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3A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2016 Aerial spraying rattles coastal residents Concerns raised about pesticides used by timber companies By LYRA FONTAINE The Daily Astorian ARCH CAPE — Nancy Webster became con- cerned about aerial spray- ing after smelling pesti- cides in the air near her Rockaway Beach home. “That began the growing con- cern of what’s happening with our drinking water and our air,” Webster said, adding that the spraying could affect birds, ish, soil and more. “This is happening up and down the coast.” Webster, a member of the Rockaway Beach Citi- zens for Watershed Protec- tion, is pushing for more timely public notiications, since currently, “the notiica- tion is seeing a helicopter.” The group also seeks an end to aerial spraying on the Ore- gon Coast. At Short Sand Beach in Oswald West State Park, local activists and area surfers gath- ered in late September to raise awareness about pesticides that would be sprayed on har- vested forest land nearby. According to the citizens group, Weyerhaeuser recently clearcut parcels of forestland, including several bordering Oswald West State Park, Arch Cape and Neahkahnie Moun- tain. Weyerhaeuser com- pleted the aerial spraying on the harvested forest land near Oswald West on Wednes- day, according to the Oregon Department of Forestry. Notiication needed The notiication system is a “step toward better notiica- tion,” but Webster said it isn’t enough and that spraying could occur within a time frame as large as six months. With modern technology, timber companies could send out an electronic notice before the helicopter takes off, she said, and other timber com- panies have posted two-week notices after receiving phone calls from residents. “The big problem with the aerial spraying is you can’t get real-time notiications,” said Jane Anderson, a Garibaldi res- ident. “People need to know that this is happening. They may tell you they’re going to do it in six months. If you’d like to leave the area to protect yourself, you’d have no idea when that would be.” Anderson and her husband found out about aerial spray- ing while hiking through the woods several years ago. “We saw liers on trees and we were surprised,” Anderson said. “We had no idea that was happening.” While the citizens group voiced concerns about chemi- cals drifting into Oswald West and Short Sand beach, forester Skinner said there was a “low risk” that chemicals would drift from the treated area, because the application is done at a low elevation and the chemicals cannot be sprayed in the wind. The group would like state legislators to change Oregon’s forest practices law. “I felt really good about reaching out and educating people,” Webster said. “We believe it’s a public health issue.” “The main focus is to let folks know what’s happen- ing in their forest,” Anderson said. “Hopefully we’ll be able to put enough pressure on our legislators so that they will decide aerial spraying is a risky practice.” on game day favorites Purchase 5 or more participating items in a single transaction and receive a code making you eligible to enter the CIVIL WAR Sweepstakes! See store for details. Promotion ends 11/22/16. Open only to residents of Oregon and SW Washington. No purchase necessary. Limit 1 entry per transaction. See www.cwseries.com/ safewayalbertsons for offi cial rules regarding eligibility, prizes and odds of winning. Herbicide for regrowth Timber companies are required to notify the Oregon Department of Forestry of planned operations, said Til- lamook District Forest Kath- erine Skinner. “At this point, there is no required notiication of gen- eral citizens,” Skinner said. “In this particular issue in Oswald West State Park, Weyerhaeuser has notiied adjacent landowners.” Skinner said some tim- ber companies in Tillamook County voluntarily give res- idents a shorter notice of planned spraying. Weyerhaeuser went through proper notiication channels before spraying, said Park Manager Ben Cox, with Oregon State Parks. When planting after harvest- ing forest, Weyerhaeuser may use herbicides to control weeds, brush and invasive species that compete with tree seedlings for sunlight, nutri- ents and water, Weyerhaeuser Public Affairs Manager Greg Miller said in an email. The Oregon Forest Practices Act requires replanting within two years after harvest and the seedlings must be “free- to-grow” within six years. “Without herbicide use, reforestation may be unsuc- cessful, thus we would be out of compliance with state reforestation laws,” Miller wrote. “Once tree seedlings are established, herbicides are rarely used again in the same forest cycle, except along road right of ways.” The pesticides help the trees get a head start before the competing species and prepares the site for tree replanting this winter, Skin- ner said. Weyerhaeuser notiied the Oregon Department of For- estry and applied herbicides in compliance with state and federal regulations and law, Miller said. The pub- lic has access to notiica- tions online through the state department’s Forest Activ- ity Electronic Reporting and Notiication System. 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