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January 22, 2016 CapitalPress.com 7 Calf’s death impacts wolf plan discussions By TIM HEARDEN Capital Press one thought they would,” he said. The CCA would like to see more radio collaring of wolves so ranchers could be warned that a pack is nearby and so authorities can know if a pack was in the area when they receive depredation re- ports, Wilbur said. Announced Dec. 2, the draft wolf plan includes sec- tions on wolves’ interactions with livestock, horses and other wildlife. A protocol for livestock producers suggests they take certain measures to prevent depredation, such as removing diseased carcass- es that could attract wolves, fencing off livestock, install- ing motion-sensor lights and using range riders to guard herds. Fish and Wildlife spokes- man Jordan Traverso said the rapid arrival of wolves actu- ally delayed completion of the draft plan, because much of it had been written to say “when wolves re-establish” and now the animals are al- ready here. SACRAMENTO — For UDQFKHUV &DOLIRUQLD¶V ¿UVW suspected wolf depredation on a calf in Siskiyou County in late fall casts a long shad- ow over the state’s efforts to 0DWWKHZ:HDYHU&DSLWDO3UHVV develop a wolf management )UHG/LQGVD\RI:DUGHQ:DVKFKDWVZLWK6WHYH&RWWRPRI'LOORQ plan. Ranchers say they were Mont., at last year’s Washington-Oregon Potato Conference in gathering cattle on the morn- Kennewick, Wash. Courtesy Calif. Dept. of Fish and Wildlife ing of Nov. 10 when they A gray wolf roams in southeastern Siskiyou County in Northern FDPH XSRQ ¿YH ZROYHV IHHG- &DOLIRUQLD6WDWHRI¿FLDOVKDYHSKRWRJUDSKHG¿YHJUD\ZROISXSV ing on a dead calf in a mead- and two adults in the area and dubbed them the Shasta Pack. ow and drove the wolves off, 7KH\DUHQRZZULWLQJDSODQIRUPDQDJLQJZROYHV according to a state report is- tections in 2014 over vocal plan in collaboration with the sued Dec. 18. The Department of Fish objections from the California stakeholder working group, PLJKW ¿W LQ WKDW´ +ROWHUKRII DQG:LOGOLIHFODVVL¿HGWKHLQ- Cattlemen’s Association and everyone ... including the De- said. partment of Fish and Wildlife Lathim expects farmers to cident as a “probable” depre- other farm groups. Kirk Wilbur, the CCA’s di- felt we’d be a little ways off be looking for ways to recov- dation, although “the absence er after a relatively tough year of the majority of the carcass rector of government relations before wolves became estab- ... precludes determination of and a member of a working lished in California,” Wilbur due to the hot, dry weather. “2014 was a pretty hot a cause of death,” investiga- group of affected parties that said. “Here it’s been less than a put the proposal together, said summer, we thought that was tors stated in the report. The incident comes as Fish the suspected depredation year (since wolves were estab- an anomaly and 2015 turned By MATTHEW WEAVER Capital Press out to be even hotter,” he said. and Wildlife is taking com- shows that wolves are arriv- lished) and we’ve already got “I think everybody is trying to ments through Feb. 15 on a ing much faster than people a pack of wolves established in California, and subsequent The Washington-Oregon ¿JXUHRXWZKDWWKH\FDQGRLI draft plan for managing gray expected. “When we set out to come to that, depredations have be- Potato Conference will be we have another year like that. wolves, which were granted Jan. 26-28 at the Three Riv- We hope we don’t have anoth- state endangered-species pro- up with a wolf management gun much sooner than every- ers Convention Center and er year like 2015, but odds are, Toyota Center in Kennewick, at some point, we will.” Growers are also concerned Wash. The conference boasts 172 DERXW WKHLU DELOLW\ WR ¿JKW Alder and Maple exhibitors, up from 133 last pests, Lathim said. A promi- year, the biggest number since nent nematode control is be- Saw Logs, Standing Timber the Washington and Oregon coming limited or unavailable, industries combined for the and alternate chemicals are not conference in 2010, said Ryan as effective. www.cascadehardwood.com Holterhoff, director of market- ing and industry affairs with the Washington State Potato Commission. “It really shows that people want to be a part of this, come out and get together as an in- dustry, see what’s going on and make those connections,” Hol- terhoff said. This year, most of the big equipment will be outside to allow more room, said Dale Lathim, chairman of the con- ference trade show. “The equipment for potato farming today is getting bigger and bigger, and it just takes up so much room,” Lathim said. “We removed the equipment, went with bigger spaces for some of the more prominent companies and we were able to squeeze in at least 40 new companies to be on display. We think that’s going to add some additional faces and products and different ideas to the trade show.” The conference already had a large waiting list of exhibi- tors, but when they heard about the increased space, it generat- ed more interest, Lathim said, so the new waiting list is back up to more than 50 companies. “There’s a lot of demand for the show, but unfortunately in Eastern Washington or Or- egon, there’s just not a lot of available conference space, so we’re limited,” he said. “We’re doing everything we can to allow as many companies as possible to have exposure to growers and for the growers to see what they have to offer.” Keynote speaker David Sax, author of the book “The Tastemakers,” will speak about changing food trends. ³:LWK SRWDWRHV GH¿QLWHO\ being a consumer-driven prod- uct, it will be helpful to get his perspective as a food writ- er and someone who studies these trends, to see what’s out there next and how potatoes Potato conference will boast record number of exhibitors Heat, nematodes are topics of concern at upcoming meeting ROP-1-5-2/#24 BUYING 6” and UP Judge approves Evergreen sale to Jackson Family Wines MCMINNVILLE, Ore. (AP) — A federal bankruptcy judge has approved the sale of two buildings on the former Evergreen International Avia- tion campus in McMinnville to Jackson Family Wines. The California wine giant has been adding property in the Willamette Valley, and the company noted in a state- ment that the Evergreen site is convenient to its vineyards. 7KH ¿UP DGGHG WKDW LWV ORQJ term plan includes the devel- opment of a wine production facility. Jackson Family Wines submitted the high bid of $4.6 million in October. The Yamhill Valley News-Regis- ter reports that approval was delayed because of a dispute about road and utility ease- ments. 4-7/#4N