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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4,2016
Burnt River Soil and Water Conservation Receives Partnership Award
Gray's Win Conservationist of the Year
The Baker County Soil and Water Conservation Dis­
tricts (consisting of Baker Valley, Eagle Valley, Burnt
River, and Keating SWCDs) held their Annual meet­
ing and Awards Banquet last week, with venue and
food provided by the Best Western Sunridge Inn.
The evening concentrated on conservation efforts
after the Windy Ridge/Cornett wildfires that devas­
tated Baker County last summer. The Burnt River
SWCD recently partnered with the Natural Resources
Conservation Service (NRCS) to aerially reseed
5,700 acres of rangeland that was severely burned in
those fires. The grass seed mix is being flown on by
helicopter, and will treat a total of 16 private landown­
ers.
The Burnt River SWCD received the 2015 Partner­
ship Award, presented by the NRCS, in recognition of
the collaboration between the two agencies. By form­
ing this cooperative partnership, local landowners are
receiving the help they need when they need it the
most.
As in years past, the Baker County SWCD staff also
presented a movie production that outlined the key
conservation concerns in the county, and showcased
all of the great projects hitting the ground that work to
mitigate those resource concerns. In the 2014/2015
fiscal year, the four SWCDs completed 14 conserva­
tion projects, and currently have 19 more open
grants.
The Baker County SWCDs take great pride in sup­
porting our landowners and producers as they work
to restore, enhance, and improve their land. Whether
after a natural disaster like a wildfire, protecting
landowner rights when it comes to sage grouse, or
simply providing technical advice, the SWCDs are
there every step of the way.
The SWCD Staff and Directors presented two
awards throughout the course of the evening; the
Conservationist of the Year award was presented to
Jerry and Shelly Gray of Gray Ranch, Inc. for their
outstanding land management efforts.
The Grays and their family understand the impor­
tance of conserving what nature has to offer, and
work to live in harmony with both wildlife and agricul­
ture. The second award of the night was presented
to Resource Specialists, Inc. for Partner of the Year.
RSI has worked with the SWCDs throughout the past
several years on several construction and engineer­
ing projects. Time after time they go above and be­
yond for the landowners, and make the job of the
SWCDs that much easier.
Farmers and ranchers are the most dedicated soil
and water conservationists in the world, and it is hurri-
bling and rewarding to work side by side with these
landowners, producers, and partners as they strive to
protect and enhance our natural resources. The
Baker County SWCDs thank all of those who con­
tinue to show their support for agriculture and conser­
vation.
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Comparing Snow Depths from
this Time Last Year
Anthony Lakes Site (7,160 ft. elevation) - 54 inches 2016/39
inches 2015
Bourne Site (5,850 ft. elevation) - 49 inches 2016 / 21 inches
2015
Moss Springs Site (5,760 ft. elevation) - 58 inches 2016/ 37
inches 2015
Schneider Meadows Site (5,400 ft. elevation) - 86 inches
2016/51 inches 2015
Taylor Green Site (5,740 ft. elevation) - 52 inches 2016/28
inches 2015
Wolf Creek Site (5,630 ft. elevation) - 46 inches 2016 / 26
inches 2015
Brownlee Water Level
Feb. 2, 1 a.m. - Brownlee Reservoir water level was at 2,051
feet; 26 feet from full.
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Thé 2016 Oregon Small Woodlands Annual Meeting date in
the has changed. The date will be June 9,10, and 11 and NOT
June 23, 24, and 25. The theme, “Sustaining Family Forests for
75 Years'-, and location, Baker City,, h^s not changed. A great
program is being planned to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of
the American Tree Farm System.
At that time, Lyle and Dean Defrees, Oregon Outstanding
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The 75th Annual Red Bluff Bull and Gelding Sale held Jan.
26-30 in Red Bluff, California, named a bull owned by Chandler
Hereford Ranch of Baker as its Supreme Champion. While sale
prices were a bit “soft" according to Duane Chandler, with the
bull bringing $8,750, prize money of $1,000 for winning the
Horned Hereford portion of the competition, plus the grand
prize of $7,500, made it a good week.
Chandlers were inducted into the Hereford Hall of Fame in
late Oct. of last year in Kansas City, Missouri.
The Chandler family has been raising Herefords in eastern
Oregon’s Baker Valley for 126 years. Currently the ranch is op­
erated by George and his wife, Janet along with their son,
Duane, and daughter, Patti Hall and her husband, Cliff. It was
George's great-great grandfather who left Missouri in 1862 and
headed to California to find gold, but ended up in Oregon only:
three miles west of the ranch’s headquarters today. George's
father, Charles Chandler, passed away on Nov. 18, 2015 at
the age of 96.
Duane and Patti represent the sixth generation to operate the
ranch. They sell registered Hereford bulls, replacement heifers
and feeders.
Two members of the Chandler family - Herbert and George
- served as American Hereford Association president. In fact,
during Herbert’s second term as president, in 1953, he intro­
duced President Dwight D. Eisenhower who then officially ded­
icated the new AHA headquarters in Kansas City. And in 1989,
the same year Chandler Herefords celebrated 100 years in the
Hereford business, Charles was inducted into the Hereford
Honor Gallery.
Chandler Herefords has been known for producing some of
the top cattle in the country. Most notably, Herbert Chandler
bred Mark Donald in the early 1940s. Mark Donald’s influence
continues in the Hereford breed today.