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Newspaper Page TextCapitalPress.com November 10, 2017 Washington Ecology to test wells for nitrate in farm area Oregon-California hay crop average despite challenges By CRAIG REED By DON JENKINS Hay conference, contest Nov. 17-18 For the Capital Press Capital Press SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION To: ALL OTHER UNKNOWN PARTIES CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE, LIEN OR INTEREST IN THE REAL PROPERTY COMMONLY KNOWN AS 7990 HERON STREET, SALEM, OR 97305 DATED: October 26, 2017 Legal-44-4-3/999 ZIEVE BRODNAX & STEELE, LLP t. Mon Capital Press Sa 90 Salmon- Challis National Forest on R lm r Salmon Fk. l m on R . Ranchers and the federal government have prevailed against an environmentalist lawsuit that claimed livestock grazing destroys ﬁ sh habitat in Idaho’s Salmon-Challis National Forest. The Western Watersheds Project, an environmental group, ﬁ led the complaint in 2015, accusing the U.S. Forest Service of approving grazing on four allotments in violation of federal forest management law. The lawsuit speciﬁ cal- ly pointed to degradation of streams occupied by white- ﬁ sh, short-nose sculpin and paiute sculpin, which are not endangered or threatened species but have still experi- enced major population de- The Hay King Contest will be held Nov. 18 in the shop building at SS Equipment in Lakeview. More information on the hay conference and the contest can be obtained by calling Dan Roberts, the president of the Lake County Hay & Forage Association, at 775- 742-0905. — Craig Reed army worms be a factor across the whole southern Oregon and northern California re- gion. Then for the region’s third cutting, smoke that drifted in from wildﬁ res blocked the sun and in some ﬁ elds stunt- ed the growth of a hay crop or prevented the cutting from curing. Fleming said his third cutting laid in the ﬁ eld for nine days before curing. Nor- mally, it takes half that time. Fleming, like King, hopes the hay price stays up for the 2018 hay crop, but in the meantime he said he had plen- ty to do with his hay equip- ment needing maintenance. 28 Challis 21 N 75 93 Ketchum 20 miles Alan Kenaga/Capital Press clines in recent decades. A group of about 15 ranch families who rely on the four allotments intervened as de- fendants in the case. U.S. Magistrate Judge Ronald Bush has now dis- missed the case, rejecting the plaintiff’s arguments that the Forest Service acted “arbi- trarily and capriciously” by Riparian management objectives are intended to measure progress in restoring stream health but they’re not “absolute requirements” that must be met in every water- way, the ruling said. Likewise, although ranch- ers fell short of meeting some permit conditions, they mostly complied with con- ditions for grass and shrub consumption by livestock, Bush said. While “instances of non- compliance” are relevant to Forest Service’s decision to re-authorize grazing permits, the judge said he’s “not per- suaded that the instances of noncompliance contained in such an extensive administra- tive record are representative of a pervasive, chronic histo- ry of non-compliance.” While it’s true that sedi- ment levels in many streams are excessive in the area, the Forest Service has found that roads are the biggest contributor to the problem, he said. Vibrant ag economy helps urban areas, planner says Capital Press By: /s/ Amy F. Harrington AMY F. HARRINGON, OR Bar 123363 Attorneys for Plaintiff WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, DOING BUSINESS AS CHRISTIANA TRUST, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR BRONZE CREEK TITLE TRUST 2014-NPL1, A DELAWARE TRUST 93 IDAHO By MATEUSZ PERKOWSKI By TIM HEARDEN THE STATE OF OREGON TO THE DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT(S) ABOVE NAMED: You are hereby directed and required to appear in, and defend against, this legal action within 30 days after the first date of publication of summons, which is the 3rd day of November, 2017, and defend the above entitled action in the above entitled court, and answer the complaint of the plaintiff WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, DOING BUSINESS AS CHRISTIANA TRUST, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR BRONZE CREEK TITLE TRUST 2014-NPL1, A DELAWARE TRUST and serve a copy of your answer upon the undersigned attorneys for plaintiff, ZIEVE BRODNAX & STEELE, LLP, at their office below stated; and in case of your failure so to do, judgment will be rendered against you according to the demand of the complaint, which has been filed with the clerk of said court. This is a Complaint for Judicial Foreclosure of Deed of Trust. You must “appear” in this case or the other side will win automatically. To “appear” you must file with the court a legal paper called a “motion” or “answer.” The “motion” or “answer” must be given to the court clerk or administrator within 30 days along with the required filing fee. It must be in proper form and have proof of service on the plaintiff’s attorney or, if the plaintiff does not have an attorney, proof of service on the plaintiff. If you have any questions, you should see an attorney immediately. If you need help in finding an attorney, you may contact the Oregon State Bar’s Lawyer Referral Service online at www.oregonstatebar.org or by calling (503) 684-3763 in the Portland metropolitan area. Area in detail authorizing grazing. “Having made a close ex- amination of the record, the court is satisﬁ ed that the pic- ture of wholesale habitat deg- radation painted by Western Watersheds simply does not square with the evidence,” Bush said. Just because many streams do not meet “riparian management objectives” in the four allotments does not mean that restricting grazing is justiﬁ ed, particularly since those waterways would like- ly be degraded without live- stock on the landscape, he said. “If the potential for ﬁ sh habitat degradation com- pelled the curtailment or dis- continuation of grazing, then grazing would be disallowed everywhere,” Bush said. However, end-of-season reports about the impacts of grazing don’t back up the environmental group’s al- legations of “rampant and ﬂ agrant violations of permit conditions,” he said. ORLAND, Calif. — Grow- ers should form partnerships with local government planners to have input on land-use poli- cies that could maximize their farms’ earnings potential, a Sacramento-based ofﬁ cial said on Nov. 7. While working with gov- ernment is “not an arena they normally like to play in unless they have to,” farmers can ben- eﬁ t from the relationships, said David Schabazian, a manager for the Sacramento Area Coun- cil of Governments. Schabazian is leading a project called the Rural-Urban Connections Strategy, a nearly decade-long effort to more ex- plicitly include rural areas in the region’s land-use and trans- portation planning decisions. He said the project has demonstrated to regulators and others that agriculture outside town plays a key role in an ur- ban area’s economy as well as providing environmental bene- ﬁ ts such as wildlife habitat and ﬂ ood control. “You cannot keep your heads in the sand anymore,” Schabazian told about 75 grow- ers and others in an exhibit hall at the Glenn County fair- grounds. “You have to engage with government.” While there’s much talk about an urban-rural divide, “we are actually more connect- ed in California than most peo- ple understand,” he said. Schabazian was the keynote speaker at the second annu- al North State Innovations in Agriculture conference, which was held Nov. 7-8 and included talks on cutting-edge technol- ogies, product demonstrations and a trade show. The conference, which also was to include California Department of Food and Agri- culture secretary Karen Ross, took on a simpler format after last fall’s inaugural Precision Ag Expo and Farm Business Forum offered two tracks of speakers and presentations over two days. Fairgrounds manager Ryann Newman started the conference last year to engage growers in the mid-Sacramento Valley re- gion, some of whom told her they’d like to learn more about all the new ag-related technolo- gy in California. Schabazian’s opening re- marks centered on the work of the Sacramento Area Coun- cil of Governments, which is tasked with building detailed economic forecasts in its role as a conduit for federal trans- portation funds. The agency launched its rural project in 2008 af- ter hearing criticism that its land use and transportation planning lacked adequate attention to the region’s outskirts, according to its website. 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The sale will be held at 10:00am by WILTSE’S TOWING 3120 CHERRY AVE SE SALEM, OR 2017 HONDA HRV VIN =3CZRU6H30HG700616 Amount due on lien $905.00 Reputed owner(s) ARLENE WEBB HONDA LEASE TRUST PURSUANT TO ORS CHAPTER 98 Notice is hereby given that the following vehicle will be sold, for cash to the highest bidder, on 11/14/17. The sale will be held at 10:00am by PARKING ENFORCEMENT SERVICES 1768 13TH ST. SE SALEM, OR 1995 TOYOTA LANDCRUISE VIN = JT3DJ81W3S0113027 Amount due on lien $1,062.00 Reputed owner(s) JASON & FE FARRINGTON UNITED FINANCE Legal-45-2-3/999 Legal-45-2-3/999 CASE NO.: 17CV29151 Missoula Legal-45-2-3/999 WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, DOING BUSINESS AS CHRISTIANA TRUST, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR BRONZE CREEK TITLE TRUST 2014-NPL1, A Delaware Trust, Plaintiff, vs. BRIAN D. GIBSON, an individual; TAMI K. GIBSON, an individual; OREGON DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE; and ALL OTHER UNKNOWN PARTIES CLAIMING ANY RIGHT, TITLE, LIEN OR INTEREST IN THE REAL PROPERTY COMMONLY KNOWN AS 7990 HERON STREET, SALEM, OR 97305. Defendants. Environmentalist lawsuit dismissed by federal judge ho IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF MARION dent of the Lake County Hay and Forage Association, said several growers in that coun- ty have said they are already sold out with most of their high-quality hay going to dairies and some to export. Lower-quality hay from Oregon and northern Califor- nia has also been readily sold, going to beef, sheep and goat owners. While the demand and the improved price are pos- itives for the end of the year for hay growers, the season got off to a bit of a rough start. Scattered rain showers on the ﬁ rst cutting negatively impacted some hay. Then in mid-summer, many grass hay ﬁ elds were infested with army worms and growers had to go to the expense of having an insecticide ﬂ own onto those ﬁ elds. “It’s not a cheap spray, so there was the additional cost and some reduced yield,” King said. “If you don’t spray, the crop will be decimated.” Maddox said it had been a long time since he had seen The conference will be held in the Memorial Hall of the Lake County Courthouse on Nov. 17. Presentations will include a forage seminar by Oregon Tilth with information on how to become an organic hay grower, information on growing low carb hay for horses and a discussion and demonstration on the use of drones in agriculture. Ranchers prevail in Idaho grazing dispute Ida LEGAL price for 100-pound bales is $13 to $17 for timothy, $11 to $14 for orchard grass and $10 to $12 for alfalfa. “The price depends on the quality of the hay and the lo- cation,” Maddox said, noting that freight is an expense that factors into the price. Maddox added that the price for the bales of alfalfa (1,200 to 1,800 pounds) go- ing to dairies is ranging from $200 to $235 a ton, depend- ing on how the hay tests for quality. Alfalfa that doesn’t test quite as high and is being exported is going for $160 to $200 a ton. Bart Fleming, a Klamath Falls area hay grower, said the hay price “was way better than the last two years and the trend is upwards. “All of our hay has a planned home,” he added. “The California market seems to be the strength for our oper- ation. There’s been some ex- port activity, but there’s been more of a (California) dairy inﬂ uence this season.” Dan Roberts, the presi- nt. last month. The report focused on 25 wells monitored between 2003 and 2016. One in four did not meet drinking stan- dards set by the Environmen- tal Protection Agency, though nitrate levels declined in nine wells and increased in only one well. The other 15 wells had no signiﬁ cant change in nitrate levels, according to Ecology. Whatcom Family Farm- ers spokesman Gerald Baron said the report shows nitrate levels are comparable with other agricultural areas and signals that improved farm practices are taking effect. “It’s good news. The overall indication of decline is signiﬁ cant,” Baron said. “Clearly, it indicates manure lagoons are working and farmers are applying (fertiliz- er) according to regulations.” Carey, who has taken part in monitoring the aquifer since 1995, agreed manure lagoons and manure-man- agement plans implemented in the past two decades may be working. “I think dairymen are aware of the importance of applying nutrients in the amounts and at the times that are most appropriate,” Carey said. Ecology’s tests don’t identify the sources of nitrate, which include septic tanks. “Unfortunately, no,” Carey said. “That’s difﬁ cult to do, and it’s a very case-by-case basis.” The aquifer straddles the U.S.-Canada border and is especially vulnerable to ni- trate contamination, accord- ing to Ecology. The water table is shallow, and rainfall in the area ranges from 32 to 50 inches a year. Craig Reed/For The Capital Press Bart Fleming of Klamath Falls, Ore., has a load of alfalfa weighed at Mac’s Store east of Klamath Falls on Oct. 17. Fleming says the price for the 2017 crop of hay is much better than the past two years. Sa The Washington Department of Ecology draws water from a well to test nitrate levels in the Sumas-Blaine Aquifer in Whatcom County. Ecology plans to test hundreds of wells next March in the area. The Oregon Hay & Forage Association Conference and Hay King Contest are scheduled for Nov. 17-18 in Lakeview, Ore. Md . Washington Department of Ecology KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — Hay growers in central and southcentral Oregon and in northern California dealt with such issues as early season scattered rains, the presence of army worms and smoke from wildﬁ res this year, but they generally agree they end- ed up with an average season. Countering those negative conditions was the fact the price for hay slowly trended upwards, and there’s a de- mand for it. “Between July and now, the market has gone up be- tween $20 and $30 (a ton),” said David King, a Klamath County hay grower who is president of the Klamath Ba- sin Hay Growers Association. “Ending this year with a high- er price bodes well for next year.” King said the demand for Oregon and northern Cali- fornia hay is up because the cattle population in the U.S. has increased, more ground in California is being planted to orchard trees or other crops rather than hay and the export market to East Asia remains strong. “With the amount of trees being planted in California, there’s not as much room left for hay in that state,” said Matt Maddox, the manag- er-broker for High Mountain Hay Growers, a cooperative of 18 hay growers in south- central Oregon and northern California. “The export mar- ket has stayed pretty strong and the retail market has got- ten better.” Maddox said the retail Mo The Washington Depart- ment of Ecology plans to test hundreds of wells over 150 square miles of mostly farmland in Whatcom Coun- ty next March to see whether groundwater quality has im- proved over 20 years. A recent study involving 25 wells suggests nitrate lev- els are trending downward in the Sumas-Blaine Aquifer, Ecology needs to replicate the much-bigger 1997 study to conﬁ rm it, department hydrogeologist Barb Carey said. “Groundwater is very variable over a short dis- tance, so we can’t say those 25 wells are representative of 150 square miles,” she said. “It’s not deﬁ nitive. That’s why we want to go back and look at the aquifer on a broad scale again.” The study may provide a snapshot of how farmers in the heart of Western Wash- ington’s dairy and berry in- dustries are managing nutri- ents. In 1997, Ecology tested 248 wells and 21 percent had nitrate levels above federal drinking standards. At the time, Ecology re- ported that the results con- ﬁ rmed a widespread problem in the aquifer and noted that dairies and raspberry ﬁ elds were the most frequent land use upgradient of wells with high nitrate levels. Nitrate, ubiquitous in the environment, is a public health concern at excessive levels, though studies of whether nitrate causes birth defects have been inconclu- sive, according to a 2015 statement by the U.S. Depart- ment of Health and Human Services. Ecology estimates 25,000 to 35,000 people drink from the aquifer. The groundwa- ter also reaches the Nook- sack River, which for its size washes more nitrate into Puget Sound than any other river, according to Ecology. Ecology followed up the 1997 study by monitoring a few dozen wells over the years. The 11 wells with the most complete testing re- cords have averaged decreas- es in nitrate levels, according to an Ecology report issued Legal-44-2-3/999 4