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November 13, 2015 CapitalPress.com 7 Wash. DNR denies cherry plans By DAN WHEAT Capital Press OSU adds distilled spirits teacher and researcher Capital Press Paul Hughes jokes that he hasn’t caused an accident on the road yet. So far, so good, when you’re accustomed to driving on the left in Great Britain and have WRDGMXVWWR$PHULFDQWUDI¿FSDW- terns. When it comes to making whiskey, vodka and other dis- WLOOHG VSLULWV KRZHYHU +XJKHV ZLOOEHKDSS\WRVKDUHKLVZD\ of doing things. Hughes, a chemist who VSHQWWKHSDVW\HDUVWHDFKLQJ at a university in Scotland, has been hired as a researcher and instructor at Oregon State Uni- versity’s Fermentation Center. 7KH SURJUDP WHDFKHV VWXGHQWV how to make wine, beer and cheese, and is branching out into WKHIDVWJURZLQJGLVWLOOHGVSLULWV industry. According to OSU, distilled VSLULWVPDGHLQ2UHJRQQRZDF- count for $69 million in gross DQQXDO VDOHV QHDUO\ SHUFHQW of the state’s liquor revenue. Or- HJRQKDVFORVHWRGLVWLOOHULHV XSIURPHLJKW\HDUVDJRVDLG &KULVWLH 6FRWW VSRNHVZRPDQ for the Oregon Liquor Control Commission. +XJKHVVDLGRQHRIKLVSULRU- ities is to meet with distillers and establish good relations with the industry. +XJKHVDOVRLVVHWWLQJXSWKH ¿UVWGLVWLOOLQJFRXUVHZKLFKZLOO be offered in January. “There’s a lot of common- ality around the fermenting techniques used in brewing, ZLQHPDNLQJDQGGLVWLOOHGVSLU- LWV SURGXFWLRQ´ KH VDLG LQ DQ OSU news release. “But dis- WLOOLQJUHTXLUHVDGGLWLRQDOVWHSV So there will be a need for addi- tional courses about those tech- QLTXHV´ Hughes most recently taught and did research at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scot- land, At OSU, the fermentation VFLHQFHVSURJUDPLVSDUWRIWKH Food Science and Technology GHSDUWPHQW 7KH2UHJRQ/HJLVODWXUHSUR- vided money for the distilled VSLULWVSRVLWLRQRQFDPSXV *O\SKRVDWHQRFDQFHU threat, scientist argues By DAN WHEAT Capital Press WENATCHEE, Wash. — 7KH QRWLRQ WKDW JO\SKRVDWH the active ingredient in the ZHHGNLOOHU5RXQGXSLVDKX- man health threat is nonsense, a Washington State University scientist told attendees at the Washington State Weed Asso- ciation’s annual meeting. “I’m here to tell you some EDG QHZV :H KDYH D SODQ- etary threat and you guys should be scared because we XVHJO\SKRVDWHWRRPXFKDQG DSSDUHQWO\ LW UDQNV ULJKW XS WKHUH ZLWK FOLPDWH FKDQJH´ $OODQ )HOVRW SURIHVVRU RI entomology and environmen- tal toxicology, sarcastically UHPDUNHG LQ RSHQLQJ KLV WDON at the Wenatchee Convention Center, Nov. 6. “The World Health Or- JDQL]DWLRQ VD\V LW¶V SUREDEO\ FDUFLQRJHQLFDQGLW¶VDSODQH- tary threat according to blogs. 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But that’s declaring LWDW\SHRIKD]DUGQRWDULVN Felsot said. “It’s now under review, “The World Health Organization says it’s probably carcinogenic and it’s a planetary threat according to blogs. This is all bull---- and I will show you the data.” in this. So we will go ahead DQG WUDQVIHU WKH RZQHUVKLS to WDFW when we have an DJUHHGXSRQYDOXH´*ROGPDUN said. &OD\WRQ 6SUDJXH :'): lands division manager, said WKH GHSDUWPHQW LV VHHNLQJ WR amend a federal grant to have WKH PRQH\ WR EX\ 6HFWLRQV DQG :HVW 0DWKLVRQ SUHVLGHQW of Stemilt Growers, asked if WDFW will have enough mon- H\LIWKHDSSUDLVDOLVKLJKHUWKDQ H[SHFWHG6SUDJXHVDLG\HV $VNHGLIVDOHWR:'):SUH- cludes any sale or lease for agri- FXOWXUDOXVH*ROGPDUNUHSOLHG “Decisions are decisions and DJUHHPHQWVDUHDJUHHPHQWV´ Chelan County Commis- sioner Ron Walters thanked Goldmark, saying the issue had been distracting from greater FRPPXQLW\ PDQDJHPHQW SODQ- ning of the basin. The county ERXJKWDFUHVLQWKHEDVLQ from Weyerhauser last year for SUHVHUYDWLRQ Asked, on his way out the GRRU LI LW¶V D ¿UP GHFLVLRQ *ROGPDUNVDLG³7KDW¶VDV¿UP DGHFLVLRQDV\RX¶OOHYHUJHW´ After the meeting, Mathison VDLGGHVSLWHWKH-DQXDU\DJUHH- ment the sale was unresolved because WDFW didn’t have the money. $VNHG LI KH¶V GLVDSSRLQWHG he said, “I’m glad to see DNR DQG:'):RQWKHVDPHSDJH For us to do anything we have to work through the Stemilt 3DUWQHUVKLS DQG ,¶G UDWKHU GR that than work through those DJHQFLHV´ Mathison said he doesn’t NQRZ LI IDLOXUH WR JHW SDUW RI 6HFWLRQ ZLOO LPSHGH WKH IDPLO\¶VHIIRUWVWRH[SDQGFKHU- U\RUFKDUGVRQ6HFWLRQDQG other land they own. He said he GRHVQ¶WNQRZLILVQHHGHGWR SXPSZDWHUWR Gordon Goodwin, a Stemilt Hill cherry grower and member RI WKH :HQDWFKHH 6SRUWVPHQ¶V Association, said Goldmark had been dragging his feet on WKHDSSUDLVDODQGWKDWKH¶VJODG to see it going forward. He said if Mission Ridge Ski Area ex- SDQGV LQWR 6HFWLRQ DQG WKH 0DWKLVRQVSODQWRUFKDUGLQ6HF- WLRQWKDW6HFWLRQFRXOGEH WKH ODVW RSHQ FRUULGRU IRU PL- grating elk and mule deer. But the issue may not be dead, Goodwin said. At a recent 6WHPLOW 3DUWQHUVKLS PHHWLQJ Mathison asked about trading for or leasing the land from WDFW, Goodwin said. Originally, the Mathisons SURSRVHGFRQYHUWLQJDFUHV RI6HFWLRQDQGLQWRFKHUU\ orchard. They scaled that back WR DFUHV RQ 6HFWLRQ DQGSURSRVHGDVZDSZLWKODQG WKH\RZQLQ6HFWLRQ 7KH 6SRUWVPHQ¶V $VVRFL- ation sent letters to DNR in DQG FRPSODLQLQJ RIDSSDUHQWOHDVHYLRODWLRQVRQ 6HFWLRQ E\ .\OH 0DWKLVRQ Orchards. :HVW 0DWKLVRQ .\OH¶V son, and John Lehmkuhl, the Mathisons’ wildlife biologist, H[SODLQHG WKRVH LVVXHV KDYH been addressed by changes in IHQFLQJ DQG SODQWLQJ SLQH DQG willow trees in wildlife corri- dors to give elk and deer cover. Goodwin said that’s an im- SURYHPHQW WKDW ZRXOGQ¶W KDYH KDSSHQHGZLWKRXW:6$IRUFLQJ the issue. 'DYH *LPOLQ SUHVLGHQW RI :6$ VDLG KH¶V SOHDVHG ZLWK Goldmark’s commitment but VDLG ³,¶OO EHOLHYH LW ZKHQ LW¶V done and over and when the ti- WOHLVLQ:'):¶VKDQGV´ BUYING 6” and UP Alder and Maple Saw Logs, Standing Timber www.cascadehardwood.com Allan Felsot, professor of entomology and environmental toxicology at Washington State University but the data is already there. It doesn’t have any acute toxic- ity. You have a greater chance RI WR[LFLW\ IURP HDWLQJ SRWD- WRHV´KHVDLG “This is just not a toxic FRPSRXQG,W¶VDIULFNLQ¶DPL- QRDFLG´KHVDLG Some studies IARC relied on involved injecting rats with high concentrations of JO\SKRVDWHDWWR times levels farmers are ex- SRVHGWR)HOVRWVDLG “So these studies are con- WULYHG EHFDXVH WKH\ PDQLSX- ODWH WKLQJV´ KH VDLG ³7KH\ DUHPDQLSXODWLQJWKHSDUDPH- WHUVRIWKHH[SHULPHQWWRVHHLI DQ\WKLQJKDSSHQV´ ,$5& FRQFOXGHG D SURED- ble association between gly- SKRVDWH DQG 1RQ+RGJNLQ O\PSKRPD DQG WKDW WKHUH¶V evidence of genotoxicity, tox- icity at the level of causing mutations. 7KH SUREOHP )HOVRW VDLG is that those conclusions are only reached at doses far be- \RQGUHDOZRUOGH[SRVXUHV “The IARC declaration WKDW JO\SKRVDWH LV D SUREDEOH human carcinogen is in direct contrast to the conclusion of many agencies around the ZRUOG DQG WR UHFHQW FRPSUH- hensive reviews that have FRQFOXGHG JO\SKRVDWH LV QRW OLNHO\ D FDUFLQRJHQ´ )HOVRW said. “To make headlines oth- erwise is doing a disservice to WKHFLWL]HQVRIRXUFRXQWULHV´ 46-2/#4N By ERIC MORTENSON Dan Wheat/Capital Press Washington State Public Lands Commissioner Peter Goldmark talks with State Sen. Linda Evans Parlette at Stemilt Partnership meeting south of Wenatchee, Wash., Nov. 9. Goldmark announced he will sell land to the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, not to the Mathison family for cherry orchard development. 46-1/#24 Courtesy of Oregon State University Paul Hughes, a chemist from Scotland, will teach classes and conduct research on whiskey and other distilled spirits at OSU’s fermentation center. WENATCHEE, Wash. — ,WDSSHDUVHIIRUWVE\RQHRIWKH ODUJHVW WUHH IUXLW SURGXFHUV LQ the state to acquire state De- SDUWPHQWRI1DWXUDO5HVRXUFHV land high in Stemilt Basin for FKHUU\ RUFKDUG H[SDQVLRQ DUH over. Commissioner of Public Lands Peter Goldmark, head of DNR, came to a communi- ty meeting at Malaga Fire Hall, south of Wenatchee, Nov. 9, to announce DNR will sell the ODQGWRWKHVWDWH'HSDUWPHQWRI Fish and Wildlife as soon the ODQGLVDSSUDLVHGDQG¿QDOSULFH negotiated. It was a rejection of ef- forts by the Mathison family, owners of Stemilt Growers LLC, Wenatchee, to lease, buy or trade for the land in order to gain more high-elevation cherry ground for late-season, high-value cherries. State Sen. Linda Evans Par- lette, R-Wenatchee, said she ZDV KDSS\ WR KDYH *ROGPDUN to the meeting at her request WR DQQRXQFH WKH SURJUHVV RQ D memorandum of understanding for the sale signed last January LQKHURI¿FHE\*ROGPDUNDQG then WDFW Director Phil An- derson. '15ZDVSDUWWKHFRPPX- QLW\6WHPLOW3DUWQHUVKLSDJUHH- PHQW LQ WR SUHVHUYH WKDW SDUWRIWKHEDVLQIURPGHYHORS- ment and for wildlife habitat, ZDWHUVKHGSURWHFWLRQDQGUHFUH- ation, Parlette has often noted. $JULFXOWXUHZDVQRWLQWKDWSODQ and for DNR to allow it would EHEUHDNLQJWKHSXEOLFWUXVWVKH has said. ³,W ZDV D FKDOOHQJLQJ SUR- cess and my message all along KDV EHHQ IRU SHRSOH WR WUXVW government, government has WRNHHSLWVSURPLVHV´VKHDWWKH Nov. 9 meeting. “I and Director Anderson signed this agreement at the request of Sen. Parlette and she FDQEHYHU\SHUVXDVLYHDQGZDV