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9A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2015 Oregon’s $10 million water fund rules approved Developers are expected to soon begin applying for funds require “tweaks” as the water supply development fund be- comes functional, she said. “In particular, it’s the storage piece we will have to have more discussions about,” Snell said. Storage projects are more By MATEUSZ controversial than water con- PERKOWSKI servation but are necessary in Capital Press light of the state’s dire water situation, she said. Aspiring developers of The $10 million fund was Oregon water projects will created by Oregon lawmak- VRRQEHDEOHWRUHTXHVW¿QDQ- ers in 2013 but the grants and cial assistance from the state loans could not be dispensed government’s $10 million until task forces representing water supply fund. diverse interests agreed on The Oregon Water Re- underlying concepts for its sources Commission has operation. DSSURYHG ¿QDO UXOHV IRU WKH The process was further fund’s operation, which delayed because former Gov. means water regulators ex- John Kitzhaber missed a pect to begin accepting pro- deadline for appointing the posals this summer from task forces, which did not developers who hope to win begin negotiations until last project funding in the spring summer. of 2016. After a deal was ham- “I think we have a really mered out earlier this year, good start here,” said April the concepts were incorporat- Snell, executive director of ed into proposed rules by the the Oregon Water Resources Oregon Water Resources De- Congress, during the June 19 partment, which offered them commission meeting. up for public comment before The rules aren’t perfect as submitting them to the com- they required compromises PLVVLRQIRU¿QDODSSURYDO from a multitude of stake- One of the most conten- holders, and will probably tious aspects of the fund’s operation was the determi- nation of “seasonally varying ÀRZV´ RU KRZ PXFK ZD- ter can be withdrawn from streams during periods of By MATEUSZ level of moisture before sum- KHDY\ÀRZ PERKOWSKI mer even began, said Scott Storage projects that win Capital Press Oviatt, state snow survey su- grants must also release 25 pervisor for USDA’s Natural percent of their water for in- The ongoing drought has Resources Conservation Ser- stream environmental bene- highlighted the need for in- vice. ¿WV creased water supplies in Or- “We’re seeing conditions It was ultimately decided egon, but low soil moisture that are typical of July or Au- that projects will be subject to poses a major impediment to gust,” he said during a recent a “matrix,” under which those water storage, experts say. meeting of the Oregon Water with the largest environmen- Even if Oregon experienc- Resources Commission. tal impact and least amount of es healthy precipitation and Snow at the mid-eleva- stream data would be subject snowfall in the future, it will tion level, which is critical for to the most scrutiny. WDNH\HDUVWRUH¿OOVRPHUHVHU- VWUHDPÀRZVPHOWHGHDUO\LQ Under the rules recently YRLUVEHFDXVHZDWHUZLOO¿UVW the year, he said. “What snow adopted by the commission, be absorbed by the thirsty soil, did accumulate was mostly at the Oregon Water Resources experts say. the higher elevations.” Department can conduct the ³7KDW¶V WKH ¿UVW SODFH LW¶V The current “El Niño” ³VHDVRQDOO\ YDU\LQJ ÀRZ´ going to go,” said Marga- cycle of warm temperatures analysis on projects that are ret Matter, water resource LQWKH3DFL¿F2FHDQLVOLNHO\ approved for funding. specialist with the Oregon to persist through the com- However, project develop- Department of Agriculture. ing winter, which bodes for HUV ZLWK VXI¿FLHQW LQIRUPD- “Once you get the soils re- more mild weather in the tion can complete this step saturated, there’s nowhere Northwest, said David Rupp, before they even apply for for water to go but down the research associate at Oregon funding, said Tracy Louden, channel.” State University’s Oregon senior policy coordinator for Soils dried rapidly in June, Climate Change Research In- the agency. leading to an extremely low stitute. Proposed projects will be ranked by a technical review team based on their econom- ic, environmental and social ZLOOPDNHWKH¿QDOFDOODERXW The department expects EHQH¿WVEXWWKH2UHJRQ:D- which ones will receive mon- to have applications ready in ter Resources Commission ey, he said. August, but it has not yet set a Dry soils will impede drought recovery :ater PXst ¿rst satXrate sRil EeIRre ¿lliQJ reserYRirs :DVKLQJWRQFRQ¿QHVJ\SV\ moth search to westside Agency focuses on ports, population centers WSDA Pest Program manager Jim Marra said. With fewer resources, WSDA will forgo placing the traps in Eastern Washington, though the agency probably will next year, Marra said. Washington State Tree Fruit By DON JENKINS Association President Jon Dev- Capital Press aney said the one-year absence of traps is not an immediate con- The state Department of cern, but the association hopes Agriculture will limit its annual WSDA will periodically check summer hunt for gypsy moths to keep the moths from becom- to Western Washington, opting ing established on the eastside. to focus on catching plant-eat- European gypsy moths, in- ing pests that arrived on ships discriminate leaf eaters, have or with new residents moving GH¿HG GHFDGHV RI HUDGLFDWLRQ to the more populous half of efforts in the Eastern U.S. WKHVWDWHDQDJHQF\RI¿FLDOVDLG and Great Lakes region. Gyp- Tuesday. sy moths in 2014 defoliated WSDA plans to hang 16,000 214,972 acres in Pennsylvania, cardboard gypsy moth traps by according to that state’s Bureau the end of June, about 3,000 of Forestry. fewer traps than last year. The Washington and other states agency shares costs with the have adopted a no-tolerance pol- U.S. Department of Agricul- icy to keep gypsy moths from ture, which cut its contribution, advancing West. WSDA last spring sprayed 220 acres in rural Clark County in southwest Washington, where 16 European gypsy moths were caught last summer. It was WS- DA’s 93rd insecticide applica- tion since 1979 to kill the pests as they hatch. All but two of the applications were west of the Cascades. Gypsy moths attach their eggs to outdoor surfaces. When attached to a motor vehicle or train, the eggs are easily trans- ported cross-country. Over the years, most outbreaks have oc- curred in King and Pierce coun- ties, the state’s two most popu- lous counties. Marra said WSDA also will concentrate traps at coastal ports to detect Asian gypsy moths, which have a greater potential to rapidly spread because the IHPDOHV FDQ À\ XQOLNH WKHLU European relatives. WSDA last sprayed for Asian gypsy moths in 2000. The situation would be aggravated if the “blob” of warm temperatures in the QRUWK 3DFL¿F ² ZKLFK GH- ÀHFWHG VWRUPV IURP WKH UH- JLRQ ² GRHV QRW GLVVLSDWH he said. There’s no evidence that El Nino cycles are more frequent due to increased greenhouse gases in the at- mosphere, Rupp said. However, it stands to reason that El Nino’s ef- fects would be more pro- nounced if temperatures get higher, he said. In some years, natural variability may counteract the overall warming trend, but in the long-term it’s unlikely the region will be getting more snow, Rupp said. “The year we’re see- ing this year, which is not normal, will be normal by 2050,” he said. deadline for submissions that aim to win funding in 2016, Louden said. D’Ann Florek of the Wash- ington State Department of Agriculture nails an Asian gypsy moth trap to a tree June 23 at the Port of Kala- ma on the Columbia River. WSDA will focus its gypsy moth trapping in Western Washington, forging hang- ing traps in Eastern Wash- ington this summer be- cause of funding cuts. DON JENKINS — Capital Press WSDA also will do intensive trapping in rural Clark County to see whether the aerial spray- ing of Bacillus thuringiensis kurstatki (Btk) worked. Another focus will be Seat- tle’s densely populated Capitol +LOO ZKHUH ODVW VXPPHU ¿YH moths were trapped within a block. WSDA decided not to spray because a search found no evidence of a reproducing pop- ulation. “We’re going to take a good, hard look at Capitol Hill. It is an area of concern,” Marra said. WSDA will again this sum- mer staff highway weigh sta- tions to check moving vans traveling from the 19 states with gypsy moth infestations. Federal law requires movers to show pa- pers certifying that they inspect- ed goods for gypsy moth eggs. Enforcement actions have not been taken against movers without the papers, but USDA sends a warning letter to the moving company, Marra said. “The moving vans, we are ¿QGLQJKDYHDYHU\KLJKUDWHRI non-compliance,” he said. Fre e as Est F ima t t es ll Ca ime yt n A • Residential • Commercial •Cedar Roof Treatments • Interior & Exterior Over 20 years local experience 503-440-2169 Jeff Hale, Contractor LICENSED BONDED INSURED CCB#179131 CL ASSIF IE D M ARK ETPL A CE N EW N EW TOD AY ! TOD AY ! P lace classified ad s o n lin e at w w w .d ailyasto rian .co m o r call 503-325-3211 CL ASSIF IE D IN DEX N EW T ODAY ANNOUNCEMENTS 055 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Care Centers 035 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lost & Found 040 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Personals 050 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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