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Natural Resource Advisory
Committee to Meet Jan. 26
Those interested in following the work of the Natural Resource
Advisory Committee should plan to attend the Jan. 26 meeting
which will be held at 3 p.m. at the Baker County Courthouse.
Commissioner Harvey will give an update on how Coordination
with the agencies is progressing. The committee will also be
making edits to the Natural Resource plan, working on the water
section, holding a forestry work discussion and addressing a draft
mining amendment.
The next meeting will be held Feb. 23.
Public participation is allowed on the agenda at the beginning
and close of the meeting. Members of the public are given five
minutes to speak on natural resource topics only and I or those
covered on the meeting agenda.
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Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep
Captured and Relocated
Wildland Fire Fighting Class
for Firefighters and Contractors
Offered
Eastern Oregon Training Group of Baker City will be offering the
Wildland Fire Refresher Class, RT-130 on Feb. 27. The class will
be held at the Baker City School District Building, 2090 Fourth
St. Class will start at 8 a.m.
This is a required class for all firefighters and contractors that
are planning to work for any state or federal agency during the
up-coming fire season.
Certification will be from the National Firefighter Training and
Carding Association. Membership In the Association is included
in the fee. Training will meet or exceed the standards set by the
National Wildfire Coordinating Group. Class cost is $100.
Registration and payment may be done at www.oregonfiretrain-
ing.com.
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More information may be obtained by contacting: Laurel
Goodrich at 541-403-0907 or Jeff . Sherman at 541-519-6213.
E-mail contacts are^ laurelgoodrich@msn.com or sherman-
rental@gmail.com.
Snow Depths on Jan. 18, 2016
(end of day)
Anthony Lakes Site (7,160 ft. elevation) - 50 inches
Bourne Site (5,850 ft. elevation) - 47 inches
Moss Springs Site (5,760 ft. elevation) - 50 inches
Schneider Meadows Site (5,400 ft. elevation) - 82 inches
Taylor Green Site (5,740 ft. élévation) - 47 inches
Wölf Creek Site (5,630 ft. elevation) - 43 inches
Photos by Melissa Yzquierdo Primus
On Jan. 13, 2016 seven Rocky Mountain
Bighorn ewes were captured on public and pri
vate land in the Lookout Mountain Unit and
transferred to the Washington Department of
Fish and Wildlife in the Tucannon Unit. Accord
ing to Brian Ratcliff, District Wildlife Biologist
for the Oregon Department of Fish and
Wildlife, Oregon is part of the Hells Canyon Ini
tiative. It consists of state wildlife agencies
from Oregon, Washington and Idaho along
with the federal agencies which are responsi
ble for managing the land in the Hells Canyon
area.
The initiative goal is to accelerate and restore
Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep (RMBHS) in
the Hells Canyon area. The goal of this
translocation is to help restore a Washington
population that is in decline.
According to Ratcliff, the reason the Lookout
Mountain herd was chosen for this capture is
the Lookout Mountain herd is one of the two
RMBHS herds in the Hells Canyon Initiative
area that has not undergone a disease event.
The recipient herd is the other herd which has
not suffered a disease event.
"The Lookout Mountain herd is currently ex
panding their range. Keeping the population
level in check helps reduce the chance of in
teraction with domestic sheep," said Ratcliff.
During the capture operations this week, a
helicopter was used to locate sheep before
they were captured using a net fired out of the
helicopter from a specially-designed gun.
Once captured, the sheep were blindfolded
and restrained to calm them, then hoisted in
the air by the helicopter and taken to a location
wherq ODFW biologists and veterinarians
processed the animals.
Each bighorn sheep was disease-tested and
many were fitted with a GPS transmitter so
their movements can be tracked. Volunteers
from the Oregon Foundation for North Ameri
can Wild Sheep (Oregon FNAWS) also as
sisted in the operation.
Snow Depths from Jan. 18, 2015 (end of day)
Anthony Lakes Site - 45 inches
Bourne Site- 29 inches
Moss Springs Site- 43 inches
Schneider Meadows Site- 60 inches
Taylor Green Site- 37 inches
Wolf Creek Site- 29 inches
Water Levels
Jan. 19, 3 a.m. - Brownlee Reservoir water level was at
2,061 feet; 16 feet from full.
The Red Apple Marketplace Story:
Happy 22nd
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Love from
Your Favorite
Niece and
Family
Another Choice
Red Apple Marketplace is full-service grocery
store, located in the heart of Ontario, Oregon, serving
for over 50 years. Yes, it's a bit of a drive to Ontario,
but is another choice for frustrated Baker County
shoppers. Way back in the 50's it started as a Safeway
Store, where ironically, the current owner's mother
served as a checker. During the late 70's it was con
verted to the Red Apple Store and operated under that
name for the next 31 years.
In 2001, it made its transition to the Red Apple Mar
ketplace. This name was carefully considered and se
lected to reflect the objectives of the store — to be
"THE" community marketplace. Red Apple Market
place passionately supports farmers and ranchers
through the purchase of their locally grown products
and reselling of those hard-to-find, great tasting prod
ucts. This innovative, local buying process cuts our
costs and saves you money. We know savings is im
portant, equally important however, are selection and
service. So many other stores today have chosen, as
a cost savings, to eliminate product selection as well
as service — you've seen it with "self-checkout" lines,
no baggers for your groceries (you carry them out
yourself too), endlessly large stores that exhaust you,
silly cards required to get discounts, the item you
want no longer available. Here at the Red Apple Mar
ketplace:
We pride ourselves on providing you, our valued
customer's, a superior shopping "experience". Our
staff is friendly & helpful, our shelves are stocked
with a large variety of products (if we don't have it,
we'll do our best to get it for you), and our full-ser
vice meat and produce departments are full of locally
grown products. No gimmicks, "clubs" to join, or
silly cards — Red Apple Marketplace simply offers
great VALUE throughout the store. Add to that the
fun we bring to the shopping experience and you get
a pretty good idea of what we are all about.
We are a mission-driven company, practicing what
we preach! We often talk about our mission with our
employees and strive to share it with our customers
which we think has played a huge role in our success.
The store is open seven days a week from 7 a.m. -
11 p.m. Mountain Time. Their phone number is 541 -
881-1678.
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