FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2016
THE BAKER COUNTY PRESS — 7
Outdoor Rec / Local
Lucas now on Sumpter City Council
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Planning Commission
Report
LeAnne Woolf reported
the Planning Commission
met August 18 and worked
on the evacuation and
comp plans. On Septem-
ber 7, they held a special
meeting to review applica-
tions. The next meeting
will be held September 15.
Records Maintenance
City Recorder Julie McK-
inney stated she wanted to
address a comment made
in the audience at the last
Council meeting about the
City’s inability to maintain
and locate meeting min-
utes. She cited an Oregon
Court of Appeals fi nding
regarding ORS 192.650,
which clarifi ed one year
as a reasonable period of
time to preserve meeting
minutes, unless there is
clear evidence that a longer
period of time is needed.
Letters of Intent
Samantha Rowan read
a letter of intent from
Greg Lucas asking to be
appointed to City Council.
Vote of acceptance was
unanimous.
Rowan then read a letter
of intent from LeAnne
Woolf asking to be reap-
pointed to City Council.
The letter stated it has been
one year since she was
recalled by one vote. One
of the major reasons listed
in the Petition for Recall
was her being named in
the lawsuit. She has been
off Council for a year,
with others named in the
lawsuit being off longer,
and the lawsuit is still
in place. She is familiar
with many of the relevant
processes and would like
to serve again. There is
nothing legally to prevent
her from returning to serve
on Council.
Rowan made a motion
to allow Woolf’s ap-
pointment. Clarke stated
he had a problem with
this, just because Woolf
was recalled by a vote of
the people and it was a
majority. He stated he has
no hard feelings toward
Woolf, but would not sec-
ond the motion.
Greg Lucas was then
sworn in, with Julie McK-
inney administering the
oath, and took his seat at
the Council table.
Clarke stated Leland My-
ers has submitted a letter of
intent expressing interest
in serving on the Planning
Commission and motioned
to accept it. When asked
about Myers’s recall, he
explained the Planning
Commission is a different
part of the City than the
Council. Lucas said they
used to have old-timers
who understood the City
and how it was build. He
said Myers is now the “last
pocket of knowledge” on
this matter. Motion passed
with all in favor.
Marijuana Ordinance
Workshop
A workshop to review
the marijuana retail sales
ordinance will be held
Tuesday September 27th
at 7 PM and is open to the
public. Julie McKinney
stated copies of the draft
ordinance will be available
at City Hall.
Wage Adjustment Request
Clarke stated he had a
letter from the Utility Man-
ager requesting a wage
adjustment. He asked if
one has ever been re-
ceived and Jeff McKinney
responded three years ago.
After discussion, including
McKinney’s record obtain-
ing necessary certifi cations
to support City operations
and cleaning up areas such
as the treatment plant,
Clarke and Rowan voted
in favor of the adjustment.
Lucas abstained as it was
his fi rst night on Council,
but stated he agreed.
IFA Application
Clarke requested to hold
a workshop to take care
of the intake form and
move forward. It was set
for Monday the 26th at 10
a.m.
Columbia
River season
extended for
hatchery
Chinook
Recreational fi shermen will have through Sept. 22 to
keep hatchery Chinook salmon from Buoy 10 upstream to
the Warrior Rock/Bachelor Island deadline under a season
extension approved today by fi shery managers from Or-
egon and Washington.
The season extension was adopted based on the lat-
est fi sh passage and harvest data. It is the second time
this month that the Buoy 10 Chinook season has been
extended following lower than expected catch rates. This
action also extends the ongoing hatchery-only Chinook
season from Tongue Point upstream to Warrior Rock.
Both sections of the river are scheduled to reopen to any
Chinook again Oct. 1 when the adult Chinook daily bag
limit increases to two fi sh under permanent rules.
Only hatchery Chinook may be retained during the Sept.
15 – 22 extension; all wild fi sh must be released un-
harmed. The daily adult bag limit is two salmonids a day,
of which only one may be a Chinook and only one may
be a hatchery steelhead. The effective area is from Buoy
10 at the Columbia River mouth upstream approximately
88 miles to the Warrior Rock lighthouse/Bachelor Island
line.
Use restrictions eased as of last
Free
public
Friday due to cooler weather
With cooler weather
conditions and a decrease
in fi re danger, Public Use
Restrictions (PURS) for
campfi res, smoking, off-
road travel, and chainsaw
use will be reduced to
Phase A on the Wallowa-
Whitman National Forest
effective Friday, Septem-
ber 9th. Phase A is the
second level of restric-
tions, generally imple-
mented when fi re danger is
moderate to high. PURS
are phased in and out col-
lectively across the Blue
Mountains, as conditions
warrant, and may differ
from forest to forest.
Phase A PURs reinstate
seasonal campfi re restric-
tions and allow recreation-
al chainsaw use between
the hours of 8:00PM and
1:00PM. Chainsaw opera-
tion associated with com-
mercial and personal use
fi rewood permits are regu-
lated under Industrial Fire
Precaution levels (IFPLs)
and are not impacted by
this public use restriction.
Please continue to check
the Blue Mountain Inter-
agency Dispatch website
for up-to-date information
on IFPLs. (http://bmidc.
org/ifpls.shtml)
Phase A restrictions
include:
Seasonal campfi re restric-
tions and requirements
described for June 1- Octo-
ber 31 apply.
o Campfi res allowed only
in fi re pits surrounded by
dirt, rock, or commercial
rings and in areas not
conducive to rapid fi re
spread. All fl ammable
material shall be cleared
within a 3-foot radius from
the edge of the pit and free
of overhanging material.
Use existing pits wherever
possible.
Campfi res must be at-
tended at all times, and
completely extinguished
prior to leaving.
In all cases with all types
of fi res, a shovel, and one
gallon of water is required
to be present at all times,
except in designated Wil-
derness Areas (Eagle Cap
Wilderness, Hells Canyon
Wilderness, Monument
Rock Wilderness, North
Fork John Day Wilder-
ness) and the following
developed recreation sites
on the Wallowa-Whitman
National Forest: Anthony
Lakes Campground and
Picnic Area, Union Creek
Campground & Picnic
Area, and Fish Lake
Campground.
Portable cooking stoves
using liquefi ed or bottled
gas and wood burning
stoves equipped with a
chimney that is at least
fi ve (5) feet in length with
a spark-arresting screen
consisting of ¼ inch mesh
hardware cloth are al-
lowed.
Use of charcoal bri-
quettes is permitted under
the same restrictions as
campfi res described above.
Chainsaws may be
operated only between the
hours of 8 p.m. and 1 p.m.
local time. A one hour fi re
watch is required after
saw operations cease. Saw
operators are required to
have an axe (minimum
2 lb. head, 26” length),
shovel (8” wide, 26”
length), and fi re extin-
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guisher (minimum ABC
8 oz.) in their possession.
Chainsaw operation as-
sociated with commercial
and personal use fi rewood
permits are regulated under
Industrial Fire Precaution
levels (IFPLs) and are not
impacted by this public use
restriction.
Smoking is allowed only
in enclosed vehicles, build-
ings or cleared areas.
No off-road/off-trail
vehicle travel or travel
on roads not cleared of
standing grass or other
fl ammable material; no
vehicle travel on those FS
roads where access has
been impeded or blocked
by earthen berm, logs,
boulders, barrier, barricade
or gate, or as otherwise
identifi ed in the Fire Order.
The public’s awareness
of the increased fi re danger
and cooperation is es-
sential to a continued safe
fi re season. Recreationists,
fi rewood cutters, hunters,
and other forest users can
all help by closely adher-
ing to restrictions, operat-
ing safely and cautiously
and keeping up-to-date
on the latest orders and
regulations.
Please check with your
local Oregon Department
of Forestry (ODF) offi ce
for public use restrictions
on lands protected by ODF.
Visit the Blue Mountain
Interagency Dispatch web-
page at: www.bmidc.org
or contact a local Oregon
Department of Forestry
offi ce for more complete
information. Similar re-
strictions may be in effect
on State and private lands
protected by the Washing-
ton Department of Natural
Resources (WA-DNR).
More information can be
found on the WA-DNR
website at: http://www.dnr.
wa.gov/.
For more information
about the Wallowa-Whit-
man National Forest’s Pub-
lic Use Restrictions, please
contact our offi ce at 541-
523-1246, visit our website
at www.fs.usda.gov/uma-
tilla/, or check our social
media pages. Facebook:
https://www.facebook.
com/WallowaWhitmanNF/
or the Blue Mountain Fire
Information Blog: http://
bluemountainfi reinfo.
blogspot.com/
admission day
at Interpretive
Center
The Bureau of Land Management will be observ-
ing National Public Lands Day at the National Historic
Oregon Trail Interpretive Center (NHOTIC) on Satur-
day, September 24, with volunteer trail and vegetation
projects and free admission for all visitors. Restoration
activities at the Trail Center begin at 9:00 a.m.
National Public Lands Day is a nationwide effort to
help care for parks, natural areas, historic sites, trails,
watersheds, and other areas owned by the public. For 23
years, the last Saturday of September has been designated
as National Public Lands Days (NPLD) with an estimated
170,000 volunteers throughout the country participat-
ing last year. Individuals or groups may participate. The
fi rst thirty participants receive a free T-shirt. All volun-
teers will be offered refreshments provided by the Trail
Tenders volunteer group and a coupon for free admission
at National Parks and federal recreation areas during the
following year.
BLM seeks
revised EA for
weeds
The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Vale Dis-
trict is asking for public input on a Revised Environmen-
tal Assessment (EA) for Weeds Treatment.
New regulations allow for the use of three active
herbicide ingredients aminopyralid, fl uroxypyr, and
rimsulfuron in addition to those currently approved for
vegetation treatments on BLM-administered lands in the
western United States, including Oregon, subsequent to
site-specifi c environmental analysis.
The Vale District prepared an Environmental Assess-
ment (EA) (DOI-BLM-ORWA-V000-2011-0047-EA) to
expand and update its existing District-wide integrated
noxious weed management program and released it on
December 23, 2015 for a 45-day public comment period.
Due to the availability of the three new herbicides, Vale
BLM has decided to revise the analysis in the EA to add
a third alternative to the No Action and the Proposed
Action - the Revised Proposed Action - that considers the
effects of the use of the additional three herbicides as part
of the District’s Integrated Weed Management Program.
The Revised EA is now available for public consider-
ation. The Revised EA is available to view at the Vale
District ePlanning website at http://1.usa.gov/1mwy1HW
under the Documents link on the left side of the page.
To facilitate public review, all changes made since the
close of the comment period of the original EA, including
changes incorporating the new herbicides and responses
to public input is highlighted in blue font. Comments can
be submitted electronically, subject Vale Inv. Plant Mgt.
EA, to: blm_or_invasive_plant_ea_comments@blm.gov,
or by mail:
OR/WA Bureau of Land Management
Attn: Vale Invasive Plant Management EA (OR932)
PO Box 2965
Portland, OR 97208
To be considered, comments must be postmarked by
October 11, 2016.