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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, JULY 19, 2016
Environmentalists shut out of Oregon forest litigation
Judge denies
motion to
intervene in
lawsuit seeking
$1.4 billion
By MATEUSZ
PERKOWSKI
Capital Bureau
Environmental and fi shing
groups will be shut out from
high-stakes litigation over
Oregon’s forest management
policies, according to a judge’s
order.
Linn County Circuit Court
Judge Daniel Murphy has
denied a request by several
non profi t organizations to
intervene in the lawsuit, which
seeks $1.4 billion from Oregon
on behalf of multiple counties.
“Passionate concern about
something does not qualify an
applicant for intervenor sta-
tus,” Murphy said in the ruling.
The proposed intervenors
included the Wild Salmon
Center and its policy direc-
tor for Oregon and California,
Robert Van Dyk, as well as
the Association of Northwest
Steelheaders, Association of
Northwest Guides and Anglers
and Pacifi c Rivers Council.
Linn County fi led a com-
plaint against the s tate earlier
this year, arguing that 15 coun-
ties turned over 650,000 acres
of their forestlands in the early
20th c entury in exchange for
promises of future revenues.
In addition to Linn County,
Benton, Clackamas, Clat-
sop, Columbia, Coos, Doug-
las, Josephine, Klamath, Lane,
Lincoln, Marion, Polk, Tilla-
mook, and Washington coun-
ties turned timberland over to
the state.
Oregon has since breached
that contract by enacting a
“greatest permanent value”
‘All they were seeking to
do is be obstructionists.’
John DiLorenzo
an attorney for Linn County
forest policy rule that priori-
tizes wildlife, water and recre-
ation over logging, costing the
counties $1.4 billion in past
and future timber revenues, the
complaint said.
The non profi t groups
argued they should be allowed
to intervene in the case because
they have an interest in forest
health and Linn County was
effectively trying to increase
logging in state forests.
However, the judge has
held their participation is
unnecessary in the litigation,
which is focused on whether
Oregon has violated con-
tractual obligations to maxi-
Oregon
Humanities’
Think & Drink series of
provocative conversations
with Pulitzer Prize–win-
ning writers visits Astoria
on Thursday.
The sold-out event fea-
tures Isabel Wilkerson,
author of “The Warmth
of Other Suns: The Epic
Story of America’s Great
Migration. ”
Wilkerson will speak at
7 p.m. at the Fort George
Lovell Showroom. She will
join Adam Davis, exec-
utive director of Oregon
Humanities.
The series features con-
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and fi nal-
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Eugene,
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SALEM — The Oregon
Department of Forestry says
fi re season in the Northwest
district begins Thursday.
The designation means
forest operators and the pub-
lic must take special pre-
cautions in state-protected
forests in Clatsop, Colum-
WEDNESDAY
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an unknown vehicle. The
damage pulled the front
bumper off the Scion. The
suspect vehicle fled the
scene.
DUII arrest
• At 12:46 p.m. Fri-
day, Oregon State Police
arrested Melvin James
Bolds, 20, of Camas,
Washington, for driv-
ing under the influence
of intoxicants in Cannon
Beach.
• At 12:50 a.m. Sunday,
Clatsop County Sheriff’s
Office arrested Thomas C.
York, 36, of Kelso, Wash-
ington, for DUII on U.S.
Highway 101 and Sunset
Beach Road in Warrenton.
March 16, 2016
JACKSON, Rhonda, 60, of Aurora, formerly of Warren-
ton, died in Salem.
July 16, 2016
HEINER-DAHL, Michael William, 37, of Hammond,
died in Knappa. Caldwell’s Luce-Layton Mortuary in Astoria
is in charge of the arrangements.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
TUESDAY
Sunset Empire Parks and
Rec District, 4 p.m., 1225 Ave.
A, Seaside.
Clatsop County Human
Services Advisory Council, 4
to 5:30 p.m., 800 Exchange St.,
Room 430.
Port of Astoria Commission,
6 p.m., old Port offi ces, 422
Gateway Ave. Suite 100.
Youngs River Lewis & Clark
Water District Board, 6 p.m.,
special meeting, 34583 U.S.
Highway 101 Business.
Seaside Planning Commis-
sion, 7 p.m., work session,
City Hall, 989 Broadway.
Shoreline Sanitary District
Board, 7 p.m., Gearhart Her-
tig Station, 33496 West Lake
Lane, Warrenton.
WEDNESDAY
Clatsop Care Health District
Board, noon, work session,
Clatsop Retirement Village,
947 Olney Ave.
Seaside Tourism Advisory
Committee, 3 p.m., City Hall,
989 Broadway.
Astoria School Board, 5 p.m.,
board retreat, Capt. Robert
Gray School third-fl oor board-
room, 785 Alameda Ave.
burning will be banned Aug.
1.
The Statesman Jour-
nal reported that the state
declared fi re season in Ben-
ton and Polk counties and
part of Lincoln County on
July 5. The rest of Lincoln
County will be included in
the Northwest district fi re
season that starts Thursday.
Merkley holds
town hall
The Daily Astorian
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley is
holding a town hall at 10:30 a.m.
Wednesday at the Judge Guy
Boyington Building in Astoria .
Merkley will update constit-
uents on his work in Washing-
ton, D.C., answer questions, and
invite the community to offer
suggestions about how to tackle
the challenges facing Oregon
and the nation .
Herzig to hold
meet-and-greet
The Daily Astorian
The public is invited to meet
with Astoria City Councilor
Drew Herzig from noon to 1:30
p.m. Saturday in the Flag Room
of the Astoria Library.
Residents are welcome to
come and share their thoughts,
suggestions, questions and con-
cerns about the city .
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OBITUARY POLICY
APPLIANCE
IN
Assault
• At 9:53 p.m. Sun-
day, Clatsop County Sher-
iff’s Office arrested Jenni-
fer Lynn Thornburg, 42, of
Seaside, for third-degree
assault and harassment at
Avenue A in Seaside.
• At 8:11 p.m. Thursday,
Astoria Police arrested
Matthew G. Stewart, 36, of
Astoria, and Lacy R. Buck,
26, of Astoria, each for
fourth-degree assault after
a domestic dispute on 17th
Street and Jerome Avenue.
Hit-and-run
• At 2:47 p.m. Friday,
Astoria Police received a
report of a hit-and-run on
Irving Avenue near 11th
Street. A black Scion Xb
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SUN AND MOON
July 19
Partly sunny with a
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SATURDAY
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bia, Multnomah, Tillamook,
Washington and Yamhill
counties.
For the general public,
burning permits are required
for open pile burning and
burn barrels, and fi reworks
and sky lanterns are prohib-
ited. A countywide ban on
open pile burning is in effect
in Tillamook County and all
ON THE RECORD
FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
TONIGHT
Ralph Bloemers, attorney
for the non profi ts, said he’s
disappointed they’ve been
excluded from the case because
a possible remedy for Oregon
would be to increase logging to
the detriment of his clients.
The groups offered a differ-
ent perspective than the s tate
because they don’t believe its
forestlands are being man-
aged in compliance with the
federal Endangered Species
Act or Clean Water Act even
under current logging levels,
Bloemers said.
Several timber groups are
currently footing the legal costs
for Linn County, which makes
them represented in the litiga-
tion, he said.
The non profi t groups hav-
en’t yet decided whether to
appeal the denial of their inter-
vention request, Bloemers said.
The Capital Bureau is a col-
laboration between EO Media
Group and Pamplin Media
Group.
Northwest Oregon fi re season starts Thursday
Humanities Think & Drink Thursday event sold out
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mize timber revenues for the
counties.
“Therefore the applicants
have no unique ability to offer
evidence to the court con-
cerning the breach of contract
issues,” Murphy said.
Intervenor status would
have given the non profi ts the
full rights of defendants in
the litigation. The judge also
said they wouldn’t be allowed
to submit friend-of-the-court
briefs on legal issues in the
case.
These arguments would
focus on “consequences to
third parties” of any potential
ruling that shouldn’t be consid-
ered in a breach of contract dis-
pute, he said.
Linn County opposed the
proposed intervention of the
non profi t groups because they
could stand in the way of a pos-
sible settlement deal or chal-
lenge a ruling favorable to the
counties.
“All they were seeking to
do is be obstructionists,” said
John DiLorenzo, an attorney
for Linn County.
The role of the court in this
case is to resolve a contractual
dispute, not to “micromanage”
the state’s forest management
policy, DiLorenzo said.
To that extent, the non profi t
groups have no more interest
in the lawsuit than any other
member of the public, he said.
Oregon can’t re write its reg-
ulations without approval from
legislators or state agencies, so
the non profi ts would have the
opportunity to infl uence that
process regardless of the law-
suit’s outcome, DiLorenzo said.
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