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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2016
High school art show
raises funds for Haiti
Complaint claims lawmakers misled on wolf bill
By GEORGE PLAVEN
EO Media Group
‘To be very clear, the
(wolf) recovery is going
very successfully.’
The environmental group
Cascadia Wildlands is accus-
ing three Oregon lawmakers of
knowingly misrepresenting a
bill that ratifi ed the state’s deci-
sion to remove gray wolves
from the endangered species list.
The complaint was fi led
Monday with the Oregon Gov-
ernment Ethics Commis-
sion against state Rep. Brad
Witt, D-Clatskanie; Rep. Sal
Esquivel, R-Medford; and Rep.
Greg Barreto, R-Cove.
Barreto introduced House
Bill 4040 during the short leg-
islative session earlier this year.
The state Department of Fish
and Wildlife had previously
determined wolves no longer
need endangered species protec-
tions, and the Fish and Wildlife
Commission followed through
with delisting wolves in Novem-
ber 2015.
The bill effectively gave the
Legislature’s stamp of approval,
and Gov. Kate Brown signed off
on the legislation in March.
Cascadia Wildlands argues
that in order to secure votes ,
Witt, Esquivel and Barreto
made false statements that the
bill would not affect a judicial
review of the wolf delisting
decision.
“There’s a real concern this
bill passed through the House
with a fundamental misunder-
standing of what it does,” said
Nick Cady, legal director for
Cascadia Wildlands. “Salem
Nick Cady
However, the Legislative
Counsel Committee issued a
report in February to state Sen.
Michael Dembrow, D-Port-
land, stating that the only legal
effect of HB 4040 was to “val-
idate any real or perceived
irregularities” in the Depart-
ment of Fish and Wildlife’s
decision under state law.
“In essence, the only effect
of the bill was to preclude
judicial review of the commis-
sion’s delisting decision,” the
complaint reads.
HB 4040 passed the House
33-23, and the Senate 17-11.
Since then, the state shot
and killed four wolves from
the Imnaha Pack in northeast
Oregon for frequently attack-
ing livestock in the area. There
is still no legal hunting of
wolves allowed in Oregon.
Barreto said he had not
seen the complaint as of Mon-
day morning, but reiterated
the intent of the bill was to
affi rm what the Department of
Fish and Wildlife had already
done.
“All we did was say yes, we
agree with Fish and Wildlife,”
Barreto said. “If that precludes
their lawsuit, then so be it.”
Oregon Dept. of Fish and Wildlife
One of four wolves recent-
ly killed by wildlife officials
because of livestock depre-
dation.
can be somewhat of a black box
... We perceived this as pretty
egregious.”
Cascadia Wildlands, Oregon
Wild and the Center for Biolog-
ical Diversity had all requested
a judicial review of the delisting
decision. The case was tossed by
the Oregon Court of Appeals i n
April , which cited HB 4040.
Cady claims the bill’s sole
purpose was to block their
review, despite claims from Bar-
reto, Witt and Esquivel.
According to the complaint,
Barreto said during a February
hearing that the bill “does noth-
ing more than shore up the deci-
sion by the Fish and Wildlife
Commission,” and, “Our objec-
tive in this is not to usurp the
authority of the commission. It
is only to shore up the decision
that they have made and to make
the (wolf) plan a workable plan
as was written.” He also sent a
written document to colleagues
stating the bill had no language
precluding judicial review.
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Esquivel also said that he
had not received a copy of the
complaint, but was not worried
about it because he did nothing
wrong.
“We didn’t intentionally try
to mislead anyone,” Esquivel
said. “It’s our opinion, and our
opinion’s our opinion.”
Environmentalists
had
asked for a review of the del-
isting decision because they
argued it was not made with
sound science, and had not
been independently reviewed,
as required by state law.
Cady said they are pushing
to have the case reconsidered
by the Court of Appeals.
“To be very clear, the
(wolf) recovery is going very
successfully,” he said. “Our
frustration is more just the
pushback this species’ recov-
ery is getting from state leg-
islators and various lobbying
interests.”
Oregon’s wolf population
had grown to at least 110 ani-
mals by the end of 2015, a 36
percent increase over the pre-
vious year.
Capital Bureau Reporter
Hillary Borrud contributed to
this report.
poetry, photography and other
pieces created by local high
schoolers.
Duret was a junior when a
large earthquake struck Haiti,
leaving thousands dead and
millions homeless. Feeling a
need to act for her father, who
is from Haiti, and her aunts
and uncles who live there,
Duret started her own cam-
paign to raise relief funds.
She has also traveled to the
country to work with the
Good Samaritan School.
Annual broombuster event
targets aggressive shrub
The Daily Astorian
CANNON BEACH —
Volunteers are gearing up
for the annual Cannon Beach
Broombuster event, which
is being held by the Ecola
Creek Watershed Council
from 10 a.m. to noon Satur-
day at Les Shirley Park .
The c ouncil is a local
stakeholder group that works
to protect and restore wild-
life habitat in the Ecola Creek
watershed in Cannon Beach
and Arch Cape. It is part of the
nonprofi t North Coast Water-
shed Association, which also
manages the Nicolai-Wick-
iup, Skipanon and Youngs
Bay watershed councils.
Originally
introduced
from Europe as an ornamen-
tal plant and for erosion con-
trol, Scotch broom is highly
aggressive and forms dense
stands, which displace native
plants and provide poor
wildlife habitat. Many peo-
ple are highly allergic to its
pollen.
All volunteers are wel-
come, and should wear
work clothes and waterproof
shoes, and bring rain gear
and a re-usable water bot-
tle. Gloves and tools will be
provided.
For information, contact
Brooke Stanley at 503-468-
0408 or northcoastwater-
shedcouncils@gmail.com
ON THE RECORD
DUII arrests
• At 12:53 p.m. Fri-
day, Clatsop County Sher-
iff’s Offi ce arrested Brett M.
Malehorn, 45, of Astoria, for
driving under the infl uence of
intoxicants at 33rd Street and
Leif Erikson Drive in Astoria.
• At 6:21 a.m. Saturday,
Oregon State Police arrested
Lauren Nicole Yokum, 29, of
Nehalem, for DUII at Barber
Road and Fish Hatchery Lane
in Nehalem.
• At 5:36 p.m. Saturday,
Astoria Police arrested Gail
L. Johnson, 64, of Astoria,
for DUII on 30th Street and
Grand Avenue. Johnson’s
blood alcohol content was
measured at 0.25 percent,
according to police.
• At 1:55 a.m. Monday,
Astoria Police arrested Justin
R. Puckett, 36, of Warrenton,
for DUII and reckless driving
on New Youngs Bay Bridge.
Motorcycle crash
• At 4:01 p.m. Sun-
day, Oregon State Police
responded to a motorcy-
cle crash on state Highway
53 milepost 3.5. The motor-
cyclist, Casandra T. Scho-
enwald, 35, of Vancouver,
Washington, lost control
while negotiating a curve on
the highway. She was injured
MEMORIAL
and transported to Columbia
Memorial Hospital.
Assault
• At 1:59 p.m. Thursday,
Warrenton Police arrested
Eleazar Pascual Delacruz, 26,
of Warrenton, for fourth-de-
gree assault and harassment
on the 200 block of S.E. Mar-
lin Avenue.
• At 11:25 p.m. Mon-
day, Clatsop County Sheriff’s
Offi ce arrested Sean William
Friddle, 47, of Astoria, for sec-
ond-degree assault, third-de-
gree assault and menacing that
allegedly occurred April 25.
He was arrested on the 35000
block of Lyngstad Heights.
DEATH
Friday, May 6
FULTON, Lula Mae
— Service at noon, Wal-
lin Funeral Home, 1811 W.
Cemetery Road in Oak Har-
bor, Washington. Fulton, 74,
of Oak Harbor, formerly of
the Astoria area, died unex-
pectedly Monday, April 25,
2016, in Seattle.
April 19, 2016
STREICH, Debra Jane,
58, of Cannon Beach and
Seaside, died in Portland.
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Astoria High School’s art
club, Art Out Loud, will hold
its spring art show during Sec-
ond Saturday Art Walk May
14 at the Baked Alaska a nnex,
with proceeds supporting
graduate Eleni Duret’s fund
to help Haitians recover from
a large earthquake in 2010.
The free art show is from
5 to 8 p.m. in the restaurant’s
annex at 175 14th St. in Asto-
ria. It will include paintings,
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