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CapitalPress.com
October 7, 2016
Hanjin bankruptcy
causes grass seed airlift
By DAN WHEAT
Capital Press
WDFW shoots seventh wolf;
livestock depredations continue
Hunt for Profanity
Peak pack still on
By DON JENKINS
Capital Press
Washington wildlife man-
agers shot another adult wolf
Sept. 29 from the Profanity
Peak pack, the state Depart-
ment of Fish and Wildlife an-
nounced.
It’s the seventh wolf from
the pack killed since the pack
was slated for removal for re-
peatedly preying on livestock.
Based on recent tracks,
WDFW believes the pack still
has one adult female and three
pups surviving. The depart-
ment said it will continue to
hunt for the rest of the pack.
In an email, WDFW wolf
policy lead Donny Martorello
noted that the pack continues
to attack livestock, with the
most recent depredation con-
irmed last week.
“Given this pattern, we do
not believe we have achieved
the goal of stopping depreda-
tions in the near future,” he
Calf found dead in Wallowa
County was killed by wolves
By ERIC MORTENSON
Capital Press
A calf found dead Sept. 28 in Wallowa County was
killed by one or more wolves, according to Oregon Depart-
ment of Fish & Wildlife.
A livestock owner found the calf and alerted ODFW. The
carcass was intact but had bite wounds on the left front leg,
left lank and left hind leg, which investigators described
as common attack points for wolves. The size, spacing and
number of bite marks also were consistent with wolf at-
tacks, and wolf tracks were found at the site, according to
an ODFW depredation report. The calf probably died three
days before it was found, according to the report.
The attack happened in the Harl Butte area on private
land. Another calf was attacked in July about 8 miles south-
west of the most recent incident.
Investigators did not attribute the attack to a speciic
wolf pack.
said in an email.
WDFW has conirmed the
pack has attacked nine cattle
in the Colville National For-
est in northeastern Washing-
ton since July 8. Investigators
have identiied the pack as
“probably responsible for ive
more depredations.
The wolf killed Thursday
was a male. It was shot from
a helicopter, Martorello said.
Previously, WDFW shot
two adult females on Aug. 5,
one adult female Aug. 21, and
two adult males and one fe-
male pup Aug. 22.
“The department’s remov-
al operation is continuing, but
as I’ve indicated before, we
recognize full pack removal
will be extremely challenging,
given the rugged and heavi-
ly timbered landscape in the
area and the wolves’ extensive
range,” Martorello said.
Also Sept. 29, WDFW
conirmed the Smackout pack
had attacked a calf, the second
conirmed depredation by that
pack since Sept. 21. WDFW
investigators also say the pack
probably attacked another
calf, but they were unable to
conirm the depredation was
by wolves.
WDFW’s policy calls for
the department to consider
lethal removal of wolves after
four conirmed depredations
in a year.
The Smackout pack’s
territory straddles Stevens
and Pend Oreille counties
in northeastern Washington,
where most of the state’s
wolves live.
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A 747 800 air freighter is
shown at Seattle-Tacoma
International Airport. Canby,
Ore.-based Pure Seed is
shipping 88,000 pounds of
grass seed by air to the Unit-
ed Arab Emirates because
ocean carrier Hanjin has
stopped operations.
in Busan, South Korea.
“We scrambled for two
weeks for another shipper. It
was chaotic,” Solis said.
Eventually, Pure Seed
decided to air freight 88,000
pounds of ryegrass seed to
the UAE. Loading was set
for Sept. 28-29 at Seattle–
Tacoma International Air-
port. The rest of the seed,
stuck in Busan, is scheduled
to reach UAE by the end of
October on another shipping
line.
The ocean freight and
related costs of the orig-
inal shipment was about
$20,000, Solis said. The
air freight will cost about
$60,000 more and be borne
by Pure Seed, distributors
and management compa-
nies, he said.
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Courtesy of Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
A wolf is seen in this ile photo.The Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife has shot a seventh member of the Profanity Peak pack.
CANBY, Ore. — It
wasn’t something Lucas
Solis intended to do, but he
thinks he may have set a re-
cord for the air shipment of
grass seed.
Solis is general manager
of Pure Seed, a Canby, Ore.,
company that produces and
sells turf and forage grass
seed in North America and
overseas.
In mid-August, Pure Seed
delivered four containers,
just under 200,000 pounds,
of perennial ryegrass seed to
the Port of Seattle for ship-
ment to the Middle East. It
was supposed to reach the
United Arab Emirates by
the end of September for
overseeding high proile
golf courses, including one
that will host the Abu Dhabi
HSBC (Hong Kong Shang-
hai Banking Co.) 2017 Golf
Championship Jan. 19-22.
“Everyone was con-
cerned about Hanjin. Our
shipping team reached out
to them and they assured us
there would be no delays,”
Solis said. “The next shipper
wasn’t going to make the
deadline, so we decided to
stay with Hanjin.”
A few weeks later, South
Korea-based Hanjin, the
world’s seventh largest
shipping company, iled for
bankruptcy.
At that point, Pure Seed’s
shipment was stuck at a port
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Was that a PINK tractor?
We caught up with the Pink Tractor recently to ask some burning
questions. “PT” was kind enough to answer them.
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tractors, but you must admit that pink is a tractor of a different color.
How did you come to be?
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was born red in 1958 and worked for a Northwest FCS customer in
Worley, Idaho. I liked my job, but I was getting older and it was time for
the younger tractors to step up. So in 2013, still functioning and running
perfectly, I found a higher calling.
My farmers helped me find a new
home in Spokane and within 30
days, I found myself fully restored
to my former glory with a new coat
of pink. Those Northwest FCS
volunteer employees who worked on
my makeover outdid themselves…I
still feel like a kid again!
Q: Why pink?
PT: Pink represents the fight against
breast cancer. My mission is to bring
awareness, fundraising and a little
fun to the fight.
Q: Where have you been since turning pink?
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Everywhere I go, I meet people who have been affected in some way,
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even harder. And if I can bring some fun to them, I’m happy.
Q: What’s your favorite part of your job?
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of themselves standing near me. If I had a smart phone and hands, I’d
take selfies, too.
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You may have seen it on the road,
perhaps on a trip from Boise to
Billings, Spokane to Salem or in a
number of towns along the way. It’s
crisscrossed the Pacific Northwest
many times, on its way to or from
community and customer appreciation
events, ag shows, parades, rodeos,
farmers markets and races against
cancer. Northwest Farm Credit
Services and AgDirect collaborated to
bring an important message to rural
communities throughout Idaho,
Montana, Oregon and Washington
using a whimsical and totally effective
messenger, the Pink Tractor.