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2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 2015 Deal will add 10,000 acres to wildlife area Used by sheep, steelhead By HILLARY BORRUD Capital Bureau SALEM — The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is moving ahead with a deal that will more than double the size of a wildlife area where the pub- lic can hike, hunt and fish on the Lower Deschutes River. The agency has worked with the Trust for Public Land over the last two-and- a-half years to acquire the former ranch, which will cost $3 million. Private groups partnered with the state to raise the money. Lawmakers gave their support to the plan before they went home in July, and the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission voted Courtesy of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is close to a deal to acquire a more than 10,000-acre ranch on the Lower Deschutes River, including Oak Creek Canyon pictured here. unanimously to acquire the land at a meeting Friday. The proposal will add more than 10,000 acres to an ex- isting 8,500-acre wildlife area on the river. The parcel is the only pri- vate land along the Deschutes River that is “heavily used by bighorn sheep” and two streams on the property are spawning grounds for steel- head, according to the Depart- ment of Fish and Wildlife. In July, the Legislature ap- proved the use of $1.3 million from the U.S. Fish and Wild- life Service to help purchase the land, as part of House Bill 5006. Other money for the acquisition comes from more than $1 million in miti- gation fees that utilities paid to the state, $225,000 from the Trust for Public Land, a $135,000 Oregon Parks and Recreation Department grant and donations from two wild sheep groups. The state will not use hunting and fishing license fees on the purchase, according to a Department of Fish and Wildlife docu- ment. Unique habitats Jeremy Thompson, a dis- trict wildlife biologist for the agency in The Dalles, said the property is important “because of the unique habitats in the Deschutes and the ability to tie together a large landscape of public ground in the canyon.” “Being able to have the entire Oak Creek drainage, and have the ability to try to manage ¿ sheries habitat in that, will be exciting for us,” Thompson said, referring to one of the steelhead spawning grounds. The existing Lower De- schutes River wildlife area is a popular location for people to view bighorn sheep, and it’s also a good place for bird watching with habitat for raptors, migratory songbirds and game birds, according to the agency. Thompson said the Department of Fish and Wildlife will also continue to allow livestock grazing on the property as a manage- ment tool. The Department of Fish and Wildlife already owns or manages 20 wildlife or rec- reation areas across the state, with a total of more than 200,000 acres. The Capital Bureau is a collaboration between EO Media Group and Pamplin Media Group. Tab for DAS employee inquiry hits $25,000 involvement of Oregon Depart- ment of Justice lawyers. Matt Shelby, a spokesman for the De- partment of Administrative Ser- vices which manages the data center, said the agency brought in Department of Justice law- yers to provide a third-party re- view of the situation. “In this particular case, our (human resources) folks felt it was best to go through DOJ on this one,” Shelby said. A spokeswoman for the Oregon Department of Justice said the agency did not have any comment on when lawyers By HILLARY BORRUD Capital Bureau SALEM — Oregon’s ad- ministrative agency has spent approximately $25,000 since February on a human resources investigation of two top manag- ers at the state data center. Michael Rodgers, the acting director of the data center, and Technical Engineering Manager Marshall Wells were placed on paid administrative leave days after then-Gov. John Kitzhaber resigned in February . Much of the cost is due to the will complete the investigation. Michael Jordan, the state’s chief operating of¿ cer and di- rector of the Department of Administrative Services at the time, told The Oregonian that Rodgers and Wells were placed on leave during an internal in- vestigation into a dispute over how to handle computers and phones used by the Kitzhaber administration. Rodgers has since admitted in an interview with Willamette Week that he leaked approximately 6,000 of Kitzhaber’s emails to the news- paper. ACCUWEATHER ® FORECAST FOR ASTORIA Astoria 5-Day Forecast Tonight Mostly cloudy 56° Tuesday Oregon Weather Shown is tomorrow’s weather. Temperatures are tonight’s lows and tomorrow’s highs Corvallis 56/86 Eugene 56/86 Salem 59/88 Albany 56/86 Ilwaco, Wash. Sept. 9, 1936 — July 28, 2015 Ontario 60/101 Bend 50/86 Wednesday Partly sunny Burns 47/92 Klamath Falls 49/82 Partly sunny Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2015 74° 57° Thursday 56° Friday Mostly cloudy, a shower in the afternoon 69° 72° 56° Partly sunny with a couple of showers 69° 55° Almanac Sun and Moon Astoria through Sunday. Temperatures High ........................................... 74° Low ............................................ 52° Normal high ............................... 69° Normal low ................................. 54° Precipitation Yesterday ................................ 0.00" Month to date .......................... 0.02" Normal month to date ............. 0.23" Year to date ........................... 27.80" Normal year to date ............... 37.17" Sunset tonight .................. Sunrise Tuesday .............. Moonrise today ................ Moonset today ................. Regional Cities City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newport North Bend Today Hi Lo W 86 49 t 81 50 pc 70 57 pc 83 56 pc 67 58 pc 82 49 s 87 64 pc 64 53 pc 69 55 pc National Cities Today City Hi Lo W Atlanta 89 72 pc Boston 78 64 pc Chicago 84 65 t Denver 86 60 t Des Moines 82 65 pc Detroit 79 65 t El Paso 100 74 pc Fairbanks 54 43 c Honolulu 89 77 pc Indianapolis 85 66 t Kansas City 86 65 pc Las Vegas 103 78 s Los Angeles 78 60 pc Memphis 97 77 pc Miami 89 77 t Nashville 86 72 t New Orleans 95 79 s New York 82 71 pc Oklahoma City 96 74 pc Philadelphia 80 72 c St. Louis 88 72 pc Salt Lake City 92 68 s San Francisco 71 61 pc Seattle 86 61 pc Washington, DC 82 74 pc 8:33 p.m. 6:09 a.m. 2:35 a.m. 5:46 p.m. New First Full Last Aug 14 Aug 22 Aug 29 Sep 5 Under the Sky Tues. Hi Lo W 94 52 s 86 54 pc 68 57 pc 86 57 pc 68 58 pc 82 46 s 90 60 pc 65 55 pc 68 56 pc City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Vancouver Yakima Today Hi Lo W 87 54 pc 90 62 t 85 63 pc 83 62 pc 85 59 pc 70 57 pc 91 63 pc 85 61 pc 94 61 pc Tues. Hi Lo W 89 57 pc 96 66 s 88 64 pc 86 61 pc 88 60 pc 70 57 pc 97 70 s 87 62 pc 98 62 s Tonight's Sky: Cygnus the Swan soars high overhead on summer nights before midnight. Source: Jim Todd, OMSI Tomorrow’s Tides Astoria / Port Docks Time High 12:25 p.m. 7.0 ft. 11:56 p.m. 8.4 ft. Time 6:10 a.m. 5:56 p.m. Low -0.6 ft. 2.1 ft. Fronts Cold Warm Stationary Showers T-Storms -10s -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s Rain Flurries Snow Ice Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. Forecast high/low temperatures are given for selected cities. Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice. Pau l Joh n H ayn er, M .D . Board -C ertified In tern al M ed icin e 1406 M D RIVE 97103 (503) 325-0505 A RIN E A STO RIA , O R drhayner.com I N NETWORK WITH THE FOLLOWING INSURANCE PLANS : JoAnn Helen Walker was born in Brainerd, (Darlene) and James (Rutha) Walker, as well Minn., to her parents, Earl and Alma (Carl- as numerous nieces, nephews, and friends. She son) Walker. She attended Warrenton Schools. was preceded in death by her husbands; son, She married Edwin Brown, with Jerry Brown; brothers, Orville, Rob- whom she raised her ¿ ve children ert, Jack and Jerry Walker; and her sister, Shirley Shelton (Walker). in Gearhart, Ore. She later married JoAnn spent her last few years in twice more, Donald Forrester and Ilwaco, Wash., close to family and Herbert (Ed) Berg. She spent the friends. She was always interested in majority of her life on the North what others were doing, had a fond Oregon and Southwest Washington memory of the past while enjoying coast. the present, and was known for her JoAnn worked for many years at love of family and her many friends. Public Market, later Thriftway gro- Her passion was her yard and cery store, in Seaside, Ore. She and JoAnn gardens, with begonias as her favor- Ed Berg also owned and operated Walker ite. She was an avid collector, but it Faraway Farms in Seaside. was in her yard and with her À owers JoAnn is survived by her daugh- ter, Sally Brown (Joy Martin); sons, Steve (Val- where she would be found, knees in the dirt erie), Scott (Debbie) and Jeff (Gloria) Brown; and a smile on her face. As per her request, there will be no formal two grandchildren, Brenda and Adam Brown; and the light of her life, great-grandson Jered service, but rather the encouragement to enjoy Rovario. Surviving brothers include Darald your family, friends and À owers. Birth July 8, 2015 MARIN-FONTANILLA, Maureen and Eduardo, of Warrenton, a boy Christopher Marin-Fontanilla, born at Columbia Me- morial Hospital in Astoria. Grandparents are Gavino and Teresa Marin of Warren- ton and Ador and Al Beutler of Naselle, Wash. Lotteries Tomorrow’s National Weather Tues. Hi Lo W 86 71 t 74 67 t 80 61 s 88 61 pc 83 65 s 80 61 pc 98 74 s 58 45 pc 90 78 pc 82 60 pc 83 62 s 102 79 pc 82 62 pc 91 71 t 91 77 t 88 67 s 96 79 pc 80 70 t 88 68 c 82 70 t 86 68 s 90 71 pc 73 59 pc 87 64 s 87 73 t “If we’ve got multiple staff from all those agencies going to the U.S. attorneys and say- ing, ‘What’s the best way for you to receive this information,’ that doesn’t make for a good ef¿ cient process,” Shelby said. However, he added that “U.S. a ttorneys can contact anybody they want, and have throughout this process. They don’t need to tell us who they’re talking to , and the people they talk to don’t need to tell us. There’s nothing we can do on that front to pro- hibit anyone from speaking with the U.S. attorneys.” The Capital Bureau is a collaboration between EO Me- dia Group and Pamplin Media Group JoAnn Helen Walker Pendleton 62/96 Medford 64/90 cess, according to a text message to Rodgers that became part of a state police investigation. Jordan asked Oregon State Police to in- vestigate the leak of Kitzhaber’s emails, and the police ultimately concluded that Rodgers had re- leased the records. “I may have crossed a line by directly contacting the U.S. attorney,” Wells wrote in the Feb. 19 text message. “I gather only Michael Jordan and high up folks have been involved in conversations.” Shelby said employees at the Department of Administra- tive Services were supposed to coordinate their response to the federal subpoena through the Oregon Department of Justice. OBITUARIES The Dalles 66/97 Astoria 56/74 Portland 63/88 Shelby said Rodgers and Wells “were put on leave pend- ing the outcome of an investi- gation into their response to a federal subpoena.” The U.S. Justice Depart- ment served the Department of Administrative Services on Feb. 13 with a broad subpoena for records related to Hayes and Kitzhaber. “Back when they were put on leave, we were in the mid- dle of responding to that feder- al subpoena and were trying to do it in the most ef¿ cient and responsible way,” Shelby said. “Actions they were taking were making that more dif¿ cult.” Wells contacted a U.S. attor- ney at some point in that pro- OREGON Sunday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 5-2-0-7 4 p.m.: 6-7-3-7 7 p.m.: 7-5-9-1 10 p.m.: 4-6-0-7 Saturday’s Megabucks: 12-14- 21-30-41-43 Estimated jackpot: $5.7 million. Saturday’s Powerball: 09-34- 48-52-54, Powerball: 15, Power Play: 4 Estimated jackpot: $50 million. Saturday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 9-8-8-2 4 p.m.: 3-6-6-8 7 p.m.: 1-4-4-0 10 p.m.: 9-9-0-4 Friday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 0-5-3-4 4 p.m.: 7-6-8-0 7 p.m.: 7-8-3-6 10 p.m.: 2-2-5-4 WASHINGTON Sunday’s Daily Game: 1-5-6 Sunday’s Keno: 02-05-09-15- 17-26-27-29-42-45-46-48-53-59-66- 70-76-78-79-80 Sunday’s Match 4: 03-07-16-19 Saturday’s Daily Game: 9-6-1 Saturday’s Hit 5: 05-13-18-24- 29 Estimated jackpot: $100,000 Saturday’s Keno: 04-06-07-11- 12-14-16-19-21-26-27-31-47-48-53- 56-63-70-73-77 Saturday’s Lotto: 12-15-18-20- 28-47 Estimated jackpot: $2 million Saturday’s Match 4: 06-08-12- 24 Friday’s Daily Game: 7-4-0 Friday’s Keno: 01-04-13-15-16- 21-24-27-29-38-42-53-56-61-63-64- 65-72-74-77 Friday’s Match 4: 14-16-19-20 Friday’s Mega Millions: 01-38- 53-63-66, Mega Ball: 10 School Board, 5:30 to 7 p.m., work session, 7:30 p.m., regu- lar meeting, Warrenton High School Library, 1700 S.E. Main Ave. Clatsop Community Col- lege Board, 6 p.m., work ses- sion, 7:30 p.m., regular meet- ing, Columbia Hall Room 219, 1651 Lexington Ave., Astoria. Warrenton City Com- mission, 6 p.m., City Hall, 225 S. Main Ave., Warren- ton. Lewis & Clark Fire De- partment Board, 7 p.m., main ¿ re station, 3571 High- way 101 Business. Public meetings MONDAY Astoria School Board, 5:30 p.m., work session, CMH Field, 1800 Williamsport Road. Seaside City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall Council Cham- bers, 989 Broadway, Seaside. TUESDAY Warrenton-Hammond The Daily Astorian Established July 1, 1873 (USPS 035-000) Published daily, except Saturday and Sunday, by EO Media Group, 949 Exchange St., PO Box 210, Astoria, OR 97103 Telephone 503- 325-3211, 800-781-3211 or Fax 503-325-6573. 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