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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 2016
KOA Birds, staff return to Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
hosts
color
run for
autism
up security at other refuges.
“West-wide, we have seen
a rise in threats and intimida-
tion and we are having to staff
up to meet those concerns,”
Ashe said.
By HAL BERNTON
Seattle Times
HAMMOND — Vol-
unteers are needed to
throw bags of colored
powder at the runners
from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Saturday during the third
annual Color the Coast
for Autism 5K Color Run/
Fun Walk at the Asto-
ria/Warrenton/Seaside
KOA, 1100 N.W. Ridge
Road. The event is a bene-
¿t for the Clatsop County
Autism Chapter.
Volunteers can be of
any age. Individuals, fam-
ilies and Scouting packs,
crews and troops are
encouraged to participate
in this service project.
To volunteer, call Karen
Gill at 503-325-2990 or
email kargrandma@gmail.
com
Sneak a
peek at
Opry show
The Astor Street Opry
Company presents a free,
sneak peek performance
of “The Real Lewis And
Clark Story: Or How The
Finns Discovered Asto-
ria,” at 7 p.m. Thursday
at the ASOC Playhouse,
129 W. Bond St. The
doors open at 6:30 p.m.
No reservations are
needed, and seating is ¿rst
come, ¿rst served. No out-
side drinks or food or food
are allowed, but the Miss
Vivian Saloon will be
open.
The show of¿cially
opens Friday, and runs
through April 30. For tick-
ets, call 503-325-6104.
MALHEUR NATIONAL
WILDLIFE REFUGE —
Linda Beck is a ¿sh biol-
ogist in charge of a Sisy-
phus-like struggle against
millions of invasive carp that
have uprooted aquatic plants,
severely diminishing the food
supplies here for waterfowl.
During the winter occu-
pation of the Malheur refuge,
as threats to federal employ-
ees escalated, Beck evacuated
to Vancouver, Washington,
leaving behind her rancher
husband to take care of their
cattle.
Meanwhile, the extrem-
ists who sought to trans-
fer the refuge to local control
claimed Beck¶s desk, riÀing
through her ¿les and mock-
ing her work. Someone also
removed her personal items
that included a pelican’s beak,
a carp’s skeleton and a stuffed
crow that had been passed on
to Beck from her grandmother.
Beck is back on the job,
working out of a temporary
trailer of¿ce where she pre-
pares to resume catching carp
in ¿sh traps and planning a
commercial net harvest in
May. Undaunted, the refuge
takeover appears to have rein-
forced her sense of mission.
“It pretty much cemented
in me that I was going to
come back and conquer the
carp,” Beck said. “It was a
41-day occupation, but it was
a real small part of Malheur’s
history.”
The occupation ended Feb.
11, and the return of 16 full-
time refuge staff has enabled
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Ser-
vice to reopen the 187,757-
acre refuge’s road system just
as bird populations are increas-
ing with the onset of spring.
The long-legged Sandhill
cranes are easy to spot as they
strut about in ¿elds in search
of insects to eat. Snow geese
by the thousands have arrived,
bunching together in and
around the refuge, and many
more are on their way in the
run-up to the three-day Harney
County Migratory Bird Festi-
val that begins April 8.
The county Chamber of
More security
Hal Bernton/The Seattle Times
With the spring season, geese make a stopover on farm lands north of the Malheur Na-
tional Wildlife Refuge in March.
Commerce and others are hop-
ing for a big turnout as weeks
of headlines generated by the
takeover have spurred renewed
interest in the 108-year-old
refuge, a major stopover on
the Paci¿c Àyway that is fre-
quented by more than 320 bird
species. There will be tours,
an art show and other events
to showcase the migration that
unfolds both on the refuge and
surrounding private lands.
Unlike festivals in years’
past, the refuge headquarters
complex, which includes a
visitor’s center and museum,
will be off-limits to the pub-
lic and is expected to remain
closed until later in the year as
it undergoes repairs.
The damage resulted from
the turbulent series of events
touched off by the decision
by extremist leader Ammon
Bundy and a core group of
supporters to take over the ref-
uge on Jan. 2. Bundy is the son
of Cliven Bundy, a Nevada
rancher who led an armed
standoff with federal agents
in 2014 over his failure to pay
grazing fees to use federal
lands.
Buildings damaged
The
occupation
was
spurred by the fate of two
Harney County ranchers —
Dwight and Steve Hammond
— who were sent back to
prison in January after a fed-
eral appeals-court ruling that
they should serve more time
on arson charges. It morphed
into a broader rebellion against
federal management of public
lands in the West.
Dozens of people cycled
through the headquarters area.
Some just visited during the
day, while others stayed for
weeks, spending their nights
in a bunkhouse or sleeping on
cots set up inside a ¿rehouse
and other buildings.
Most made a hurried depar-
ture in the aftermath of a Jan.
26 law-enforcement action
that, on a highway north of the
refuge, resulted in the arrests
of Bundy and four others,
and the shooting death of Ari-
zona rancher LaVoy Finicum.
Another four people opted to
remain at the headquarters,
hanging on for an additional
16 days before surrendering.
During the occupation, ref-
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uge of¿cials say some build-
ings were damaged, carpets
were soiled and a septic system
plugged up from overuse that
was further damaged as con-
tractors tried to make repairs.
Occupiers dug trenches for
garbage and sewage, but the
headquarters area also was lit-
tered with trash and piles of
human waste. And all of this
unfolded in a sensitive archae-
ological zone that contains
Paiute tribal artifacts.
Now, the cleanup is under
way.
During a visit to the refuge in
late March, Dan Ashe, the direc-
tor of the U.S. Fish and Wild-
life Services, said the restoration
costs, so far, tally $1.7 million.
He said the agency also
racked up $2 million in addi-
tional costs during the occupa-
tion as refuge employees were
moved to other places, and $2.5
million has been spent bee¿ng
The beefed-up security
was visible in late March at
the entrance to the Malheur
headquarters. There, an armed
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
agent, clad in a bulletproof
vest, stood watch over the
entry road that earlier this year
was guarded by extremists.
The continued concern
about extremists is part of
an uneasy return for refuge
employees to a county still
roiled by the emotions gener-
ated by the takeover.
During the takeover, mili-
tias converged on Harney
County, creating an environ-
ment deemed so threatening
to federal employees that they
all either left the area or stayed
away from their of¿ces.
“Six of the sixteen staff
have children,” Beck said.
“It’s been very hard. There has
been a lot of heartache in the
community.”
Some businesses also have
had problems in the aftermath
of the occupation.
The Narrows RV Park and
cafe garnered media coverage
during the takeover as they
delivered food to the occupiers
at the refuge. The cafe employ-
ees say the food was not a gift
— but paid in full — and they
also served plenty of other
people, including law-enforce-
ment of¿cials.
“We even had a Super Bowl
party for the FBI in here, and
we stayed open late for them,”
said Anna Surber, an employee
at The Narrows.
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