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Friday, July 29, 2022
New wolf area designated in Oregon
By GEORGE PLAVEN
Capital Press
A new group of wolves has taken up
residence in Central Oregon, including
parts of Deschutes and northern Klam-
ath counties.
State wildlife officials designated
an “Area of Known Wolf Activity” in
the Upper Deschutes Wildlife Manage-
ment Unit, which extends from near
Bend south to Crescent along Highway
97 and west to the Pacific Crest Trail.
Ranchers in the area should con-
sider non-lethal measures to protect
their livestock, such as hiring range
riders or using flashing lights and
alarms to scare away wolves, accord-
ing to the Oregon Department of Fish
and Wildlife.
ODFW also recommends removing
any carcasses or bone piles that might
attract wolves. Other deterrents may
include guard dogs, electrified fencing
of small pastures and fladry.
While Oregon’s wolf management
plan does allow for killing wolves in
the event of repeated attacks on live-
stock, this does not apply west of high-
ways 395, 78 and 95, where wolves
remain federally protected under the
Endangered Species Act. That includes
the Upper Deschutes area.
The minimum known wolf popula-
Don Jenkins/Capital Press File
The Supreme Court ruled July 21 that timber har-
vests in state forests benefits the public, but law-
makers have the power to change that.
ODFW
A trail camera photo shows an adult wolf with five pups in the Upper De-
schutes Wildlife Management Area in Central Oregon. ODFW has designat-
ed a new “Area of Known Wolf Activity” in the area, including parts of De-
schutes and northern Klamath counties.
tion in Oregon based on verified evi-
dence was at least 175 at the end of
2021, though ODFW acknowledges
the actual population is likely higher.
Biologists began monitoring reports
of a single wolf in the area in August
2021, and one wolf was counted during
ODFW’s annual winter survey.
Earlier this year, tracks of four
wolves were found in the area, though
it wasn’t immediately clear if they
came from a new group of wolves or
from the Indigo Pack, which occupies
territory just to the south.
On July 4, a trail camera in the area
snapped a photo of an adult wolf with
five pups, confirming the new group.
Depending on how many wolves are
in the group by year’s end, it may be
designated the Upper Deschutes Pack.
A pack is defined as having at least four
wolves traveling together in winter —
typically with at least two adults and
their offspring.
ODFW says additional surveys will
be conducted to learn more about the
Upper Deschutes wolves’ home range.
Wolf sightings from the public can
be reported to ODFW online at www.
dfw.state.or.us/wolves.
Analyst expects slowdown in dairy demand
By CAROL RYAN DUMAS
Capital Press
The combination of steep
inflation and increasing
interest rates heightens the
risk of an economic reces-
sion, a dairy market analyst
says.
“The central banks have
noticed that inflation has
got out of hand. It’s their
job to do something about
it, but they have a very lim-
ited toolbox and the tools
are pretty blunt,” said Nate
Donnay, director of dairy
market insight for StoneX
Group.
They’re going to raise
interest rates to slow invest-
ment and consumption.
That will cause people to
buy fewer goods, lessening
demand and slowing price
increases, he said during the
latest
“DairyLivestream”
webinar.
Historically, the banks
have had a hard time bring-
ing down inflation from the
7-9% levels without pushing
the economy into recession,
he said.
“You look at it from a
historical perspective and
it seems likely that we slip
into recession at some point
here,” he said.
Typically the start of a
recession is marked by two
consecutive quarters of
declining real Gross Domes-
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The Soil and Water Conservation
Commission (SWCC) will hold its
regular quarterly meeting from
1-4:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 15,
2022, and from 8:30 am to 12:30
pm Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, at
Upper Willamette Soil and Wa-
ter Conservation District, 3291 W
First Ave., Eugene, 97402.
Virtual attendance also is avail-
able. Information on how to
attend virtually can be found at
https://oda.direct/meetings. The
regular quarterly meeting agen-
da covers SWCC reports, advisor
reports, Soil and Water Conserva-
tion District programs and fund-
ing, Agriculture Water Quality
Management Program updates,
and other agenda items.
The Oregon Department of Agri-
culture complies with the Ameri-
cans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
If you need special accommoda-
tions to participate in this meet-
ing, please contact Sandi Hiatt at
(503) 986-4704, at least 72 hours
prior to the meeting.
the first half of recessions, he
said.
“I think it takes some time
for the weaker economic
conditions to impact wages
and for consumers to change
their purchasing behavior.
It’s really in the second half
of recessions that we tend to
see the big downward pres-
sure on commodity prices,”
he said.
Determining the impact
of current conditions would
depend on when the reces-
sion started. If it started in
April, it probably suggests
Capital Press File commodity prices could take
The likelihood of an economic recession is increasing, a a dive in September-October,
dairy analyst says.
he said.
“But maybe we haven’t
tic Product. GDP was down ing at a slowdown in dairy slipped into recession yet,”
1.6% in the first quarter, and demand driven by a slower he said.
the Atlanta Federal Reserve economy, and if not by a
The other factor for the
Bank estimates it was down slower economy then by less dairy market is that expan-
by the same percentage in purchasing power as infla- sion of the U.S. herd has
tion is running above wage been relatively small and
the second quarter, he said.
milk production in Europe
“So it’s very possible … growth,” he said.
Commodity
markets is still down. In previ-
we already had two quarters
of declining real GDP,” he have already adjusted to the ous recessions in 2001 and
slowdown over the last four 2008-2009, milk production
said.
Even if it’s not a reces- weeks. Crude oil has dropped at the start was growing, he
sion, central banks globally from $120 a barrel to $100. said.
are intentionally trying to Corn has dropped from $7.50
This time around, the
slow their economies to slow a bushel to less than $6, and supply situation is weaker
inflation, he said.
cheese has dropped from than at the start of those pre-
“So even if we don’t tip $2.20 a pound to $2, he said. vious recessions, he said.
“So while we may see
into recession, we are look-
“So we’ve already seen
ing at slower economic some downward movement some negative impacts on
growth, which is typically in prices,” he said.
demand, maybe the impact
not great for demand,” he
Historically, commodity on prices will be less than
said.
prices haven’t always seen we’ve seen in previous
“So we’re likely look- downward pressure during recessions,” he said.
Washington high court
upholds state logging
By DON JENKINS
Capital Press
The Washington Supreme
Court said the Department of
Natural Resources has dis-
cretion on how it manages
state forests, a decision that
gave the timber industry an
immediate victory, but was
hailed by environmentalists
as a “monumental conserva-
tion decision.”
In the 8-0 ruling July 21,
the court rejected claims that
DNR’s timber-harvesting
plans were violating its con-
stitutional duty to manage
state-owned forests for “all
the people.”
Writing for the court, Jus-
tice Helen Whitener said the
public gains from increased
economic activity, and
funding for education and
government.
“As DNR emphasizes,
generating revenue from
timber harvests helps boost
local economies and main-
tain state institutions,” she
wrote.
Whitener, however, was
sympathetic to the environ-
mental groups, saying they
presented a “commendable
argument” that state for-
ests should be managed to
“also combat climate change
and protect our crucial
ecosystem.”
While DNR can allow
logging, it’s not required to,
she said. It will be up to the
Legislature, not the court, to
order changes, she said.
The ruling dismisses a
lawsuit led by Conservation
Northwest. Nevertheless,
Executive Director Mitch
Friedman declared victory.
“The court issued a mon-
umental conservation rul-
ing,” he said. “Over coming
years and decades, this rul-
ing will be cited in support
of nature-protection policies
made by the Legislature and
the DNR.”
DNR manages about 3
million acres. The federal
government granted much
of the land to fund public
services when Washington
became a state. Counties and
school districts in heavily
forested areas rely on money
from state timber sales.
Conservation Northwest,
joined by the Washington
Environmental Council and
Olympic Forest Coalition,
accused DNR of acting “like
a private timber company.”
Climate activists sup-
ported the lawsuit, while the
timber industry and rural
counties, school districts and
fire districts intervened to
support DNR.
DNR argued that it has an
obligation to generate tim-
ber revenue, but also said it
doesn’t endanger the envi-
ronment. Lands Commis-
sioner Hilary Franz said
the ruling affirms DNR’s
authority.
“I also recognize that in
the face of a rapidly chang-
ing climate, we must do
everything we can to safe-
guard public lands and pro-
tect our forests,” she said in
a statement.
American
Forest
Resource Council President
Travis Joseph said the rul-
ing should encourage DNR
to stop being “publicly bul-
lied by anti-forestry groups.”
“This opinion rejects,
once and for all, legal attacks
by anti-forestry groups to
upend the trust mandate and
the many benefits it pro-
vides,” he said.
A Thurston County judge
dismissed the lawsuit, which
originated over the state’s
plan to conserve marbled
murrelet habitat. The envi-
ronmental groups appealed
and the Supreme Court
accepted the case, skipping
over the Court of Appeals.
The case drew wide-
spread interest. In an amicus
brief, the Washington Coun-
cil of Machinists said that if
the environmental groups
won, state forests would
become “theme parks for the
affluent.”
Report: $2.66B annual crop value of Columbia Basin Project
study from the three irriga-
tion districts within the fed-
eral project.
The report estimates an
additional $2.671 billion as
the estimated value of animal
and food processing produc-
tion reliant on project crops.
The new report updates a
2010 study on the economic
value of the project, said John
O’Callaghan, secretary-man-
ager of the South Columbia
Basin Irrigation District in
Pasco, Wash.
“The (project) is an eco-
nomic engine, churning away
producing things that soci-
ety requires at a fundamental
level — food, fiber, economic
opportunities, social oppor-
tunities, recreational oppor-
tunities, and fish and wildlife
habitat — and will continue
to do so well into the future,”
O’Callaghan told the Capital
Press.
The East and Quincy
Columbia Basin irrigation
districts also commissioned
the study.
“The asset that is the
Columbia Basin Project is
taken for granted — from
the food we eat to the jobs
we hold, to the places we call
home or our playground,” said
Sara Higgins, executive direc-
tor of the Columbia Basin
Development League, which
advocates project completion.
“These things wouldn’t exist
without the (project). That’s
significant enough to pay
attention to, understand, sup-
port, maintain and grow.”
The project was autho-
rized by Congress to irrigate
1,029,000 acres, but to date
the network of reservoirs and
canals irrigates about 700,000
acres in portions of Grant,
Adams, Franklin and Walla
Walla counties, with some
land in Lincoln County autho-
rized but not yet receiving
water, according to the league.
Funding is the biggest
need to complete the Odessa
Groundwater
Replace-
ment Program, reinvest in
aging infrastructure and
overall completion of the
project, Higgins said.
“The value of the (project)
is compromised if a declining
aquifer prevents continued
production at current rates,”
she said. “Completion of the
(project) will increase the
value of its contributions, not
only economically, but also
in areas like food security and
sustainability.”
The project is not directly
dependent on the Snake River
dams compared to inland
agriculture, O’Callaghan said.
But transportation, energy
and agribusiness systems are
complex and interrelated, he
said, “in ways that are hard
to understand until they stop
functioning.”
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Crops in the Colum-
bia Basin Project are val-
ued at $2.66 billion each
year, or roughly $3,800 per
acre, according to a recent
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