✷✞ ➋✟✠✡ ❖☛☞✡ ❱✡
✪■▲❨
▲✪◆◆❊❘
❯❳❩❬❭
❪♦❫❴❵ ❛❝ ❞r❛❫❴❵❢ ❣❴❵
❤✐❢ ❥❦❧ ❤♥✐❥❦ ❫❴❵ ♦♣ qs❤t✉
❪❦❧r❧ ❴r❧ qq✈ ❫❴❵❝ ✇❧♣❥ ❛①
❥❦❧ ❵❧❴r✉
❯❳❩❬❭②③ ④⑤⑥④⑦⑤⑥④❯
⑧① ❣❴❵ ❤✐❢ qss⑨❢ ❣❴❝⑩
❝❴❶❦❷❝❧❥❥❝ ❸❧❶❴❹❧ ❥❦❧ ❺r❝❥
❝❥❴❥❧ ❥♦ ❴✇✇♦❻ ❝❴❹❧⑩❝❧❼
❹❴rr❛❴❽❧❝✉
⑦❳❯❯❾❿❭
➀➁➂➃➄➅➆➇➈➉ ➊➌➍➎ ➏➐➑➑➐➒➓
t⑩q❤⑩q♥⑩q➔⑩♥→⑩⑨♥
➀➁➂➃ ➀➣↔↔➣↕➙➈➉ ➊➛➛➜ ➏➐➑➑➐➒➓
❤❤⑩→t⑩➔➔⑩➔✐⑩➔✈⑩❤✈⑩❼⑨
➝↕➞➁➟➄➃↔↔➉ ➊➠➡➢ ➏➐➑➑➐➒➓
✐⑩❤✐⑩♥♥⑩➔❤⑩➔✈⑩➤➥ ⑨⑩❼q
➦➣➙ ➧↕➟ ➨➣➧➁➉ ➩➫➭ ➌➯
⑨⑩q➔⑩♥t⑩→s
➝➣➆➇ ➲➉ ➩➫➭ ➌➳
➵ ➸ ➺➻➼➻➽ ➾➚➪➚➶➚➹
➵ ➪ ➺➻➼➻➽ ➹➚➸➚➾➚➾
➵ ➘ ➺➻➼➻➽ ➶➚➹➚➴➚➹
➵ ➸➷ ➺➻➼➻➽ ➘➚➷➚➹➚➶
➝➣➆➇ ➲➉ ➩➫➭ ➌➯
➵ ➸ ➺➻➼➻➽ ➬➚➸➚➸➚➶
➵ ➪ ➺➻➼➻➽ ➸➚➹➚➪➚➸
➵ ➘ ➺➻➼➻➽ ➬➚➶➚➶➚➹
➵ ➸➷ ➺➻➼➻➽ ➶➚➪➚➾➚➪
❿❳❬❩ ❿❾➮❳❿❯
➱✃➼❐❒❮❰ ÏÐ ÑÒÓÓ➽
➵ ÔÕ❰Ö×❒ Ø❮❒ÙÐÕ➽ ➹➷➷➚➶➘➘➚➾➴➾➹➻
➵Ø✃Ï❰Ö×❒ Ø❮❒ÙÐÕ➽ Ú➷➴➚Ú➹➹➚➬➶➪➸➻
Û❾Ü③➮❬➮❾❿ ⑦❬❯❾Ý
Þßàá➭ àââ➒áã ➐ä ➏➫åà ã➒
åà➑➐ßàá ➭➒æá çèäàáßàá ➐➓ ➫
ã➐➏à➑➭ ➏➫➓➓àá➍ çéé➫ä➐➒➓➫➑➑➭
é➒➓å➐ã➐➒➓ä àê➐äã ãë➫ã ➏➫ìà
åà➑➐ßàá➭ ➏➒áà å➐âíéæ➑ã➍
î➧ ï↕➅ ➃➟➁ ➙↕ð ↕➙ ➃ ñ↕ò
ð↕➟ ➟↕➅ð➁ó åà➑➐ßàá➭ äë➒æ➑å
❐❒ ❐❒ôÐ❮❒ Ú➽➴➷ ➺➻➼➻ Ôô õÐ✃
×Ð ÕÐÏ ❮❒Ñ❒Öö❒ õÐ✃❮ ➺Ò➺❒❮
➺Ó❒Ò❰❒ ÑÒÓÓ Ú➪➸➚➶➾➴➚➴➸➾➸➻
÷ø❳❯❾ ❳ù❯④❾ ❩❬❭
úû✇❻❴❵❝ ❫r❧❴❹ ❴①❫
❝❦♦♦❥ ❦❛❽❦❧r ❥❦❴① ❵♦❷
ü①♦❻ ❵♦❷ ❶❴① ❫♦✉ ý♦①þ❥
❸♦❥❦❧r ÿ❷❝❥ ❥♦ ❸❧ ❸❧❥❥❧r
✁✂✄ ☎✆✝✞ ✟✆✄ ✠✡☛✆✞✂✞☞✠✌
✆✞ ☛✞✠✍✠✟✠✌✌✆✞✌✎✏✞☎ ✆ ✑✠
❸❧❥❥❧r ❥❦❴① ❵♦❷r❝❧✇♣✉ ➈
➋ ✒✓✔✔✓✕✖ ❋✕❛✔✗✘✙✚✱
❆✖✙✚✓✛✕✘ ✕❛✜✢✣✚ ✤✥✽✦✧✲✥✦✾★✩
❋ ✁✂❆❨✱ ✄❆❨ ☎✼✱ ✆✝☎✾
LOCAL
Nobody injured in
house fire Tuesday
in Baker City
Wolf’s comeback in US triggers
debate on protection levels
❇✫ ⑨✯⑩❶❷❸ ❹❷❺②❻✫
❇✫ ✬✭✫②✮✯ ✬✭✰✮✳✫
❚❀❳❅ ❥●❏ ✿❅ ❁❅◗●❃❁❅❈❱
❲❡✴✵✶✷ ✸❡✇✴ ✹❡✺✈✻✼❡
The 1,200-square-foot
home, built in 1930, is
BAKER CITY — When
Stephenie Murdock learned
the house where her neigh-
❀❉❏❅❈ ✿P r❂●❏ ●❏❈ s❃❏❈●
Schmeits,
according
❍●❯❅❙P❱
Murdock and her hus-
band, Steven, operate an
adult foster care in their
❍❀❏❵ ❙❚❅ ❀❏❂P ❙❉❀ ◗❅❀◗❂❅
❑❁❅ ❍❙●❁❙❅❈❱
Stephenie Murdock said
❍❚❅ ❃❏❃❙❃●❂❂P ❚❅●❁❈ ● ❂❀❖❈
“pop,” which she thought
might have come from a
❈❃❣❅❁❅❏❙ ❏❅❃❤❚✿❀❁ ❉❚❀ ❚●❍
● ❍❙●❏❥❅ ✿P ♣❖❁❙❃❍ ❧❅❂❥❚❅❁❵
◗❂❅
❯❁❀❳
❙❚❅
❪●❫❅❁
♣❃❙P
Fire Department worked
❀❏
❙❚❅
✿❂●❞❅❵ ●❂❀❏❤
❉❃❙❚
four from the Baker Ru-
ral Fire District, four each
from Haines and North
Powder, and two from the
③❁❅●❙❅❁ ❪❀❉❅❏ ④●❂❂❅P ❢❃❁❅
⑤❁❀❙❅❥❙❃❀❏ ⑥❃❍❙❁❃❥❙❱
been doing some construc-
Murdock praised the
❍●P❍
❃❙
opposes delisting the wolf,
while Washington state
❍●❃❈ ❃❙ ●❤❁❅❅❍❱ ▼❚❅ ❯❅❈❅❁●❂
❁●◗❃❈ ●❁❁❃❄●❂ ❀❯ ❑❁❅ ❥❁❅❉❍❱
But a few minutes
later someone pounded on
❉❃❙❚ ❙❚❅ ❑❁❅ ❈❅◗●❁❙❳❅❏❙❵♦
❄❅❁P❵
❄❅❁P
❁❃❯❙ ●❳❀❏❤ ❙❀◗ ❀①❥❃●❂❍ ❃❏
Oregon — one of several
states where wolves have
established breeding packs
after wandering across
❍❙●❙❅ ❂❃❏❅❍❱
The debate highlights
clashing interests and dif-
fering philosophies, with
ranchers fearing more
❂❃❄❅❍❙❀❥❫ ❉❃❂❂ ❯●❂❂ ◗❁❅P ❙❀
wolves and conservation-
❙❃❀❏ ❉❀❁❫❱
♠✐t❳
♣●❂❃❯❀❁❏❃●
wolves because the animals
-
tion of an endangered or
❏❀ ❂❀❏❤❅❁ ❳❅❅❙ ❙❚❅ ❈❅❑❏❃
❙❚❁❅●❙❅❏❅❈ ❍◗❅❥❃❅❍❱
proposal also exposed a
Clark said about 10 peo-
●❏❈ ❢❃❯❙❚ ❍❙❁❅❅❙❍❱
❙❚❅ ❀❙❚❅❁ ❏❅●❁❂P ❍❀❱
❈●P ●❯❙❅❁ ❍❚❅ ❍❂●◗◗❅❈ ❈❀❉❏
●❤❅❏❥P ❍❖◗◗❀❁❙❍ ❈❅❂❃❍❙❃❏❤
Towers between Fourth
The couple care for two
people in their home, one
of whom is immobile and
◗❖✿❂❃❥❃❞❅❈❱
Her comments came a
●❳❀❏❤ ❍❙●❙❅❍❱
living in the home, were
both in the house when the
❩❬❭❭ ❪●❫❅❁ ❴❙❱❵
❪❁❀❉❏ ❍●❃❈❱
❃❏❍❖❁❅❈❱
❜❖❍❙ ❍❀❖❙❚ ❀❯ ❴❙❱ ❝❂❃❞●✿❅❙❚
❚❀❳❅ ●❙
of wolves brought howls
of complaint when it was
❃❥❀❏❃❥ ❍P❳✿❀❂ ❀❯ ❙❚❅ ❉❃❂❈
He said Budd and her
❚●◗◗P
-
-
❃❍❙❍
❉❀❁❁P❃❏❤
❙❚●❙
❉❃❈❅❁
hunting of the preda-
tors might be around the
❥❀❁❏❅❁❱ ♥❖❏❙❃❏❤ ●❏❈ ❙❁●◗ -
❪❁❀❉❏
❍●❃❈
❚❅❁
had not been informed
that Melcher would take
❁❅❙●❁P ⑥●❄❃❈ ❪❅❁❏❚●❁❈❙❱
A total of 6,500 wolves
are believed to roam Min-
nesota, Wisconsin, Michi-
❉❅❁❅❏t❙
allowed in Montana and
❤●❏❵
➊❀❥❫P
❧❀❖❏❙●❃❏❍
✐❈●❚❀❱
●❏❈
⑤●❥❃❑❥
➌❀❁❙❚❉❅❍❙❱
Murdock said that while
she was evacuating along
with her husband and their
two residents, she could
At the center of the
debate is the question:
“How much more help do
wolves need?”
Washington Fish and
Additional wolves inhabit
✐❏❈❃●❏●❵ ➄❅❏❙❖❥❫P❵ ❧●❍❍● -
chusetts, Maine, Missouri,
❤❅❙
❍❅❅ ⑧●❳❅❍ ❀❏ ❙❚❅ ❤❁❀❖❏❈
⑦❃❂❈❂❃❯❅
❅❄❅❁P❀❏❅ ❀❖❙ ❀❯ ❀❖❁ ❚❀❳❅❱♦
near the fence between the
❴❖❍❅❉❃❏❈
Murdock credits Budd,
who knows the Murdocks
❥●❁❅
❯❀❁
◗❅❀◗❂❅
❥❀❏❑❏❅❈
to wheelchairs, with acting
❦❖❃❥❫❂P ❙❀ ●❂❅❁❙ ❙❚❅ ❥❀❖◗❂❅❱
“She did a fantastic job,”
❧❖❁❈❀❥❫
♠♥❅❁
❍●❃❈
◗❁❃❀❁❃❙P
❀❯
❉●❍
❪❖❈❈❱
❙❀
No one was injured in
❙❚❅❁❅
❍❀
❦❖❃❥❫❂P
our house would have been
❖◗ ❃❏ ⑧●❳❅❍ ❙❀❀❱♦
⑥❃❁❅❥❙❀❁
❙❀❂❈
❙❚❅
➄❅❂❂P
➅❱❴❱
▼❚❅ ✿❂●❞❅ ❍❙●❁❙❅❈ ❃❏ ❙❚❅
❀❏ ▼❖❅❍❈●P ❅❄❅❏❃❏❤❱ ▼❚❅
Fish and Wildlife Ser-
-
ing thriving wolves could
expose the Endangered
Species Act to legislation
weakening protections for
species in actual danger of
rear of Budd’s home near
couple also has three
❅➆❙❃❏❥❙❃❀❏❱
❙❚❅ ❤❁❀❖❏❈ ❂❅❄❅❂❵ ♣❂●❁❫ ❍●❃❈❱
❥❚❃❂❈❁❅❏❱
▼❚❅ ❑❁❅ ❥●❖❍❅❈ ❍❙❁❖❥❙❖❁ -
al damage but Clark said
it’s not clear whether the
were at school during all
❙❚❃❍❵♦ ❧❖❁❈❀❥❫ ❍●❃❈❱
❙❚❅
❑❁❅❵
❍●❃❈
❪●❫❅❁
❙❉❀ ❚❀❳❅❍❱
♣❃❙P
❢❃❁❅ ♣❚❃❅❯ q❀❚❏ ♣❂●❁❫❱
He said the cause of the
❑❁❅ ❃❍ ❖❏❈❅❙❅❁❳❃❏❅❈ ●❏❈
❖❏❈❅❁ ❃❏❄❅❍❙❃❤●❙❃❀❏❱
❪❖❙ ❙❚❅ ❑❁❅ ❈❃❈❏t❙ ❥❁❀❍❍
❙❚❅ ◗❁❀◗❅❁❙P ✿❀❖❏❈●❁P❱
Murdock said she was
able to return to her home,
with her two residents,
♠▼❚●❏❫
❄❃❥❅ ❁❅❥❅❏❙❂P ❙❚●❙ ◗❁❀❙❅❥❙
❙❚❅P
✉❚❃❀❵ ➅❙●❚ ●❏❈ ④❅❁❳❀❏❙❱
Collette Adkins, carni-
vore conservation director
at the Center for Biological
❉❁❀❙❅❱
◗❅❁ ❯❖❁❙❚❅❁ ❉❀❂❯ ❁❅❥❀❄❅❁P ❃❏
Oregon and expose the ani-
❳●❂❍ ❙❀ ❫❃❂❂❃❏❤ ✿P ❙❚❅ ❍❙●❙❅❱♦
The federal government
❚●❍ ●❂❁❅●❈P ❈❅❂❃❍❙❅❈ ❉❀❂❄❅❍
in the eastern one-third of
Washington and Oregon, as
well as in Idaho, Montana
●❏❈ ⑦P❀❳❃❏❤❱ ✐❙ ❥❀❏❙❅❏❈❍
❙❚●❙ ❤❁●P ❉❀❂❄❅❍ ❏❀ ❂❀❏❤❅❁
❦❖●❂❃❯P ❯❀❁ ❯❅❈❅❁●❂ ◗❁❀❙❅❥ -
tion as an endangered or
❙❚❁❅●❙❅❏❅❈ ❍◗❅❥❃❅❍❱
✉❁❅❤❀❏
❀①❥❃●❂❍
♠❙❚❅ ❥❀❏❍❅❁❄●❙❃❀❏ ❀❯ ❤❁●P
⑥❃❄❅❁❍❃❙P❵ ❍●❃❈ ❳❀❁❅ ❙❚●❏
●
❙❅❁❅❍❙❍ ❀❯ ●❂❂ ✉❁❅❤❀❏❃●❏❍❱♦
❚●❂❯➇❈❀❞❅❏
❍❙●❙❅❍
❚●❄❅
no wolf protections on the
✿❀❀❫❍❱
In his letter, Melcher said
Oregon had 137 wolves at
the end of 2018 — a 10%
❉❀❂❄❅❍ ●❍ ❁❅❦❖❃❁❅❈ ✿P ✉❁
Oregon removed wolves
from its state endangered
❍◗❅❥❃❅❍ ❂❃❍❙ ❃❏ ❩➍➎❭❱ r ◗❁❃❳❅
objective of the draft plan
❃❍ ❙❀ ◗❁❀❳❀❙❅ ● ❏●❙❖❁●❂❂P
❥●❂❂P ❃❳◗❀❁❙●❏❙ ❙❀ ❳●❃❏❙●❃❏
said Oregon is committed
to ensuring the progress of
❙❚❅ ❍◗❅❥❃❅❍ ❉❚❃❂❅ ❳❃❏❃❳❃❞ -
reproducing wolf popula-
tion connected to a larger
population of wolves and
allowing for expansion into
❉❃❈❅➇❁●❏❤❃❏❤ ❁❅❥❀❄❅❁P ●❁❅●❍
❃❏❤ ❂❃❄❅❍❙❀❥❫ ❂❀❍❍❅❍❱
❀❙❚❅❁ ●❁❅●❍ ❀❯ ❙❚❅ ❍❙●❙❅❱
❍●❃❈
▼❚❖❁❍❈●P
❃❙t❍
-
❥❁❃❙❃
❲✗❡✘✗ ✕ ✣✜✤ ✣✥✙✗ ✦✜✧✚ ❲✗ ✕✘✗ ★✕✘✢✗✘✩✪ ✘✕✖✛✫✗✘✩✪ ❜✕✙✗✘✩✪ ✬✕✘✭✗✖✗✘✩✪ ✬✘✕✖✭✮✕✘✗✖✤✩✪ ✯✰✪ ✲✲✳✪
✩✜★✤❜✕✣✣✪ ✕✖✭ ❜✕✩✗❜✕✣✣ ✮✕✘✗✖✤✩✚ ❲✗ ✕✘✗ ✩✤✗✴✕✘✭✩ ✜★ ✜✧✘ ✣✜✛✕✣ ✛✜✢✢✧✖✥✤✥✗✩✪ ✫✗✣✮✥✖✬ ✤✜
✢✕✙✗ ✤✫✗✢ ❜✗✤✤✗✘ ✮✣✕✛✗✩ ✤✜ ✴✜✘✙ ✕✖✭ ✣✥♠✗✚ ❲✗ ✕✘✗ ✥✖♠✜✣♠✗✭ ✥✖ ✣✜✛✕✣ ✜✘✬✕✖✥✵✕✤✥✜✖✩✪ ❜✜✤✫
✥✖✭✥♠✥✭✧✕✣✣✦ ✕✖✭ ✕✩ ✕ ❜✕✖✙✚
❲✗❡✘✗ ✮✘✜✧✭ ✤✜ ✛✕✣✣ ✤✫✥✩ ✮✣✕✛✗ ✜✧✘ ✫✜✢✗✪ ✕✖✭ ✕✘✗ ✫✗✘✗ ✤✜ ✩✗✘♠✗ ✦✜✧✚
▲✶✸✹✺ ✻✽✶✿✸✶ ✸❀❁❀✽✽❀❂❃ ✸❀❄✶✸❅✶✽❇
■✕ ❏✘✕✖✭✗
❑✯❊◆●◗❘◆❙❚❑❚
P✘✜✧✭✣✦ ✩✗✘♠✥✖✬ ❈✕✩✤✗✘✖ ❉✘✗✬✜✖ ✩✥✖✛✗ ❊●✯❍
❜✕✖✖✗✘❜✕✖✙✚✛✜✢
❚●❄❅
drafted a new state wolf
plan aimed at ensuring
-
egon law while protecting
the social and economic in-
❃❏❥❁❅●❍❅ ❀❄❅❁ ❩➍➎➏❱ ♥❅ ●❂❍❀
✉❁❅❤❀❏ ③❀❄❱ ➄●❙❅ ❪❁❀❉❏
❤❀❀❈❏❅❍❍
❙❚●❏
❍●❃❈➐ ♠s❃❯❙❃❏❤ ❯❅❈❅❁●❂ ◗❁❀ -
tections now would ham-
◗❃❏❤
●❂❁❅●❈P
❳❃❍❍❃❀❏
❙❅❁ ❯❀❁ ❪❃❀❂❀❤❃❥●❂ ⑥❃❄❅❁❍❃❙P❵
❍❀❳❅ ❜❀✿❱ ✐❯ ❙❚❅ ❑❁❅ ◗❅❀◗❂❅
❃❍
❈❃❣❅❁❅❏❙
P❀❖❁ ●❤❅❏❥P❵♦ ❪❂❖❳❅❏●❖❅❁
“The state of Oregon and
its agencies do not support
the delisting of wolves from
the federal Endangered
Species Act across their
range in the 48 contiguous
states,” Brown wrote in a
❂❅❙❙❅❁ ❙❀ ➅❱❴❱ ✐❏❙❅❁❃❀❁ ❴❅❥ -
❍❚❅
●❂❅❁❙❃❏❤ ❚❅❁ ❙❀ ❙❚❅ ❑❁❅❱
❉❀❂❄❅❍
❃❏❙❅❁❅❍❙❍ ❙❚●❙ ❥❂❅●❁❂P ❚●❄❅
✿❁●❫❅❍❱
⑦❚❅❏
❍❚❅ ❍●❃❈ ⑦❅❈❏❅❍❈●P ❳❀❁❏
●❉❅
♠✐ ●❳ ●❍❚●❳❅❈ ✿P P❀❖❁
willingness to throw an in-
❥❁❅❈❃✿❂P ❃❳◗❀❁❙●❏❙ ◗❁❅❈● -
tor species under the bus
in favor of a few private
learned of it, she put on the
❍❙●❏❥❅❱
❃❏❤❱
●❏
●❏❈ ●◗◗●❂❂❅❈❱♦
Noah
Greenwald,
endangered species pro-
gram director at the Cen-
❙❚❅
neighbor, Michelle Budd,
❈❃❈
➅❱❴❱ ➊❅◗❱ ❝●❁❂ ❪❂❖❳❅ -
nauer, an Oregon Demo-
crat, told Melcher in a let-
ter that he was “shocked
●
❀①❥❅
❚❅❁ ❯❁❀❏❙ ❈❀❀❁❱ ✐❙ ❉●❍ ❚❅❁
♠▼❚❅P
advo-
❈❅❂❃❍❙❃❏❤
❂❃❫❅ ❉❀❂❄❅❍ ◗●P ●❙❙❅❏❙❃❀❏
❑❥❃●❂❍ ❀❏ ❧●P ➉❵ ❍●P❃❏❤ ❚❃❍
✉①❥❅ ❁❅❥❀❁❈❍❱
his
❯❅❈❅❁●❂
to statewide boundaries,”
list has exposed divisions
afternoon she couldn’t sim-
r❍❍❅❍❍❀❁t❍
❀❯
❴rs❝❧ ➃ ▼❚❅ ❤❁●P ❉❀❂❯
❀❣ ❙❚❅ ❅❏❈●❏❤❅❁❅❈ ❍◗❅❥❃❅❍
♣❀❖❏❙P
❥●❥P
is on track for a remark-
able comeback after being
almost exterminated in the
contiguous United States,
but a Trump administra-
tion proposal to take the
Clark
didn’t
know
whether the home was
❪●❫❅❁
◗❂P ❁❖❏ ❀❖❙ ❙❚❅ ❯❁❀❏❙ ❈❀❀❁ ❙❀
to
“The challenge is, it’s not
director of the Oregon De-
partment of Fish and Wild-
❂❃❯❅❱ ♥❅ ❉❁❀❙❅ ❙❀ ❯❅❈❅❁●❂ ❀❯ -
✿❀❁ ❂❃❄❅❈ ❉●❍ ❀❏ ❑❁❅ ▼❖❅❍❈●P
However,
❯❀❁ ❉❀❂❄❅❍ ●❥❁❀❍❍ ❙❚❅ ⑦❅❍❙❱
❼❽❡ ❾✴✴✶✼✻❿➀❡➁ ➂✺❡✴✴
▼✌✍✎✌✏ ✑✒✓✔