ➚××➴➘❮❐➬Ñ ➪➴ ➪Ð➶ ➪Ð➶ ✃❐❒❮❰➘➶ â➴Ò➬×❐❒ Ð➚➱
Northwest Interagency Co-
ordination Center.
That surpassed the $447
Ô❐❒❒❐➴➬ ➪➚Õ Ï➴➘ ➪Ð➶ äåæî ➱➶➚ -
son.
“All of a sudden people
no authority to dictate
➷❐❒❮❰➘➶➱ß ➶➱Ó➶×❐➚❒❒Ú ➶➚➱➪
➴Ï ➪Ð➶ â➚➱×➚❮➶➱ß ➚➘➶ Ô➴➱➪
×➴ÔÔ➴➬Ö ➹Ò➪ Ð➶ Ð➴Ó➶➱ ➪Ð➶
all of our responsibilities,”
Bennett said Wednesday.
encourage those agencies
to strive to accelerate the
the state. There are a lot of
westside folks who have not
historically experienced the
challenges we’ve had on the
east side.”
Brown has charged the
council, which has 19 regu-
which Bennett describes as
“glacial.”
Ð➴➷ Ï➶❮➶➘➚❒ ➚Ñ➶➬×❐➶➱ Ô➚➬ -
➫➭➯➲ ➳➵➸➺➻ ➺➼➽➼➾➳➚
➪➶➵➹➾➼➾➼➳➫➘
age the public land where
➚➘➶ ➘➶➚❒❐Ù❐➬Ñ ➪Ð➚➪ ➪Ð❐➱ ❐➱ council’s report will at least
ïà➪➮➱ ➬➴➪ áÒ➱➪ ➱➴Ô➶ ➚➘➶➚➱ ❐➬ Ó➚×➶ ➴Ï Ï➴➘➶➱➪ Ô➚➬➚Ñ➶Ô➶➬➪ß
ø➶ ×❐➪➶➱ ➚➱ ➚➬ ➶ì➚ÔÓ❒➶
the Rail Fire, which burned
êäßååå ➚×➘➶➱ß Ô➴➱➪❒Ú ❐➬
Baker County, in 2016.
ãÐ➶ ó➴➘➶➱➪ è➶➘Ý❐×➶ Ð➚❮
❒➚➘ Ô➶ÔÕ➶➘➱ ➚➬❮ äå ➶ìÛ been planning to thin over-
➴ð×❐➴ Ô➶ÔÕ➶➘➱ ñ➷Ð➴ ➘➶Ó - crowded, bark beetle-in-
➘➶➱➶➬➪ ➴➪Ð➶➘ ➴➘Ñ➚➬❐Ù➚➪❐➴➬➱ fested forests in that area.
such as the Oregon Legis- ➹Ò➪ ➪Ð➶ ❰➘➶ ➱➪➚➘➪➶❮ Õ➶Ï➴➘➶
lature, including Rep. Lynn
Findley, the Vale Republi-
can whose district includes
Baker County, the BLM and
the work crews arrived.
“It’s a tragedy that all
that beautiful ground was
burned,” Bennett said.
Although the past few
➪Ð➶ í➘➶Ñ➴➬ ò➶Ó➚➘➪Ô➶➬➪ ➴Ï
ó➴➘➶➱➪➘Úôß ➷❐➪Ð Ô➚Ü❐➬Ñ ➘➶× -
➴ÔÔ➶➬❮➚➪❐➴➬➱ ➚Õ➴Ò➪ ❐Ô -
❚❈① ❉❊❊●❊❍❈■❏❑ ▲
Ó➘➴Ý❐➬Ñ í➘➶Ñ➴➬➮➱ ➷❐❒❮❰➘➶
▼◆P◗❘❑❍❑
❙❯❑◗❈❯❈❍●◆■
Ô➚➬➚Ñ➶Ô➶➬➪Ö
ãÐ➚➪ ➷❐❒❒ ❐➬×❒Ò❮➶ ❰➘➶ - ④⑤⑥⑦⑧⑨⑩⑦⑨❶❷❷
❰ÑÐ➪❐➬Ñ ➚➱ ➷➶❒❒ ➚➱ ➘➶❮Ò×❐➬Ñ
❲❳❩② ❬❭❪❫❴ ❵❩❛❜❴❭❭
➪Ð➶ ➘❐➱Ü ➴Ï Õ❒➚Ù➶➱Ö
❝❞❡ ❡ ❢❣❤
ïó❐➘➶ ➪Ð➘➶➚➪➶➬➱ ×➴ÔÔÒ -
✐❥❦❧♠♦❧♣qrstq✉✈✈✇③
➬❐➪❐➶➱ß ➱Ô➴Ü➶ ×➴ÔÓ➘➴Ô❐➱➶➱
our health, and our local
➶×➴➬➴ÔÚ ➱ÒØ➶➘➱ßõ ➹➘➴➷➬
said when announcing that
she was creating the Wild-
❸❹❺ ❻❼❽❾❿
➴➷➬➮➱ ✃❐❒❒ ❮❰➱Ï
✌✍✎✏✑✒ ✓✔✕✖✗
ÐÑÒÒÓÔ
ÕÖ×ÖØÙÚ
✆❚q ý ❯ á ❯❚✍ áÞ ❚✉
✈①②✸③ ②④④✣✸⑤ ✜⑥ ✛✷⑦② ⑤✣ ⑦②✢✜①②✸
③✣⑧✸ ⑨⑩⑥②✸①②✸ ✜✤ ✷ ⑤✜✛②✢③ ✛✷✤❶
✤②✸✙ ⑨✹✹✷⑥✜✣✤✷✢✢③ ✹✣✤⑦✜⑤✜✣✤⑥ ②❷✜⑥⑤
⑤✺✷⑤ ✛✷❸② ⑦②✢✜①②✸③ ✛✣✸② ⑦✜④❹✹⑧✢⑤✙
❺✵ ❻✧✓ ✑✮✎ ★✧❼ ✧★ ✑ ❽✧❼✧✮
✮✧✓❼✎❾ ⑦②✢✜①②✸③ ⑥✺✣⑧✢⑦ ⑩② ⑩②④✣✸②
●❅◗❈ ❂❃❄❃ ❢❿ ➀❵❩ ❧❵ ❣❵❴ ❪❭❜❭❥➁❭
③✣⑧✸ ➂✷➂②✸ ➂✢②✷⑥② ✹✷✢✢ ✪➃✿❶✘✯➄❶
➄✿✯✿✙
➅➆ ßÞ ❚ ß ➉ Þþ ❚ àáâ
➇❇ òññòë ñä ✠ ò æúäûò ñïæû ✇ èñï
æ ✠ æå îä ❛✄ æûèäûø ➈
➊ ➋➌➍➎➏➐➑ ➒➓➌➔➒➐➐➏→➎
“including
Ñ➴➴❮ ➴Ó➶➬ ×➴ÔÔÒ➬❐×➚ -
ÛÑÜÝØÖØÓ
➑➒➓ ➔→➣ ↔↕➙➛➛↕ ➜➝ ➞➙➝➟➠➛ ➡➓➢➒➤ ➥➦➧➨➓➢➢➩
✬✭✮ ✯✰✲ ✳✴✵✸✸✴ ✹✺ ✻✵✺✼✽✸ ✿✮❀✭❁ ❂❃❄❅✮❀❀❇
♥✘✙✚✛✜✢✣✚✤✥✙♥✦✚✥✙✢✧♥★✩✧✚✚✙✢✣✣✪✫✘✩
➀➁➂➃➄➅➆➇➃➈➉➂➀➊➃➉➂➆➌➀➍➎➌➃➃➂➆➇➇➏➐➁➎