6B — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD
111 Baker County
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2020
111 Baker County
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111 Baker County
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Pacific Northwest Region; Oregon; Land Management Plan Amendment; Forest Management
Direction for Large Diameter Trees in Eastern Oregon
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice to initiate a land management plan amendment and notice of availability
SUMMARY: The Pacific Northwest Region of the Forest Service has prepared a Preliminary Envi-
ronmental Assessment (EA) for Forest Management Direction for Large Diameter Trees in Eastern
Oregon. The proposal would amend the land management plans for the Deschutes, Fremont-Winema,
Malheur, Ochoco, Umatilla, and Wallowa-Whitman National Forests in Oregon. This notice also pro-
vides information on how to comment on the Preliminary EA.
DATES: Comments concerning the scope of the analysis must be received 30 days from date of pub-
lication in the Federal Register. The Federal Register is the exclusive means for calculating the time to
file a comment. The final EA is expected September 2020.
ADDRESSES: Individuals and entities are encouraged to submit comments via webform at https://
cara.ecosystem-management.org/Public/CommentInput?project=58050. Comments may also be sent
via e-mail to SM.FS.EScreens21@usda.gov. Hardcopy letters must be submitted to the following ad-
dress: Shane Jeffries, Forest Supervisor, Ochoco National Forest, 3160 NE Third Street, Prineville, OR
97754. For those submitting hand-delivered comments, please call 541-416-6500 to make arrange-
ments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Emily Platt, Team Leader, at SM.FS.EScreens21@usda.
gov or at 541-416-6500. Individuals who use telecommunication devices for the deaf (TDD) may call
the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.,
Eastern Time, Monday through Friday.
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TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE
Reference is made to that certain Trust Deed dated March 12, 2018, first recorded in Baker County Re-
cords on March 19, 2018 as Instrument No. 18 12 0048B showing Columbia Enterprises Holding, LLC
4, a limited liability company as Grantor, and then re-recorded on March 19, 2018 as Instrument No. 18
17 0217B to correct the name of the Grantor to Columbia Enterprises Holding, LLC 18917, an Oregon
limited liability company, as Grantor, which Trust Deed designates Elkhorn Title Company, as Trustee,
which deed of trust is referred to herein as the ATrust Deed.@ The Trust Deed covers the following real
property in Baker County, Oregon:
A portion of Section 24, Township 10 South, Range 39 East of the Willamette Meridian, in
the County of Baker and State of Oregon, being more particularly described as follows:
The South half of the Northeast quarter, and all that portion of the North half of the South
east quarter lying North of the relocated Baker County-Auburn Road right of way.
EXCEPTING THEREFROM the following:
Beginning at the Engineer’s Centerline Station 34+25.6 of said road, said station being
3571.92 feet South and 3473.37 feet East of the Northwest corner of said section; thence
North 298 feet; thence East 603.28 feet; thence South 60E06’ East 93.61 feet to Station P.I.
26+07.07 of said road; thence Westerly along said right of way to the point of beginning.
The undersigned hereby certifies that no other assignments of the trust deed by the trustee
or by the beneficiary and no appointments of a successor trustee have been made except as recorded
in the mortgage records of the county or counties in which the above-described real property is situ-
ated, further, that no action has been instituted to recover the debt, or any part thereof, now remaining
secured by the trust deed, or, if such action has been instituted, such action has been dismissed except
as permitted by ORS 86.752(7).
Appointment of Successor Trustee, appointing Floyd C. Vaughan as successor trustee has
been recorded in Baker County records.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In 1995, the Forest Service adopted the Eastside Screens, which amended land management plans
for national forests outside of the range of the northern spotted owl in Oregon and Washington. The
Eastside Screens include a limit on the harvest of trees equal to or greater than 21-inches diameter at
breast-height (dbh) where late and old structural stage forests are below the historic range of variability.
Since the issuance of the Eastside Screens, forest conditions have changed, new science has
emerged, and land management priorities have shifted to emphasize forest restoration and the mitiga-
tion of wildfire impacts. By adapting the 21-inch standard to reflect learning over the past 25 years, the
Agency would streamline restoration of forests in eastern Oregon in order to create landscapes that
withstand and recover more quickly from drought, wildfire, and other disturbances.
Purpose and Need for Action
The purpose of this proposal is to analyze a science-based, contemporary alternative to the 21-inch
standard in the Eastside Screens. Adapting the standard to incorporate science and 25 years of learn-
ing would enable managers to more effectively restore forestlands in eastern Oregon.
Proposed Action
The Forest Service is proposing to replace the 21” standard with a guideline that emphasizes re-
cruitment of old trees and large trees. An adaptive management component is also assessed in this
analysis.
Responsible Official
The Responsible Official for this amendment is Ochoco Forest Supervisor, Shane Jeffries.
Nature of Decision To Be Made
Given the purpose and need of the project, the Responsible Official will review alternatives, public
comments, and consider the environmental consequences to decide whether to prepare a finding of no
significant impact or prepare an environmental impact statement. If a finding of no significant impact is
appropriate, the Responsible Official will decide whether to select the proposed action, another alter-
native, or a combination of alternatives.
Substantive Requirements
When proposing a Forest Plan amendment, the 2012 Planning Rule (36 CFR 219), as amended, re-
quires the responsible official to identify the substantive requirements of the rule that are likely to be
directly related to the amendment (36 CFR 219.13(b)(5)). The substantive requirements that are likely to
be directly related to the proposed amendments are: 1) 36 CFR 219.8(a)(1)(iv) System drivers, includ-
ing dominant ecological processes, disturbance regimes, and stressors, such as natural succession,
wildland fire, invasive species, and climate change; and the ability of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems
on the plan area to adapt to change; 2) 36 CFR 219.8(a)(1)(v) Wildland fire and opportunities to restore
fire adapted ecosystems; and 3) 219.9(b)(1) The responsible official shall determine whether or not the
plan components provide the ecological conditions necessary to: contribute to the recovery of federally
listed threatened and endangered species, conserve proposed and candidate species, and maintain a
viable population of each species of conservation concern within the plan area.
Comment and Objection Information
The Preliminary EA and other related documents are available for comment on the project website
at https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=58050. Additional information regarding this proposal can
found at https://go.usa.gov/xvV4X. As provided for at 36 CFR 219.16, the responsible official has com-
bined the notifications for initiating the plan amendment and inviting comments on the proposed plan
amendment and alternatives.
This EA is subject to Forest Service regulation 36 CFR 219, Subpart B, known as the administrative
review, or objection, process. Only individuals or entities who submit specific written comments during
the designated comment period will be eligible to participate in the objection process. Specific written
comments should be within the scope of the proposed action, have a direct relationship to the proposed
action, and include supporting reasons for the Responsible Official to consider. Comments submitted
anonymously will be accepted and considered but will not meet the requirements to be eligible for
administrative review. Comments received in response to this solicitation, including names (and ad-
dresses, if included) of those who comment, will be part of the public record for this proposed action.
Allen Rowley,
Associate Deputy Chief,
National Forest System
Published: August 11, 2020
Legal No. 202296
Both the beneficiary and the trustee have elected to sell the real property to satisfy the ob-
ligations secured by the trust deed and a notice of default has been recorded pursuant to Oregon Re-
vised Statutes 86.752; the defaults for which the foreclosure is made are grantor’s failure to pay when
due the following sums:
Failure to pay the final payment of the entire unpaid principal balance and accrued but
unpaid interest on March 1, 2019 due under the promissory note secured by the Trust Deed
(herein ANote@).
Failure to timely pay the property taxes due on the secured real property. The exact
amount past due and any related information concerning the amounts due may be obtained
by calling the Baker County Tax Collector at 541-523-8221. The property tax account
Reference Nos.9313 and 17757.
By reason of the defaults just described, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the
obligation secured by the trust deed immediately due and payable, those sums being the
following, to-wit:
The principal sum of TWO HUNDRED THIRTY FOUR THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED
SEVENTY EIGHT AND 51/100 ($234,878.51) plus interest from April 13, 2020 at the rate of
five percent (5%) per annum to the date of payment.
__________________________________________________________________________
WHEREFORE, notice is hereby given that the undersigned trustee will on October 1, 2020
at the hour of 10:00 o’clock, A. M., in accord with the standard of time established by ORS 187.110,
on the Front Steps of the Baker County Courthouse at 1995 Third Street, Baker City, Oregon 97814
sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash the interest in the real property above which the
grantor had or had power to convey at the time of the execution by grantor of the trust deed together
with any interest which the grantor or grantor’s successors in interest acquired after the execution of
the trust deed, to satisfy the foregoing obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of the
sale, including a reasonable charge by the trustee. Notice is further given that any person named in
ORS 86.778 has the right, at any time prior to five days before the date last set for the sale, to have
this foreclosure proceeding dismissed and the trust deed reinstated by payment to the beneficiary of
the entire amount then due (other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no
default occurred) and by curing any other default complained of herein that is capable of being cured by
tendering the performance required under the obligation or trust deed, and in addition to paying those
sums or tendering the performance necessary to cure the default, by paying all costs and expenses
actually incurred in enforcing the obligation and trust deed, together with trustee and attorney fees not
exceeding the amounts provided by ORS 86.778.
In construing this notice, the singular includes the plural, the word Agrantor@ includes any
successor in interest to the agrantor as well as any other person owing an obligation, the performance
of which is secured by the trust deed, and the words Atrustee@ and Abeneficiary@ include their re-
spective successors in interest, if any.
Also, please be advised that pursuant to the terms stated on the Deed of Trust and Note, the beneficiary
is allowed to conduct property inspections while property is in default. This shall serve as notice that
the beneficiary shall be conducting property inspections on the said referenced property.
NOTICE
Without limiting the trustee’s disclaimer of representation or warranties, Oregon law requires
the trustee to state in this notice that some residential property sold at a trustee’s sale may have been
used in manufacturing methamphetamines, the chemical components of which are known to be toxic.
Prospective purchasers of residential property should be aware of this potential danger before deciding
to place a bid for this property at the trustee’s sale.
______________________
We are attempting to collect a debt on behalf of the beneficiary named in this Trustee’s Notice
of Sale (also referred to as the Acreditor@) and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.
This debt is owed to the creditor in the amount described in the notice. Under some circumstances, you
may receive more than one copy of this notice. Unless you dispute the validity of this debt, or any por-
tion thereof, within 30 days after your first receipt of the original or a copy of this notice, we will assume
the debt to be valid. If you notify us in writing within 30 days after your first receipt of the original or a
copy of this notice that the debt, or any portion thereof, is disputed, we will obtain verification of the debt
of (if applicable) a copy of a judgment against you and a copy of the verification or (if applicable) the
judgment will be mailed to you. We will provide you with the name and address of the original creditor,
if different from the creditor named above, if you notify us in writing within 30 days after your first receipt
of the original or a copy of this notice that you request such information.
DATED: May 26, 2020.
P. O. Box 965
Baker City, Oregon 97814
541-523-4444
Published: August 11, 18, 25, September 1 ,2020
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Floyd C. Vaughan, Successor Trustee
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