3A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2017 Rule easing public lands transfer concerns hunters, outdoor groups Fear of losing access to land By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho — A change in U.S. House rules making it easier to transfer millions of acres of federal public lands to states is worrying hunters and other outdoor enthusiasts across the West who fear los- ing access. Lawmakers earlier this month passed a rule eliminat- ing a significant budget hurdle and written so broadly that it includes national parks. President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Interior secre- tary, Montana U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke, voted for the rule change as did many other Republi- cans. The Senate would have to weigh in on public land trans- fers as well. “Anybody who uses them for any kind of outdoor activ- ity — snowmobiling, moun- tain biking, hunters, all that — they’re very alarmed by all this,” said Boise State Univer- sity professor and public lands policy expert John Freemuth. “The loss of access that this could lead to.” The rule passed by the House defines federal land that could be given to states as “any land owned by the United States, including the surface estate, the subsurface estate, or any improvements thereon.” About a million square miles of public land is managed by the federal government, mostly in 12 Western states, according to the Congressional Research Service. Some state AP Photo/Don Ryan A pronghorn antelope doe keeps watch as two fawns peer out from tall grass in southeastern Oregon. lawmakers in recent years have made failed efforts to wrest control of those lands, mainly to reduce obstacles to accessing resources such as timber, natu- ral gas and oil, Freemuth noted. Private interests Lawmakers have the authority to transfer those lands to states. Outdoor recreation- ists fear states would then sell the land to private entities that would end public access. Zinke, whose confirma- tion hearing to become Inte- rior secretary is today, has a track record of opposing pub- lic land transfers. Last sum- mer, he resigned as a delegate to the Republican National Convention, which favors such transfers. “The congressman has never voted to sell or transfer federal lands and he maintains his position against the sale or transfer of federal lands,” Heather Swift, a Zinke spokes- woman, said in an email. Whit Fosburgh, CEO of the Theodore Roosevelt Conserva- tion Partnership, which works to guarantee places to hunt and fish, said he’s inclined to excuse Zinke on his House vote favoring transfers because of No Owyhee Canyonlands monument, says Merkley his record being “very solid on these public lands issues.” Still, Fosburgh was irked that the House approved a rule that he said essentially allows federal public land to be given away as if it had no value. U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, also voted for the rule easing transfers. But Simpson was also the driver of a 2015 bill that created three wilder- ness areas in Idaho after he got ranchers, recreationists and environmental groups to back the plan after a 15-year effort. Monument designation has been shelved By JEFF MAPES Oregon Public Broadcasting U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley says he does not believe Pres- ident Obama will designate the Owyhee Canyonlands as a national monument before leaving office on Friday. Merkley said Interior Sec- retary Sally Jewel told him a monument designation for the eastern Oregon lands has been shelved. Obama has taken a series of monument actions in recent months, includ- ing expansion of the Cas- cade-Siskiyou National Mon- ument in southern Oregon. The fate of the 2.5 mil- lion-acre region along the Idaho border has been the subject of heated controversy for more than a year. Several environmental groups and the Keen footwear company have campaigned for the monument designation, say- ing it’s needed to protect the rugged landscape. Monument concerns The possibility that Presi- dent Obama would designate a much larger area as a national monument is widely believed to have led to the bill passed by the House and Senate. “There is no disputing Con- gressman Simpson is a sup- porter of public lands,” Nikki Wallace, a spokeswoman for Simpson, said in an email. Freemuth noted that even with a rule change, land trans- fers would face significant challenges. “Whatever Zinke says early will affect those attempts,” Freemuth said. He and Fosburgh fear that federal land turned over to states would be too expensive to manage, particularly when it comes to fighting wildfires. Freemuth believes states would sell land to private enti- ties. Fosburgh was equally dis- missive, saying transfers would eventually lead to private own- ers and no public access. “You get rid of public lands, you end hunting and fishing in this country as we know it today,” Fosburgh said. By JACK HEFFERNAN The Daily Astorian A Clatskanie man has been arrested and charged with the online sexual corruption of at least one girl in Clatsop County. Theron Joseph Manley, 18, was arrested Friday at the Pacific County Courthouse in South Bend, Washington, and charged with three counts of online sexual corruption and two counts of attempted use of a child in a sexual display. The Clat- sop County Sheriff ’s Office had been investi- Theron gating Man- Joseph ley since Octo- Manley ber, soon after the crimes allegedly began. A mother of a local teenager found evi- dence on Facebook that her daughter had been in contact with Manley. The 14-year- old girl allegedly received requests for nude images. On at least one occasion, Manley met the girl in Warrenton for the purpose of sexual activity, according to a press release. Manley also arranged to meet at least three other girls between the ages of 13 and 15 in Seaside and Warren- ton, Detective Ryan Hum- phrey said. He also allegedly arranged to deliver marijuana to several local teenagers. Clatsop County depu- ties arrested Manley at the courthouse on Friday, where he was attending a separate court case. As the investiga- tion unfolds, evidence may point to more victims, Hum- hprey said. 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