DECEMBER 16, 2016, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A11
CHIMNEY,
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Patty Hine leads the Eugene Raging Grannies and other protesters in song.
FOREST,
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and management costs have
exceeded what the forest can
generate. The result is that
money intended for use in
the schools is being used for
the forest.
State offi cials began inves-
tigating the sale of the forest
in 2014 and the end result
was one bid on the property
valued at $220.8 million.
The bid came from a joint
venture between Roseburg’s
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Lone Rock Timber Man-
agement Company and the
Umpqua Indian Develop-
ment Corporation (UIDC).
However, Lone Timber
would be the dominant force
in the deal providing more
than 87 percent of the equity
investment. The UIDC’s stake
amounts to 12.97 percent.
Jim Paul, director of the
Department of State Lands,
said his staff suggested ap-
proval to move forward with
the sale despite some reser-
vations about the details that
still needed to be hammered
out.
One major unanswered
issue would be which of the
two parties would maintain
control of the easements
permitting public access in
about half of the 93,000 acre
forest in perpetuity. Another
revolved around possible ad-
justments to Harvest Protec-
tion Areas that shield older
growth from cutting.
Michael Rondeau, CEO
of the Cow Creek Band of
Umpqua Tribe of Indians,
said that the sale represented
at least a partial restitution for
broken treaties of the 1850s
and tribal termination in the
1950s.
“The tribe never received
a reservation that the treaty
of 1853 promised, and it has
spent the last 34 years work-
ing on land restoration,”
Rondeau said.
Chief Warren Brainard of
the Confederated Tribes of
Coos, Lower Umpqua and
Siuslaw, said the easements
would be held by the tribe.
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Sandra Clark of Eugene draws attention to the protest along
Chemawa Road Northeast.
“The tribe will work in
collaboration with key play-
ers. We will work hard to
make sure it is responsibly and
sustainably managed,” he said.
During public testimony,
the overwhelming majority
spoke against the sale as bad
judgement and dangerous
precedent.
“Selling now sets a prec-
edent for future land sales.
Privatization would be a
failure of our government.
Do we just give and say we
are incapable? What message
does it send to the Bundys?
What assets do we sell next?”
questioned Portland’s John
Peterson.
“In the face of previous sale
attempts, courts have upheld
environmental protections. If
the courts judge in protection
of the environment as vital,
why are you trying to side-
step the laws you have sworn
to protect?” asked Christina
Hubbard of Cottage Grove.
Eugene biologist Aaron
Nelson said the permit pro-
cess that would become part
of the future public use was
worrisome.
“They will allow public
access to parts, but citizens
will be be required to get a
permit. Even with the permit,
citizens will not be able to
look for endangered species
in the area,” Nelson said.
Opponents suggested fi nd-
ing ways to uncouple the for-
est from the Common School
Fund or investigating the sale
of carbon credits as a way to
overcome the recent revenue
shortfalls.
Several individuals repre-
senting school-related orga-
nizations, such as the Oregon
Education Association and
the Confederation of School
Administrators, offered full-
throated support of the sale
as did representatives of some
county commissions in the
areas around Elliott State For-
est.
There were also those who
walked a tighter line of sup-
port. Tribal rights advocate
Se-ah-dom Edmo said she
counted herself among the
environmentalists in atten-
dance, but asked those op-
posing the sale to look at the
details.
“This land is returning to
the hands of tribes who suf-
fered termination. When it
comes right down to it, your
position is aligned with the
entitled settler mentality you
claim to be fi ghting against,”
Edmo said.
that we had to get into to get
at the chimney,” said Chief Jeff
Cowan, of the Keizer Fire Dis-
trict, about 90 minutes into the
battle. “It’s not real complex,
and the smoke is a good color
now.”
A tile roof and thick sid-
ing complicated the attack and
a large section of the exterior
wall had to be removed in the
hours that followed the initial
call.
The funeral director noticed
the smoke as he was leaving for
the evening and got the one
remaining employee out of the
building.
“He reported having trou-
ble with the retort of the cre-
matorium where they put the
bodies in throughout the day,”
said Anne-Marie Storms, KFD
spokesperson. “They shut it
down and tried to cool it down,
but in the meantime this oc-
curred.”
Repair technicians had al-
ready been scheduled to come
out and look at the problem the
following day.
In all, seven engines, four
medic units, one ladder truck,
a support vehicle and a duty of-
fi cer responded to the fi re.
Storms said it probably
seemed like a lot for drivers as
they passed, but “just getting to
the chimney is wearing out a
lot of our guys.”
Cowan and Storms remind-
ed city residents to have their
chimneys inspected and cleaned
annually before using them and
to check smoke detectors.
PARKS,
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The parks board made the
decision to ramp up the pro-
cess in the hope of pursuing a
Oregon Parks and Recreation
Department grant in spring
2017. Next year is the last year
the city could leverage money
used to purchase land for part
of what became Keizer Rapids
Park.
Parks board members will
be hammering out the details
for a public outreach campaign
in the coming weeks.
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