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2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 2016 Oregon bills seek to ratify wolf delisting Striking a balance Environmentalists challenging decision in court By MATEUSZ PERKOWSKI Capital Bureau SALEM — Two Oregon law- makers plan to introduce bills that would ratify the decision by state wildlife of¿ cials to delist wolves as an endangered species. The proposals, which will be con- sidered during the upcoming legisla- tive session in February, are planned by state Sen. Bill Hansell, R-Athena, and Rep. Greg Barreto, R-Cove, in reaction to a lawsuit ¿ led by envi- ronmental groups. In November , the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission voted to delist the wolves under the state’s version of the Endangered Species Act after several criteria for their re- covery had been met. Under a management plan for wolves ¿ rst created in 2005, the spe- cies could be delisted after having established four breeding pairs for three years and no longer facing a substantial risk of extinction in a sig- ni¿ cant portion of its range, among other criteria. Wolves were delisted by the fed- eral government in the easternmost portion of the state, but remain pro- tected in the rest. Oregon wildlife Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife OR-3, a three-year-old male wolf from the Imnaha pack, is shown in this image captured from video taken by a Department of Fish and Wildlife employee on May 10, 2011, in Wallowa County . Two Oregon lawmakers plan to introduce bills that would ratify the decision by state wildlife officials to delist wolves as an endangered species. of¿ cials have the jurisdiction over those wolves under the state Endan- gered Species Act . However, Oregon Wild, Cascadia Wildlands and the Center for Bio- logical Diversity recently challenged the state’s delisting decision in court, arguing the decision unlawfully ignored the best available science about wolf recovery. The bills, which will be intro- duced in the House and Senate, will provide the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife — which is over- seen by the commission — more am- munition in defending itself in court, Barreto said. “We’re shoring up what the commission has already decided,” he said during a hearing last week before the House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resourc- es. Oregon has 81 documented wolves, but the actual population is likely in the range of 100 to 120 ani- mals and a delisting is necessary for the Department of Fish and Wildlife to eventually manage the species, said Hansell. Such management could involve hunting to keep populations in check. ACCUWEATHER ® FORECAST FOR ASTORIA Astoria 5-Day Forecast Tonight Oregon Weather Shown is tomorrow’s weather. Temperatures are tonight’s lows and tomorrow’s highs Rain 48° Friday The Dalles 42/52 Astoria 48/55 Portland 45/54 Corvallis 48/55 Eugene 46/54 Pendleton 44/53 Salem 48/56 Albany 47/54 Saturday Medford 44/57 Cloudy with a couple of showers The Sunset Empire Trans- portation District has an- nounced that the last day for bus services to the s enior c en- Burns 29/41 51° Sunday 41° Monday Cloudy with a little rain in the afternoon Cloudy with rain late in the afternoon 50° 54° 41° 44° Almanac Sun and Moon Astoria through Wednesday. Temperatures High ........................................... 49° Low ............................................ 41° Normal high ............................... 50° Normal low ................................. 38° Precipitation Yesterday ................................ 0.55" Month to date .......................... 5.75" Normal month to date ............. 6.89" Year to date ............................. 5.75" Normal year to date ................ 6.89" Sunset tonight .................. Sunrise Friday .................. Moonrise today ................ Moonset today ................. Regional Cities City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newport North Bend 5:03 p.m. 7:49 a.m. 3:16 p.m. 5:35 a.m. Full Last New First Jan 23 Jan 31 Feb 8 Feb 14 Under the Sky Today Hi Lo W 38 31 c 48 38 c 59 48 r 56 46 r 55 48 r 45 36 c 59 44 c 56 48 r 61 47 r Hi 39 48 56 54 52 45 57 54 59 Fri. Lo 31 30 47 42 44 35 41 43 46 Hi 47 30 30 50 26 30 59 -5 81 28 28 61 69 36 76 38 50 34 39 36 32 42 60 53 34 Fri. Lo 32 20 22 32 13 17 34 -12 68 18 16 44 54 25 60 26 36 25 23 27 22 30 53 42 27 W r c r c sh r r c r National Cities City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Vancouver Yakima Today Hi Lo W 55 45 r 50 44 c 53 45 r 59 46 r 56 48 r 56 49 r 41 38 c 53 47 r 41 38 sh Hi 54 53 54 56 56 53 43 52 47 Fri. Lo 37 39 42 42 43 44 35 42 33 W c c sh c c sh r sh c Tonight's Sky: Planet Jupiter will emerge above the eastern horizon after 9:30 p.m. Tomorrow’s Tides Astoria / Port Docks Time High 12:13 a.m. 8.1 ft. 11:38 a.m. 9.8 ft. W r pc sf pc pc c s c s c pc c c sn t r s c s c c c r sh sn A free workshop for parents and caregiv- ers of children ages 5 to 10, “Positive Disci- pline Tips & Strategies,” is being presented from 6:15 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Astor Elementary School, 3550 Franklin Ave. The workshop provides skills and tools to use to increase children’s cooperation, ease hassles and reduce misbehavior with- out having to raise your voice, threaten or spank. Participants will learn how to use natural and logical consequences, encour- Time 5:41 a.m. 6:42 p.m. model of its building at 1111 Exchange St. The Astoria Se- nior Center is moving back to the Exchange Street location . For information, contact Mary Parker at 503-861-5370. Low 2.9 ft. -0.7 ft. Fronts age independence, build healthy self-es- teem and use developmental and age appro- priate techniques. Free child care is being offered, and light refreshments will be served. Those who are using the child care service should arrive by 6:10 p.m. The program begins at 6:30 p.m. This workshop is offered by Northwest Parenting in partnership with Astor Ele- mentary School to enhance skills and tools for parents. For information, contact Teresa Crouter at 503-325-8673, ext. 2. Trollers Association holds annual meeting The Daily Astorian Source: Jim Todd, OMSI Tomorrow’s National Weather Today City Hi Lo W Atlanta 49 40 r Boston 30 17 s Chicago 28 16 c Denver 40 21 pc Des Moines 28 18 c Detroit 28 16 sf El Paso 57 30 s Fairbanks -6 -14 pc Honolulu 79 67 pc Indianapolis 28 17 c Kansas City 29 17 sn Las Vegas 60 40 pc Los Angeles 73 50 pc Memphis 41 32 r Miami 73 67 pc Nashville 42 36 r New Orleans 72 45 t New York 36 24 s Oklahoma City 38 28 i Philadelphia 38 23 s St. Louis 33 21 c Salt Lake City 38 24 pc San Francisco 60 56 c Seattle 55 48 r Washington, DC 36 23 s ter at the Yacht Club is Friday. This temporary bus service was being provided because the s enior c enter had tempo- rarily been located at the Yacht Club building during the re- The Daily Astorian Mostly cloudy with a shower in spots 43° ‘Dangerous precedent’ The proposed bills would set a dangerous precedent of the L egis- lature inserting itself into delisting decisions on a species-by-species basis, said Quinn Read, Northwest representative of the Defenders of Wildlife environmental group. “We’re concerned by initiatives that would circumvent the (wolf) plan,” she said. Scott Beckstead, state director for the Humane Society of the United States, an animal rights group, said he’s worried about the possibility of trophy hunting of wolves in Oregon. Hunters in Idaho, where such hunting is allowed, have demonstrat- ed a “cruelty and depravity” in kill- ing wolves that wouldn’t be tolerated by the public in Oregon, he said. “It’s certainly something I don’t want to see in Oregon, and I worry about us heading down that path,” Beckstead said. The Capital Bureau is a collab- oration between EO Media Group and Pamplin Media Group. Free parenting workshop planned Klamath Falls 36/45 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2016 55° In the past year, wolves have only been con¿ rmed to have killed four cows, while the state has more than 1.3 billion cattle, he said. The cattle industry generat ed more than $1 bil- lion in revenues, making it Oregon’s top agricultural sector. “The industry’s growth has not been stymied by the arrival of wolves,” Stevens said. Astoria Yacht Club bus route closure announced The Daily Astorian Ontario 33/42 Bend 38/48 Ranchers in Oregon have abided by restrictions on wolf management for the past 10 years, so now that the criteria for delisting have been met, the state government should up- hold the wolf plan’s credibility, said Rocky Dallum, political advocate for the Oregon Cattlemen’s Association. “The goal was to strike a bal- ance between reestablishing wolves in Oregon and meeting the needs of those producers,” he said. During the decade that the plan has been in place, ranchers have felt a great deal of “heartburn” as state wildlife of- ¿ cials have refused to remove wolves that repeatedly prey on livestock, said Todd Nash, a rancher and chairman of the association’s wolf committee. The wolf plan should be followed as planned rather than allowing the courts to take over the process, he said. “I want to bring some sanity to this and let the scientists and wildlife managers manage, instead of some conservation groups and a judge.” Environmental groups oppose the proposed legislation, claiming that it will unnecessarily interfere with the authority of the Fish and Wildlife Commission. Oregon has fewer than 90 wolves, but the state could sustain up to 1,400 of them, said Sean Stevens, executive director of Oregon Wild. Currently, the species occupies only 12 percent of its potential habi- tat, he said. “The status of wolves in Oregon is still tenuous.” WESTPORT, Wash. — The Washington Trollers As- sociation , an association of over 100 commercial ¿ shing family businesses that use the hook and line method of har- vesting prime salmon off of the Washington c oast, is hold- ing its budget board meeting at 9 a.m., and annual meeting at 12:30 p.m., Saturday at Mc- Causland Hall, 1020 W. Ocean Ave., Westport, next to the Westport Maritime Museum. A working lunch is being provided by WE¿ sh. ble litigation, Cannon Beach Fire Station, 188 Sunset Blvd. Seaside Transportation Advisory Committee, 6 p.m., City Hall, 989 Broad- way. Cannon Beach Design Review Board, 6 p.m., City Hall, 163 E. Gower St. MONDAY Jewell School Board, 6 p.m., Jewell School library, 83874 Oregon Highway 103. Seaside City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall, 989 Broadway. Hospital for a tibia fracture on his left leg. The pedestrian was in the marked crosswalk when he was struck. The driv- er, Rosalio Garcia, 49, of As- toria, was cited for failure to stop for a pedestrian. DUII arrest • At 5:57 p.m. Tuesday, Warrenton Police arrested Ter- ry Lee Godden, 45, of Coos Bay, for driving under the in- À uence of intoxicants at the intersection of U.S. Highway 101 and Alternate U.S. High- way 101. Godden’s blood al- cohol was measured at 0.18 percent, according to police. Public meetings Cold Warm Stationary Showers T-Storms Rain Flurries Snow Ice -10s -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s 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. CLATSOP POWER EQUIPMENT, INC. SALES • SERVICE • RENTALS THURSDAY Seaside Tree Board, 4 p.m., City Hall, 989 Broad- way. Cannon Beach Fire Dis- trict Board, 5 p.m., execu- tive session, to consult with legal counsel regarding possi- On the record Pedestrian struck • At 11:48 a.m. Jan. 11, Astoria Police responded to a vehicle versus pedestrian crash on Marine Drive and Eighth Street. A 20-year-old Astoria man was struck by a GMC SUV and transported by Medix to Columbia Memorial Lotteries OREGON Wednesday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 9-3-8-2 4 p.m.: 9-8-3-7 7 p.m.: 5-1-2-3 10 p.m.: 7-1-3-1 Wednesday’s Megabucks: 11-14-28-29- 34-44 Estimated jackpot: $6.1 million. Wednesday’s Powerball: 5-39-44-47-69, Powerball: 24 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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