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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2017
Seaside, Gearhart fi refi ghters help combat California wildfi res
Local crews battle blazes
Columbia, Snake
dam rulings could be
overturned by Congress
SEASIDE — Five mem-
bers of the Seaside Fire
Department and three mem-
bers of the Gearhart Fire
Department have joined the
Clatsop County Task Force
and crews from throughout
the West to battle wildfi res in
N orthern California.
On Thursday, the fi re-
fi ghters headed to Santa
Rosa, according to Gearhart
fi refi ghter Chad Sweet.
This summer, Califor-
nia sent resources to Oregon
to fi ght blazes. Oregon fi re-
fi ghters want to “return the
favor,” Sweet said.
Gearhart Fire Chief Bill
Eddy is among Gearhart
fi refi ghters in California.
The Gearhart Fire Depart-
ment has had the role of
looking for and extinguish-
ing spot fi res that can easily
fl are back up after the initial
fi re was dissolved, his sister,
Melissa Eddy said.
All strike teams the Ore-
gon State Fire Marshal has
sent south to assist with
the wildfi res in Califor-
nia are actively engaged on
a 24-hour work cycle pro-
tecting homes and other
structures.
Submitted P hoto
Seaside firefighters join crews fighting California blazes.
On Saturday, California
fi re offi cials sent an addi-
tional request for strike
teams from Oregon to assist
with fi res burning near Chino
in S outhern California.
In addition to Oregon,
resources have come from
Washington state, Nevada,
Idaho, Utah, and Arizona.
“Take the time to thank
any of your volunteers,”
Seaside City Manager Mark
Winstanley said . “It’s a very,
very serious fi re and very dif-
fi cult to handle. Keep them
in your prayers.”
Nail spill disrupted traffi c
on New Youngs Bay Bridge
The Daily Astorian
The New Youngs Bay
Bridge was closed to south-
bound traffi c Saturday after-
noon after thousands of nails
fell out of a vehicle.
the rejected plan and cancels
court orders for spilling water
and analyzing dam removal.
At a hearing before the
House Committee on Nat-
ural Resources Thursday,
Washington state Republi-
can Cathy McMorris Rodg-
ers, one of the bill’s sponsors,
said the goal is to reassert
congressional authority over
the dams and keep hydro-
power affordable.
With Bonneville Power
Administration already hik-
ing electricity rates, she said,
utilities are shopping for
other options.
“Unnecessary
litiga-
tion and unnecessary spill
requirements by this Oregon
judge only add onto the cost,”
she said. “Dams and fi sh can
co exist, but we must get out
of the courtroom and allow
fi sh recovery to continue.”
By CASSANDRA
PROFITA
Oregon Public
Broadcasting
By R.J. MARX
The Daily Astorian
Authorities said the nails
were spilled in front of the Pre-
marq Center off U.S. Highway
101 in Warrenton.
Drivers were directed to a
detour via the U.S. Highway
101 Business Loop.
W A NTED
Alder and Maple Saw Logs & Standing Timber
A bill sponsored by sev-
eral U.S. House lawmak-
ers from the Northwest aims
to overturn two recent court
decisions on Columbia and
Snake river dams.
Last year, U.S. District
Court Judge Michael Simon
rejected the federal plan
for managing dams to pro-
tect salmon in the Columbia
River Basin.
He then ordered federal
agencies to spill more water
through the dams to help fi sh
and to consider removing
Snake River dams.
A new bill in the U.S.
House would allow Congress
to overrule those decisions.
House Bill 3144 reinstates
Submitted P hoto
Gearhart firefighters join the Clatsop County Task Force
in fighting California wildfires.
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