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OPINION 6A T HE D AILY A STORIAN Founded in 1873 STEPHEN A. FORRESTER, Editor & Publisher LAURA SELLERS, Managing Editor BETTY SMITH, Advertising Manager CARL EARL, Systems Manager JOHN D. BRUIJN, Production Manager DEBRA BLOOM, Business Manager SAMANTHA MCLAREN, Circulation Manager Englund Marine is a community asset A 70-year-old business like Englund Marine is a boon to a small town such as Astoria. Edward Stratton chronicled Englund’s anniversary celebration in our Tuesday edition. Relatively few family EXVLQHVVHV PRYH SDVW WKHLU ¿UVW generation. Englund Marine is in its third generation of family owners. Over seven decades, the Englunds have been smart, agile managers. As Stratton reported, Englund Marine has moved well beyond Astoria’s boundaries, with ORFDWLRQVXSDQGGRZQWKH3DFL¿F Coast as well as inland. Englund employs 126 companywide. There is an erroneous image that ¿VKLQJDQG¿VKSURFHVVLQJDUHG\LQJ industries. It is true there are fewer processors in Astoria than there were in 1970, for instance. But those that remain are healthy. And these VXUYLYRUV DUH E\ GH¿QLWLRQ TXLWH intelligent in how they operate. Englund Marine’s health is directly related to the health of the FRDVWZLGH ¿VKLQJ LQGXVWU\:KHQ Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber stupidly and unilaterally curtailed JLOOQHW ¿VKLQJ RQ WKH ORZHU Columbia, Englund felt the pain of its longtime customers who ceased to invest in their boats. Kitzhaber’s LJQRUDQFH UHÀHFWV WKH P\RSLF urban perspective on the natural resources economy. U Englund and other successful businesses here realize that economic GLYHUVLW\LVHVVHQWLDO:HDOODSSUHFLDWH the sports fishermen who spend money here and bring enthusiasm to local streets and waters. But the Englunds have a front-row seat from which to observe how commercial fishing dollars also circulate through the community, making house payments and paying grocery bills for families that may never have the luxury of casting a fly line or trolling from the deck of a charter boat. The virtue of local business ownership is the contribution it makes to community causes. The Englunds typify that. Jon Englund did a good job on the Oregon Fish DQG :LOGOLIH &RPPLVVLRQ EHIRUH Kitzhaber apparently decided our area doesn’t deserve a voice in resource management, leaving our VHDWXQ¿OOHGVLQFH Seventy years is a great achievement. Attaining another ZLOO UHTXLUH QRW RQO\ VPDUW and rugged entrepreneurial skills, but also attitudes in Salem and :DVKLQJWRQ '& WKDW VXSSRUW small businesses and responsible use of natural resources. Tribes should get control of sea lions .S. Reps. Kurt Schrader, '2UH DQG -DLPH +HUUHUD %HXWOHU5:DVKDUHWDNLQJDQRWKHU shot at trying to pass legislation in limbo since 2011 to support tribal efforts on behalf of salmon. First introduced by now-retired (DVWHUQ:DVKLQJWRQ&RQJUHVVPDQ 'RF +DVWLQJV WKH (QGDQJHUHG Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act acknowledges the reality that California sea lions have fully rebounded from threat of extinction, while an excess of marine mammals in a few locations impedes the expensive recovery of Columbia River salmon. )HZ FLWL]HQV RI WKH 3DFL¿F Northwest begrudge sea lions their place in the natural world. This willingness to co-exist is probably strongest among members of Indian tribes, who shared the environment with marine mammals for thousands of years. They hunted sea lions, but in sustainable ways. They competed with them for salmon but there is nothing to suggest they tried to annihilate them. The proposed law would place Northwest treaty tribes on par with the states of Oregon and :DVKLQJWRQ LQ WHUPV RI EHLQJ able to kill individual sea lions that persistently gobble returning salmon in bottlenecks such as WKH ZDWHUV EHORZ ¿VK ODGGHUV ,W would be far from a blank check to slaughter sea lions and harbor seals. ,W UHTXLUHV WULEDO PDQDJHUV WR ¿UVW try physically removing salmon gluttons before escalating to lethal measures, with training by the U.S. )LVK DQG :LOGOLIH 6HUYLFH 7KH :DUP 6SULQJV 8PDWLOOD <DNDPD and Nez Perce tribes would be granted the new authority. Paul Lumley, executive director of the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, is a tribal PHPEHU ZLWK D ¿QH UHSXWDWLRQ for environmental stewardship. +HVD\V³2XUWULEHVDUHZRUNLQJ hard to restore balance, wherever we can, in a highly altered and degraded river system. The Marine Mammal Protection Act and the Endangered Species Act are thoughtful laws that need to be reconciled with one another. The Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act honors the underlying intent of both laws while providing professional ¿VKHULHV PDQDJHUV ZLWK WRROV to manage both Protected and Endangered Species.” This endorsement is about as good as it gets for natural resources legislation. The bill accelerates the process for granting lethal take authority; limits the cumulative level of lethal take to 1 percent of annual biological potential removal level; further limits the lethal take to 10 animals per permit KROGHUDQGUHTXLUHVWKH6HFUHWDU\ of Commerce to report on any additional legislation needed to amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act within two years. Similar legislation has gone nowhere in the previous two FRQJUHVVHV :HVWHUQ LVVXHV LQ general get short shrift in the nation’s capital. But we should continue advocating for more realistic and farsighted ways of rebalancing the Columbia River back to something more like it was. THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 2015 A winter pastime: setting goals to last all year long W inter is becoming my favorite time of year the longer I live on the North Coast. I MPRESSIONS the agenda to speak. The Cannon Beach council also plans to: • Conduct a citizen survey and There’s something to be said for create a strategic plan; January and February, when the • Tackle the affordable housing is- VWUHHWV DUH IUHH RI WUDI¿F EXVLQHVV sue; the solution has eluded the city B Y for years; owners have time to talk and, if N ANCY • Negotiate on a property purchase your favorite restaurants are open, M C C ARTHY that could expand the Ecola Creek there’s no waiting line. Forest Reserve; :KHQ , GULYH GRZQ WKH YDFDQW 'HFLGH RQ WKH &DQQRQ %HDFK +HPORFN 6WUHHW LQ &DQQRQ %HDFK $FDGHP\¶V UHTXHVW WR XVH D SRUWLRQ of the city’s RV park for a temporary or Broadway in Seaside during the Seaside’s strategy location; dark of night or in the early morning, ,Q 6HDVLGH 0D\RU 'RQ /DUVRQ +LUH D ¿QDQFH GLUHFWRU DQG DQ sometimes I can put myself back de- cades ago and imagine what it was continues to set his sights south of information technology manager: like before the North Coast became a WRZQ +H ZDQWV WR DQQH[ WKDW DUHD 7KH ¿QDQFH GLUHFWRU¶V MRE KDV EHHQ clean it up, extend the urban growth contracted out since the former direc- tourist mecca. Seaside historical author Gloria boundary and encourage new devel- tor — who also handled information technology — resigned last year. Linkey painted the picture of Sea- opment there. 'LVFXVV WKH FUHDWLRQ RI PRUH It won’t happen over- side in the winter just night, he says: It could ³SRFNHWSDUNV´DURXQGWRZQDQG EHIRUH DQG GXULQJ :RUOG • Consider whether an events cen- take at least four years — :DU,,IRUWKRVHDWWHQGLQJ During just about as long as his ter is necessary, and if so, where it the Seaside Chamber of the war … next term as mayor will would be. Commerce breakfast last week. everything last.The Seaside City What goes in Gearhart? Linkey was a young There’s no telling what Gearhart girl, then, and she talk- was dark. Council also will: • Make a decision on city councilors might propose for the ed about how 500 peo- the proposed $25 million city’s goals. The council may wrap up ple might show up at a community sing-along because there expansion of the Seaside Civic and work on ordinances focusing on fenc- wasn’t anything else to do. She re- &RQYHQWLRQ &HQWHU $ UHDO TXHVWLRQ es, RVs and marijuana dispensaries. It might even come up with an or- called walking downtown with her however, is what will be done for dinance on short-term rental housing friends, buying a bag of caramel corn parking? 'HWHUPLQH KRZ WKH FLW\¶V SDUNV that everyone can live with. and watching the swimmers at the na- 'HSHQGLQJRQKRZWKHVWDWH/DQG will be managed. Although they are tatorium. 'XULQJ WKH ZDU VKH VDLG HYHU\ XQGHU WKH SXUYLHZ RI 3XEOLF :RUNV Use Board of Appeals case involving thing was dark; no streetlights could 'LUHFWRU1HDO:DOODFH:DOODFHLVDO the historic livery stable goes, there may be a conclusion to that issue, too. be turned on at night, for fear that UHDG\³RYHUZRUNHG´/DUVRQVDLG 'HYHORSDSULRULW\OLVWIRUPDLQ The barn may eventually meet all of they would be seen by the enemy. 7KDWIHDUZDVMXVWL¿HGZKHQD-DSD tenance on the city’s public buildings; WKHVDIHW\FRGHVUHTXLUHGE\WKHFLW\ • Continue work on Seaside’s pro- DQG¿QDOO\EHFRPHWKHHYHQWVFHQWHU QHVHVXEPDULQH¿UHGRQ)RUW6WHYHQV in the middle of the night June 21, posed natural history park and devel- that has been proposed for the past several years. op a trail plan; 1942. But at the top of Gearhart’s list, there • Create a complete sewer master But the darkness that surrounds us should be a goal to settle the dispute in January and February nowadays plan for the city; and 'HDO ZLWK /DUVRQ¶V SHW SHHYH EHWZHHQ 0D\RU 'LDQQH :LGGRS DQG , ¿QG FRPIRUWLQJ ,W VLJQDOV D TXLHW peaceful opportunity to reset inten- Take bicycles off Broadway side- those who want to recall her. Perhaps a WLRQV,QHYHUPDNH1HZ<HDU¶VUHV walks and put them on the street be- UHFDOOHOHFWLRQZLOOEHWKH¿QDODUELWHU If the issue isn’t settled soon, the hind the cars. ROXWLRQV,QVWHDG,ZRUNRQ³JRDOV´ cozy winter will become only dark- 7KHORFDOFLWLHVDOVR¿QGWKDWZLQ Cannon Beach’s goals er, and the peaceful silence could be ter is the time to set their goals as well. It was obvious from the Cannon disturbed by a few volleys heading The Seaside and Cannon Beach city councils have already held goal-set- Beach City Council’s long discus- WRZDUG&LW\+DOO Nancy McCarthy covers South ting sessions, and the Gearhart coun- sion last Saturday that reworking the council meeting agenda is a priority. Clatsop County for The Daily Astori- cil plans to do the same Feb. 17. Unlike many of us who want to $XGLHQFHPHPEHUVZLOOEHQH¿WIURP an, and she is the editor of the Can- exercise, lose weight or spend more this: Instead of waiting through a two- non Beach Gazette and the Seaside time with our families, the councils hour meeting to talk about what’s on Signal. Her column appears every WKHLUPLQGVWKHSXEOLFZLOOEH¿UVWRQ two weeks. have loftier plans. Guest column It’s time Oregon put a price on carbon By CAMILA THORNDIKE and DAN GOLDEN C limate change hurts Coastal Oregon, and we are already seeing the impacts, from warming oceans to sea level rise to increasing ocean DFLGL¿FDWLRQ The warming ocean is detrimental WR PDQ\ 1RUWKZHVW ¿VK VSHFLHV SDUWLFXODUO\DQDGURPRXV¿VKVXFKDV salmon and steelhead, and increases the likelihood of algal blooms and VKHOO¿VKSRLVRQLQJ Sea level rise generates con- ditions that promote far greater RFHDQ VWRUP GDPDJH DQG ÀRRGLQJ increasing erosion and compromis- LQJ FRDVWDO WLGDO ÀDWV HVWXDULHV DQG PDUVKHV2FHDQDFLGL¿FDWLRQKDUPV carbon-based shelled marine organ- isms, such as clams and oysters. These hardships are tiny com- pared to the challenges our children and grandchildren face if we fail to act on climate change. Every rep- utable authority — from the Penta- gon to the United Nations — warns that our current trajectory will lead to unprecedented social, economic and military crises. If we cannot secure a transition from fossil fuels before the end of the decade, it will not be possible for future genera- tions to adapt. Fortunately, the solution is in State University presented to the Legislature their long-awaited study on the impacts of a carbon pollution IHH LQ 2UHJRQ ,W VKRZHG D VLJQL¿ cant reduction in carbon pollution and a negligible effect on the Coastal economy. Our problem is not a shortage of solar panels or ethanol or hybrid cars, nor is it an abundance of gas Camila Dan and oil pipelines. Our problem is Thorndike Golden XQGHUSULFHG IRVVLO IXHOV :H GR QRW SD\WKHLUKLGGHQFRVWVZKHQZH¿OO our tanks — that comes later, in the form of emergency drought relief, The Oregon KXUULFDQH FOHDQXS DQG IRUHVW ¿UHV Legislature should If polluters were accountable for these costs, a price signal would re- hold polluters verberate throughout our economy. It would reward smart decisions and accountable for the punish wasteful ones. Both proven and novel energy alternatives would damage they do to attract new capital. Nothing but a Coastal Oregon by price on carbon can spark the sys- temic transformation we need, and making them pay to that’s because it targets the problem at its source. pollute. The Oregon Legislature should hold polluters accountable for the sight. Oregon has the rare opportuni- damage they do to Coastal Oregon ty to lead our country and the world by making them pay to pollute. And with the policy economists and cli- 100% of the revenue should be dis- PDWRORJLVWV VD\ ZH QHHG :H FDQ tributed evenly among all Orego- hold out-of-state polluters account- QLDQVEHFDXVHWKHQDWXUDOEHQH¿FLD able for climate change with a price ries are the victims of climate change on carbon, either by charging them a — all of us. Camila Thorndike is executive IHHRUE\UHTXLULQJWKHPWREX\SHU director of Oregon Climate. Dan mits before they burn fossil fuels. Last month, the Northwest Eco- Golden is policy director of Oregon nomic Research Center at Portland Climate. :KHUHWRZULWH • U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D)5D\EXUQ+2%:DVKLQJ WRQ '& 3KRQH )D[ 'LVWULFW RI¿FH 6: 0LOOLNDQ :D\ Suite 220, Beaverton, OR 97005. Phone: 503-326-2901. Fax 503-326- :HEERQDPLFLKRXVHJRY • U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D): +DUW 6HQDWH 2I¿FH %XLOGLQJ :DVKLQJWRQ '& 3KRQH :HE ZZZPHUNOH\ senate.gov • State Rep. Brad Witt (D): State Capitol, 900 Court Street N.E., + 6DOHP 25 3KRQH :HE ZZZOHJVWDWH RUXVZLWW (PDLO UHSEUDGZLWW# state.or.us • State Rep. Deborah Boone (D)&RXUW6W1(+6D lem, OR 97301. Phone: 503-986- (PDLO UHSGHERUDK ERRQH# VWDWHRUXV'LVWULFWRI¿FH32%R[ 637, Cannon Beach, OR 97110. 3KRQH :HE ZZZ OHJVWDWHRUXVERRQH • State Sen. Betsy Johnson (D): State Capitol, 900 Court St. N.E., S-314, Salem, OR 97301. Telephone: 503-986-1716. Email: sen.betsy john- VRQ#VWDWHRUXV :HE ZZZEHWV\ MRKQVRQFRP'LVWULFW2I¿FH32%R[ R, Scappoose, OR 97056. Phone: 503- 543-4046. Fax: 503-543-5296. Astoria RI¿FHSKRQH • Port of Astoria([HFXWLYH'L rector, 10 Pier 1 Suite 308, Astoria, OR 97103. Phone: 503-741-3300. (PDLODGPLQ#SRUWRIDVWRULDFRP • Clatsop County Board of Commissioners FR &RXQW\ 0DQ ager, 800 Exchange St., Suite 300, P.O. Box 179, Astoria, OR 97103. Phone: 503-325-1000.