Audubon member speaks
Bald Eagle population concerns Anderson
with an eagle nest in it so often
they will remove the trees sur­
Dave Anderson, a rounding an eagle tree. This
member of the Portland leaves both the tree and the
Audubon Society gave a lec­ nest open to the weather.
ture and slide show on the bald Often these trees will die
eagle populations of Oregon because of root exposure.
and the Northwest Nov. 4 in “This puts the eagles in danger
Canby.
because the limbs are weak­
Anderson studied the ened,” he said.
lower Columbia River basin last
“Nests have been record­
March through July to help ed at up to 1000-2000 pounds.
establish the number of eagle They add more every year,” he
nests and eagles in the area.
said.
“The heavy salmon and
Clear cutting is not the on­
winter waterfowl shows that at ly danger to the eagle. “One of
one time there was probably a the biggest problems seems to
lot larger population in the be gunshots. Local people will
lower Columbia;” Anderson just be out target practicing and
said. “This year there were five not know,” Anderson said.
sightings of eagles nesting in There was even a case where
the 13 nests found in that area. people were shooting at one of
Three of these pairs stayed on the nesting trees itself. “A lot of
their nests.” The other two times when you tell people
pairs stopped incubating their they will say OK. I didn’t know
eggs.
there were birds in the area.
“Spring was particularly Others don’t want to be told
bad as weather goes. Which anything.” Gunshots can upset
caused poor nesting. In the and frighten the eagles.
lower Columbia, of the four
“We’re trying to work
nests we only had one nest through the legislature to give
hatch, with only one bird,” he property owners a tax break for
said.
leaving a buffer zone around a
“This brought up the ques­ bald eagle’s nest. We would
tion of why they left,” Ander­ like to see a 300 foot radius of
AUDUBON SOCIETY MEMBER, Dave Anderson, son said. The possible reason trees left around each nest,” he
speaks on bald eagles at Canby Union High School Thurs­ for this is clear cutting around said. This would help to protect
the nests by lumber companies the eagles from exposure as
day, Nov. 4.
Staff Photo by Brett Bigham It is illegal to cut down a tree well as curiosity seekers.
By Brett Bigham
Of The Print
“Oregon lost 50 percent of
its nests this year to bad
weather,” Anderson said. Ap­
proximately 300 of this state’s
685 to 700 eagles nested this
spring. “The young per nest
was only .7 this year. A normal
years average is 1.2.”
Anderson also spoke on
the Chilkat Valley Project. This
part of Alaska housed over
3500 bald eagles this
November. The reason for this
is a late salmon run due to
higher water temperatures in
the Chilkat River from thermal
heat. “That area constitutes a
major eagle strong hold,” he
said.
The Chilkat Valley area
had been marked for logging,
but in June the governor of
Alaska signed a bill to protect
the eagles’ habitat. “As far as
eagles go that’s a good step,”
Anderson said.
Anderson studied biology
and natural history until he
moved to Portland and was ex­
cepted on a two year program
by the Audubon Society in
1977. He is still continuing his
work for the society.
On Nov. 16 the Society
will be sponsoring a lecture on
Common Birds in Winter at
7:30 at Canby Union High
School.
Recycling week kicks off improved operation
By Kari Gassaway
Of The Print
John
Inskeep
En­
vironmental Learning Center
will show off its new recycling
depot during a three day
Resource, Re-use and Recycl­
ing Conference the week of
Nov. 15 at Clackamas Com­
munity College.
“The basic thrust of this
depot is to set an example and
serve the public in knowledge
on recycling. It is also a money
saver for the college’,’ ELC
Director Project J erry Herr­
mann said.
“The temporary recycling
center that the new depot is
replacing was a 12 by 24
storage shed. The first year we
recycled five or six tons and
STUDENTS ATTEMPTED TO get ahead at the
College’s Career Market Wednesday, Nov. 3 in the
Community Center.
Staff Photo by Troy Maben
Wednesday, November 10, 1982
now we are doing about 35
tons a year. With this new
depot I don’t know what to an­
ticipate but probably a
minimum of 70 tons,” Herr­
mann said.
The site of the new depot
necessitated a complete facelift
for the parking lot. “We recycl­
ed the landscape and tried to
make it attractive to wildlife.
The site is a reclaimed in­
dustrial area,” Herrmann said.
To help entice the wildlife such
plants as Colorado Spruce, a
good seed source and
Wysteria, for its aesthetic value
and pealike seed, were used.
Recyclable items were also
used in the transformation of
the site. “We used giant
pressure treated timbers from
an old bridge on Marine Drive,
broken curbs for the new road
and boulders for landscaping,”
Herrmann said. “We also took
advantage of a lot of people
who needed to work off fines,
the drift of this, being we were
able to use a lot of skills of peo­
ple and resources that other-1
wise would have gone to
waste.”
When ELC considered the
new depot they went to the
Metropolitan Service District
and asked for approximately
$5,000. “Half of that went for
labor,” Herrmann said.
“Our main purpose is to
inform the public, and we will
do this through the students we
get through the ELC each year,
visiting communities, attending
recycling conferences and the
people we expect to come
through with recyclable items at
the depot,” Herrmann said.
A salmon bake with Con­
gressman Ron Wyden and
other officials on Wednesday,
Nov. 17 will highlight the open­
ing of the new depot. During
the recycling week a con­
ference will be held on Monday
with experts from Metro, DEQ,
private enterprise and public
service agencies to review past,
present and future in the
recycling issue.
The Environmental Learn­
ing Center is located in front of
the Art Center. The depot ac­
cepts clean glass, crushed cans
with ends and labels removed,
office papers, computer paper,
newsprint, cardboard, used
motor oil in closed containers,
clean plastic containers with
labels removed (hard or soft),
and segregated aluminum,
copper and steel.
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