FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2016
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LEGAL NOTICES
Legal Notice - 2016 OTEC Unclaimed Capital Credits. Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative (OTEC) hereby gives notice of
UNCLAIMED PAYMENTS OF CAPITAL CREDITS OWED TO THE NAMED PERSONS ON RECORD. Such unclaimed
capital credits have been available to OTEC Members since December 31, 2012. Pursuant to OTEC Bylaws and
policy, the names of OTEC Members entitled to capital credit refunds – who have not yet claimed their refunds – can be
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and current (or former) consumer of OTEC electric power, please check the OTEC website and list of Members who
have failed to claim capital credits owed. Application for re-issuing funds owed may be made at your local OTEC offi ce
or 4005 23rd Street, PO Box 226, Baker City, Oregon 97814. Unless those persons named or their heirs claim payment
no later than January 31, 2017, the unclaimed funds will be forfeited to the Cooperative or, where required, forwarded to
the Department of State Lands. Historically, the Board of Directors has contributed the amount of the forfeited funds to
the Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative Scholarship Fund to benefi t those served by the Cooperative.
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unclaimed capital credits in the leading Baker County newspaper of general circulation, for four consecutive months,
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WWNF set to burn 12,000
acres in fall prescribed burn
The Wallowa-Whitman
National Forest will begin
implementing its pre-
scribed burning program
following wetting rains and
milder weather this fall.
Prescribed fi re managers
are planning to implement
hazardous fuel reduction
burns beginning at many
project sights.
Prescribed fi re is a major
component of the Cohe-
sive Wildfi re Strategy to
meet the goals of restoring
and maintaining resilient
landscapes and creating
fi re adapted communi-
ties. Prescribed burning is
done to reduce dead and
down fuels, selectively thin
understory trees in dense
forested stands, stimulate
fi re tolerant plant spe-
cies, enhance forage and
browse, reduce the risk of
large stand-replacement
fi res, create strategic fuels
breaks allowing safe fi re
suppression activities in
the urban interface, and re-
store fi re under controlled
conditions as a disturbance
factor in these landscapes.
Prescribed burns can range
from ten acres to thousands
of acres in size. Prescribed
burns often are accom-
plished with combined
resources of local rural fi re
departments, contractors,
and State and other federal
fi re agencies.
Actual acres within a
project areas may vary due
to fuel conditions, smoke
dispersion, wind patterns,
and other variables. Acres
may be higher or lower in
some project areas than
listed. Weather patterns,
fuel conditions, and smoke
dispersion will determine
exactly where and when
units are ignited within the
project areas. It is antici-
pated that not all areas will
be within prescription and
will not be implemented
this spring, while other
project areas may have
additional acres within
prescription that may be
implemented.
The Wallowa-Whitman
plans to burn approximate-
ly 12,000 acres across the
forest this fall beginning
as early as the last week
of September. Updates
on specifi c burn units and
implementation dates will
be provided on the Inci-
Web page noted below.
For more information
about the Wallowa Whit-
man prescribed burning
program, you may contact
Steve Hawkins at 541-523-
1262, or visit the forest
web site at http://www.
fs.usda.gov/goto/Fire-
Aviation or view updated
Prescribe Burning infor-
mation including the fall
2016, burn unit maps on
InciWeb at: http://inciweb.
nwcg.gov/incident/5041/
Fire history studies
have shown that fi re was a
dominant natural process
in the Blue Mountains,
maintaining a more open
and park-like condition
throughout the low- to
mid-elevation forests.
Low-intensity surface-fi res
burned throughout these
drier forests and grasslands
perpetuating open, park-
like stands of fi re tolerant
tree species such as pon-
derosa pine, Douglas-fi r,
and larch.
Hazardous fuel reduc-
tion is not without impacts.
Smoke associated with pre-
scribed burning is a major
concern and the hardest to
forecast in the implemen-
tation planning process.
Prescribed fi re managers
work closely with the Or-
egon State Smoke Forecast
Center in accordance with
the Oregon Smoke Man-
agement Plan to determine
when, where, and how
much is burned on a daily
basis. Smoke dispersion
models are used to look at
the volume of smoke, the
direction of spread and the
mixing height prior to each
burn. If a burn is forecast-
ed to produce smoke that
will be a signifi cant impact
to a community or sensi-
tive area it is rescheduled
until there is a more favor-
able weather forecast.
Burning is part of the
series of fuel reduction
treatments intended to
decrease the damage done
by wildfi res, including
reducing the amount of
smoke that typically im-
pacts communities during
the fi re season. The intent
is to keep smoke out of
populated areas. Burning
under controlled conditions
reduces surface and ladder
fuels setting the stage to
limit future high intensity
unplanned fi res and the
smoke that they would
produce. Many areas are
burned on 10 to 15 year
rotations to limit fuels ac-
cumulations and enhance
forage and browse impor-
tant to wildlife.
Wallowa-Whitman for-
est managers have been
successfully conducting
prescribed burning opera-
tions for fuel reduction for
over 20 years, and plan to
continue into the foresee-
able future. In the last 5
the forest has increased
prescribed burning by
20%. Twenty thousand
acres of hazardous fuels
were treated last year.
Proposed Burn Units
for Fall 2016 Prescribe
Burning:
Whitman Ranger District
(WRD) – 541-523-4476
(Baker, Halfway, and
Unity). The WRD plans to
conduct prescribed burning
on 3,000 acres this fall,
which may include:
Foothills (200 acres) – 4
miles west of Baker City
Deer (800 acres) – 3
miles northeast of Sumpter
Union Miners (500
acres) – 7 miles east of
Sumpter
Mile 9 (500 acres) – 6
miles northwest of Unity
Goose (1500 acres) – 17
miles northwest of Rich-
land
Pine Valley (600 acres) –
6 miles north/northwest of
Halfway
East Pine (600 acres) – 6
miles north of Halfway
Barnard (500 acres) – 6
miles northwest of Half-
way
Baboon (150 acres) – 5
miles east of Sumpter
California (600 acres)
– 10 miles southwest of
Sumpter
Greenhorn (250 acres)
– 1 mile southeast of
Greenhorn
miles northwest of Unity
The Wallowa Fire Zone
(WFZ) - 541-426-4978
(Wallowa Valley Ranger
District, Hells Canyon
NRA and Eagle Cap
Ranger District). The
WFZ plans to conduct
prescribed burning of up to
6,000 acres this fall, which
may include:
Minam 4 (1800) – 10
miles southwest of Wal-
lowa, OR
Puderbaugh 504 (2500
acres) – 25 miles southeast
of Joseph, OR
B-Vine (5000 acres) – 30
miles north/northeast of
Enterprise, OR
The Grande Ronde Fire
Zone (GRFZ) – 541-963-
7186 (La Grande Ranger
District). The GRFZ plans
to conduct prescribed
burning on up to 3000
acres this fall, which may
include:
Bald Angel (2000 acres)
– 5 Miles northeast of
Medical Springs, OR
Blue Fly (200 acres) – 12
miles south of Starkey, OR
Mc Meadow(720 acres) –
10 miles west of Starkey,
OR
Little Bear (179 acres) –
10 east of Union, OR
Trail (181 acres) – 7 miles
west of La Grande, OR
Bird Track (500 acres) – 7
miles west of La Grande,
OR
Rooster (64 acres) – 24
miles south of La Grande,
OR
The
Ladies golf
scores
Following are the Quail Ridge Ladies Golf and Bridge
scores for September 27, 2016:
Golf Winners: Three Blind Holes
1st Flight Linda Taylor
2nd Flight Kathy Hopkins
3rd Flight Carol Irwin
Bridge Winners:
1st Kitty Nichols
2nd Janice Smull
3rd Deni Smith
Public use
restrictions
eased
Effective 12:01 am on September 21, 2016, public
use restrictions pertaining to recreational chainsaw use,
smoking, and off-road travel were lifted on the Umatilla
and Wallowa-Whitman National Forests.
Seasonal campfi re restrictions will remain in place un-
til October 31, 2015; however these campfi re restrictions
do not apply to designated Wilderness areas and specifi ed
exempted developed recreation sites (see forest websites
for exempted sites or areas). “The intent is to allow
campfi re use, while promoting safe campfi re techniques
that, in the long run, will protect lives, property, and our
natural landscapes,” said Brian Goff, Umatilla Fire Man-
agement Offi cer.
Seasonal campfi re restrictions include:
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, at a minimum clear of fl ammable mate-
rial within a radius of 3 feet from the edge of the pit and
free of overhanging material. Use existing pits wherever
possible.
Campfi res must be attended at all times, and completely
extinguished prior to leaving.
The use of charcoal briquettes is permitted within the
clearing requirements outlined above.
Persons with campfi res are required to have a shovel
and one gallon of water in their possession (except in
specifi ed developed recreation sites listed in the Forest
Order).
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 allowed.
As a reminder, there are also site-specifi c year-round
public use regulations still in effect (see the Forest web-
sites for further information).
Forest visitors are urged to use caution when building
and tending campfi res, cooking fi res, and fi res in wood
stoves. “
The potential for wildfi re still exists despite recent the
cooler temperatures so please never leave a fi re unattend-
ed and always make sure the campfi re is dead-out before
leaving the site,” said Bret Ruby Wallowa-Whitman Fire
Management Offi cer.
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