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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR. December 18, 2002 Page 8 Input about mushrooms FAC desire The Forestry Action Com- mittee (FAC) Wild Mushroom Monitoring Project is sponsor- ing a public meeting from 7 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 18 at Immanuel Methodist Church across from Shop Smart. An Asian dinner will be served free to the public. The project has asked the forest service and Bureau of Land Management to bring maps of proposed manage- ment activities such as logging and road closures, activities that can have a negative ef- fect on Matsutake mushroom production and harvest. Even through there is hardly any harvest this year, this is an opportunity for mushroom pickers in Illinois Valley who have experienced the loss of mushroom habitat to learn what is being planned on the public land and to be- gin to make input about their concerns, said FAC. There was successful communication between mushroom harvesters and Phil Cruz, the district ranger in the Crescent Lake Ranger Dis- trict, this year, and the ranger dropped logging units that coincided with areas of high Matsutake mushroom produc- tion. Pickers are beginning to build a relationship at Cres- cent that recognizes the accu- racy and depth of knowledge that mushroom harvesters can acquire. They are exploring ways to utilize this knowledge as a resource to help the mush- room harvesters obtain good harvests and the district to achieve balanced and in- formed management, FAC said. FAC hopes to build on the Crescent Lake successes, and bring them to Illinois Valley and to the Brookings area on the coast. Holiday deadlines Absolute deadlines for the Dec. 25 and Jan. 1 issues are Friday, Dec. 20 and 27 at 5 p.m. The ‘Noose’ will be printed and distributed on Monday, Dec. 23 and 30. 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(Continued from page 1) for the mill, it’s been neces- sary to go farther and farther to obtain the other 70 percent. “Because of this, transpor- tation costs and log costs have become prohibitive,” said Krauss. “And,” he continued, “with recent conditions, such as depressed lumber prices during the past three years; plus trying to get the remain- ing 70 percent of our needs from outside timber sales,” R&R has found itself in a ma- jor dilemma, “caught between expensive log prices and low timber prices.” With the lack of timber from federal land, the firm cannot continue. Krauss noted that R&R produced 50 to 55 million board feet (mbf) in recent years, compared to ap- proximately 80 mbf in the early 1990s. With the continued de- cline in timber availability, “There’s just not enough suit- able timber available at af- fordable prices to sustain our mill,” said Krauss. Serving the Valley since 1974 Four teams participated in the annual Holiday Basketball Tournament at IVHS on the weekend of Dec. 14-15. The I.V. boys took first place and Gold Beach boys placed second. On the girls side the positions were switched with Gold Beach first and the Cougars second. Named to the All- Tournament Team were Mychai Sha, Cascade Christian; Brandt Pederson, Glide; Aaron McMillen, Gold Beach; and from Illinois Valley, Brian Paul and Chancey Woods. I.V.’s Chris Loock was named MVP. For the girls, all-tourney picks were Rusti Mosser, Cascade Christian; Amy Croll, Glide; Kim Hamilton, IVHS; and Gold Beach players Christa Meeks and Greer Price. Selected as MVP was Nicole Rowe, Gold Beach. DEQ passes gas approval Testing operations using hazardous chemical substi- tutes have been authorized at the Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility near Hermis- ton by Oregon Dept. of Envi- ronmental Quality (DEQ). The facility is a hazardous waste treatment site that will use four incinerators to de- stroy a stockpile of chemical warfare agent that has been stored at the Umatilla Chemi- cal Depot since 1962. DEQ initially authorized testing in July. But two “miniburns,” in preparation for full-scale trial burns, indi- cated that permitted emission limits for metals were being exceeded. Corrective action has been taken, following ad- ditional problems in secon- dary miniburns, DEQ said. 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