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FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 2018
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VOLUME 91, NUMBER 34
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STILL TALL IN THE
SADDLE
Brad Carlson/Capital Press
Rick Bean of RC Bean Saddlery
south of Star, Idaho, tightens
conchos on a saddle.
In an internet-dominated retail world,
tack shops survive by featuring
hand-made, one-of-a-kind wares
By BRAD CARLSON
Capital Press
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n a recent Friday in New Plymouth, Idaho,
Flying V Saddlery owner Jerry Vincent is
found not in his colorful retail shop but in-
stead in a back room where he is skillfully
working a small strip of leather that will
become bridle reins.
“We have to do a super-good job,” said Vincent, 75,
as he meticulously worked the leather. “We have to take
care of our customers.”
Thirty miles to the southeast, near Star, Idaho, Rick
and Kristie Bean welcome a handful of customers —
including hobbyists and a couple of horse-industry
professionals — to the larger of their two shops. No
one walks out with a big-ticket purchase, but almost ev-
eryone talks about current needs and future wants.
Rick Bean, 57, then goes back to work on a saddle,
as he has done for 40 years.
“My love is not just to be a saddle-maker,” Rick
Bean said. “I kind of evolved into a leather artist be-
cause I have built high-end saddles.”
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Wildfires burn 6 million acres across West
By BRAD CARLSON
Capital Press
Associated Press File
More than 6 million acres of the West have been burned this fire
season.
Vicki Markley remembers the scene
vividly. The owner of Pinehurst Cabins
& RV Park stood on her doorstep two
weeks ago as the Rattlesnake Creek Fire
approached from across U.S. Highway
95 south of Riggins, Idaho.
“It was burning right across the
street,” she said. “Helicopters were dip-
ping right out of the (Little Salmon) river
here.”
Neither people nor property in the
immediate area were hurt, she said, and
the fire eventually reversed course and
moved away from the resort property.
But as of Aug. 21 the Rattlesnake
Creek Fire remained only 28 percent con-
tained, and the Boise-based National In-
teragency Fire Center pegged it at 8,135
acres. It’s one of thousands of fires burn-
ing in a busy Western wildfire season.
Through Aug. 21, 41,563 fires have
burned more than 6 million acres across
the West.
For the same period of 2017, there
were 42,977 fires that burned nearly 6.48
million acres.
Jennifer Jones, a U.S. Forest Service
spokeswoman at NIFC, said that on a 1-to-
5 scale the current preparedness level is 5.
Court reinstates suspended WOTUS rule
By CAROL RYAN DUMAS
Capital Press
A U.S. District Court in South Carolina
has reinstated the controversial 2015 Waters
of the United States rule that expanded EPA
and Army Corps of Engineers jurisdiction
under the Clean Water Act.
District Judge David Norton last week
ruled the Trump administration failed to
comply with rulemaking requirements under
the Administrative Procedure Act in suspend-
ing rule.
Norton ruled that while different adminis-
trations may implement different regulatory
priorities, they must comply with procedural
requirements. Specifically, the government
provided no “reasoned analysis” for suspend-
ing the rule and no “meaningful opportunity”
for public comment, Norton stated.
The judge enjoined the suspension rule
nationwide. But two federal courts — one in
North Dakota covering 13 states and one in
Georgia covering 11 states — have blocked
Turn to WOTUS, Page 12
This year, Australia and New Zealand
senior firefighters and U.S. active-duty
military soldiers arrived at the start of
August rather than near the end of the
month, as in the past, indicating staff and
resources were stretched thinner, earlier,
she said.
“It also feels different to have so much
fire ‘on the board’ in such a widespread
area,” she said. For example, Colora-
do and Wyoming still have active fires,
whereas those states usually aren’t in
play to a large extent this time of year.
“It’s rare for us to go into the end of
Turn to WILDFIRES, Page 5
States affected by 2015 WOTUS
Maine
N.H.
Vt.
Wash.
Minn.
Ore.
Mich.
Iowa
Ohio
Ill.
Calif.
Penn.
Va.
Ten.
Okla.
Source: American
Farm Bureau Federation
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N.Y.
Texas
Miss.
La.
Mass.
R.I.
Conn.
N.J.
Del.
Md.
D.C.
Hawaii