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4 CapitalPress.com Friday, August 21, 2020 WDFW eliminates Wedge wolf pack By DON JENKINS Capital Press Southern Oregon wolves kill yearling steers near Fort Klamath By GEORGE PLAVEN Capital Press The Wedge wolf pack’s two last members were killed by Washington Fish and Wild- life on Aug. 13, the department announced Monday. The pack, whose third mem- ber was removed by the depart- ment July 27, had killed at least two calves and injured 20 oth- ers between May 11 and Aug. 1. The pack also probably killed another calf, according to the department. Fish and Wildlife had hoped eliminating one female wolf would stop the attacks on cat- tle. Department Director Kelly Susewind authorized removing the last two wolves, a male and female, after they attacked two more calves. The calves belonged to three different ranches. The depart- ment said each producer tried to prevent the attacks with non-lethal measures to deter the wolves. The attacks occurred on public and private land. The department also announced Aug. 13 it will kill one or two wolves in the Lead- point pack, also in Stevens County. The pack has killed three calves and injured nine oth- ers in a large private pasture since June 19. The department initially hoped more lights, flapping ribbons and people patrolling the pasture would stop the attacks. Wolf advocates are criticiz- WDFW The last two members of the Wedge wolf pack in Stevens Coun- ty, Wash., have been culled by the state Department of Fish and Wildlife. ing Fish and Wildlife’s use of lethal control. They are urg- ing Gov. Jay Inslee to order the department to subject its lethal-removal policy to an environmental and a public review. The department says it kills wolves as a last resort to stop attacks on livestock. The department says it needs a flex- ible policy to maintain social acceptance of wolves and to meet its obligation to protect the public and property from dangerous wildlife. Ranchers have criticized Fish and Wildlife for being slow to use lethal control, let- ting packs grow accustomed to attacking livestock, resulting in more killed or mauled cat- tle and eventually more dead wolves. “Finding the balance for wolves and livestock-based livelihoods to co-exist is not always as easy as we’d like it to be,” Fish and Wild- life wolf policy leader Donny Martorello said in a statement. KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — As wolves continue to prey on cattle in the Wood River Valley of southwest Ore- gon, ranchers are growing impatient waiting to hear whether the predators will remain protected under the federal Endangered Species Act. Wolves have killed seven yearling steers since July 17 on private pastures near Fort Klamath, a rural community between Klamath Falls and Crater Lake National Park. The most recent incident was confirmed Monday by the Ore- gon Department of Fish and Wildlife. All attacks were attributed to the Rogue pack. The Rogue pack also killed two yearling steers in the same area in May, and a 10th death was ruled “possible/ unknown,” according to investigation reports from ODFW. In each case, the steers weighed 650-975 pounds. While the state has delisted gray wolves in Eastern Oregon, they remain listed as federally endangered west of highways 395, 78 and 95. That includes the southern Cascade Range, home of the Rogue pack sired by OR-7, the wolf that gained notoriety for traveling from northeastern Oregon to California before settling in southern Oregon. Last year, the Trump administra- tion issued a proposal to remove wolves from the endangered species list across the Lower 48 states. The Oregon Cattle- men’s Association supported the move, arguing ranchers and wildlife manag- ers should be able to cull wolves that habitually raid livestock. Environmen- tal groups oppose delisting. A public comment period for the proposed rule ended May 14, 2019. More than a year later, the outcome is still undetermined. Vanessa Kauffman, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Washington, D.C., said there is no time frame for a final decision. Mean- while, the OCA is calling for immedi- ate action. “If the agencies were managing wolves responsibly then these severe depredations could be handled effec- tively,” said Rodger Huffman, a Union County rancher and chairman of the association’s wolf committee, in a July press release. Perhaps no other group of wolves exemplifies the issue better than the Rogue pack. John Stephenson, a wildlife biolo- gist and wolf specialist for the USFWS, is tasked with monitoring the pack and helping ranchers protect their livestock. It hasn’t been easy, as the wolves have repeatedly killed cattle on both sides of the Sky Lakes Wilderness in the South- ern Oregon Cascades. On the west side of the range, the problem has been at Mill-Mar Ranch about 45 miles northwest of Medford. Rancher Ted Birdseye tried everything from hanging fladry — small flags — to using an waving inflatable tube man like those seen at used car lots to scare away wolves. Finally, Birdseye built a 5-foot-tall, 3-mile-long wildlife fence around his pasture to keep the pack at bay. The $46,000 fence was paid for with money from the USFWS, Jackson County and private funding raised by the Klam- ath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center. New executive director to lead Oregon Cattlemen’s Association Dennee will take over position beginning Oct. 1 By GEORGE PLAVEN Capital Press SALEM — A new executive director is coming to the Oregon Cattlemen’s Association. Tammy Dennee was hired Aug. 13 to lead the industry lobbying group, representing 1,800 rancher members across the state. She replaces Jerome Rosa, who left in July to take over as head of the Ari- zona Cattle Growers Association. While Dennee is officially join- ing the OCA, she won’t have to go far. For the last five years, she has been the legislative director of the Oregon Dairy Farmers Asso- ciation, which shares an office Tammy Dennee in Salem with the cattlemen’s association. That means Dennee will be moving all of 5 feet — just to the other side of the wall — when she begins her new job Oct. 1. OCA President and Harney County rancher Tom Sharp said Dennee is “exceptionally quali- fied” for the position, adding that the group’s hiring committee was impressed with her years of expe- rience working on behalf of agri- culture at the Oregon State Capitol. “I have complete confidence Tammy will do great work on behalf of our mission and member- ship,” Sharp said in a statement. Dennee, 58, is a lifelong Ore- gonian, born in Hood River and raised in The Dalles. For a while in Hood River, Dennee said, her grandparents had a small farm with cows, horses, chickens and a giant garden that, in the eyes of a child, seemed to stretch for blocks. Dennee’s paternal grandfather was also a herdsman for a dairy farm near Donald, Ore. One sum- mer, she remembers working on a ranch near Grass Valley in rural Sherman County, where she was introduced to the physical strenu- ous job of “bucking,” or stacking, hay bales by hand. Those experiences, she said, helped her to develop a strong connection with agriculture. “I just have such an apprecia- tion for the hard work these men and women dedicate themselves to every single day,” Dennee said in an interview with the Capital Press. Before going to work for the Dairy Farmers Association, Den- nee was a top official for the Oregon wheat industry based in Pendleton. She spent 10 years as executive director of the Oregon Wheat Growers League, eventu- ally stepping down in 2010. Six years ago, Dennee moved from Eastern Oregon to the Wil- lamette Valley with her husband, Michael. In February 2015, Dennee was hired by the Oregon Dairy Farm- ers Association, placing her back at the Capitol. As Dennee explains, dairy farmers and ranchers are closely linked in animal agriculture, giv- ing her an advanced understand- ing producers’ needs. For exam- ple, dairy cows that are at the end of their lifespan might go to meat processing, and male calves may also be sent to a ranch or feedlot. “Dairy and beef, we’re one in the same,” Dennee said. “We work very closely together on many of the same issues.” With the OCA, Dennee said she is looking forward to devel- oping a new strategic plan with the association’s leaders, looking three to five years into the future. “We have a lot of work to do, always, in agriculture,” she said. “We really find ourselves in this place where consumers have a deep desire to be connected. We have to find a way to con- nect them back to our ranching community.” Washington Cattlemen’s Association hires new executive vice president ern Cattle Raisers for a year. H e r husband, Micah, also has a new job teach- ing at Seat- tle Pacific ern Texas. Her particular interests are replacement heifer selection and heifer development. House and the associa- tion’s leadership will advo- cate for ranchers in Olympia and in the marketplace. “Farmers and ranch- ers are the best stewards of those landscapes, and we want to make sure they’re incentivized to keep doing what they’re doing ... to keep producing a healthy, affordable domestic food supply,” she said. “The great thing about Ashley is that right away when you meet her, you feel like you’re talking to a friend,” said Mark Streuli, the association’s lobbyist. “The WCA Board noticed right away that her passion and enthusiasm for the cattle industry really came through in her interview. She backed that up with experience and leadership in association management.” House welcomes the opportunity to hear from the state’s ranchers. “I love the opportunity to learn from anybody who has something that they find of particular value or inter- est,” she said. “I just really have a voracious appetite for learning and I’d love to make connections.” House replaces Ellensburg rancher Danny DeFranco, who resigned earlier this year to focus on other opportuni- ties. DeFranco started in May 2019. LEGAL PURSUANT TO ORS CHAPTER 87 Notice is hereby given that the following vehicle will be sold, for cash to the highest bidder, on 08/31/2020. 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She said she is honored to represent ranchers. “I’ve been described before as an ag devotee, and I wear that title with pride,” she said. “I love going to bat for farmers and ranchers, and for production agriculture.” House grew up on a cow- calf operation in south- By MATTHEW WEAVER Capital Press
