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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 2018
Washington Legislature fails to
Rare salamander threatened by
pass bill to let patrol destroy guns logging, environmentalists say
Fears that guns
will be used in
new crimes
By MARTHA BELLISLE
Associated Press
SEATTLE — The Wash-
ington state Legislature
ended its latest session with-
out passing a bill that would
allow the State Patrol to
destroy firearms confis-
cated during criminal inves-
tigations, instead of trading
them with a firearms dealer,
who would sell them to the
public.
They not only sell hand-
guns and hunting rifles, but
also assault weapons.
House Bill 1483 sought to
give the agency the option to
destroy them instead, but it
never received a vote on the
House floor.
The agency has feared that
one of its sold guns would be
used in a new crime, and an
Associated Press investiga-
tion found that has happened
more than once.
“It’s disappointing the
bill failed to pass,” said Kyle
Moore, spokesman for the
agency. “It’s a policy that falls
in line with other law enforce-
ment agencies across the state.”
Jaime Smith, spokes-
woman for Gov. Jay Inslee,
said the bill’s failure “was
definitely a disappointment.”
In Washington, like most
other states, the law allows
police to decide whether to
sell, trade or destroy guns
that are confiscated during
criminal investigations. But
the law was stricter for the
State Patrol. Any forfeited
guns that are not needed as
evidence or kept for agency
use must be auctioned or
traded with licensed dealers,
who then sell them.
Having the option to
destroy the crime guns would
“reduce the risk of these fire-
arms being used for crim-
inal purposes in the future
and tied back to the depart-
ment,” the agency said in its
request for the bill, which
was sponsored by state Rep.
Tana Senn, D-Bellevue.
It’s co-sponsored by nine
other Democrats and two
Republicans.
The bill had moved to
the House floor after being
moved out of committee last
year, but it stalled there and
never got a vote, Senn said.
“I’m still in a little bit of
shock that we didn’t pass the
bill,” she said. “It certainly
wasn’t for a lack of trying.”
Some lawmakers argued
that if the agency destroys
the guns, people will just buy
them from the gun manu-
facturer and that will add to
their profit, Senn said.
“But we argued that
it’s more expensive to buy
it new,” she said, and by
destroying the guns “we
wouldn’t have the liability
issues involved.” Some fear
the State Patrol and the state
would be held liable if a gun
sold by the agency were used
in a murder or mass shooting.
An AP investigation
found more than a dozen
of the almost 6,000 fire-
arms sold by Washington
state law enforcement agen-
cies since 2010 ended up in
new criminal investigations,
including three sold by the
State Patrol.
The AP compared a list
of almost 6,000 firearms
that were used in crimes and
then sold by Washington law
enforcement agencies since
2010 with databases of guns
used in crimes. More than
a dozen of those sold guns
were evidence in new police
investigations that ranged
from murder investigations
to felons in possession of a
gun.
The AP probe discov-
ered that happened in at least
three cases.
By JES BURNS
Oregon Public Broadcasting
Environmental groups are
petitioning the federal govern-
ment to add an Oregon sala-
mander to the federal endan-
gered species list. They say
plans to boost logging on fed-
eral land are a major concern.
The Siskiyou Mountains sal-
amander lives only in its name-
sake mountains straddling the
Oregon-California border. It
lives in damp, mossy areas of
old-growth forest.
George Sexton of the Klam-
ath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center
says the Bureau of Land Man-
agement made changes in 2016
that roll back protections.
“I don’t have a lot of faith
that the BLM is going to protect
wildlife habitat, even when it
knows that rare species are rely-
ing on it,” he said.
The Bureau of Land Man-
agement’s most recent forest
plan is called the Western Ore-
gon Plan Revision. It changed
how timberland earmarked to
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create revenue for counties was
managed in order to boost log-
ging rates.
“Part of us doing this work
is an attempt to make sure this
first wave of big BLM timber
projects doesn’t wipe out the
salamander or put it in a place
where it can’t recover,” Sexton
said.
The BLM says although the
WOPR changes how the forests
are managed, it still provides
sufficient protections for the sal-
amander and other rare species
to meet its legal requirements.
How well the new plan
achieves these protections will
be a factor in whether Endan-
gered Species Act protections
are granted.
KS Wild, the Center for
Biological Diversity, Cascadia
Wildlands and the Environmen-
tal Protection Information Cen-
ter jointly filed the petition.
Federal wildlife manag-
ers now have 90 days to decide
if there’s sufficient evidence
the salamander is threatened.
That’ll determine if a more for-
mal review should happen.
Navy considers expanding state park use for training
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Center for Biological Diversity
The rare Siskiyou Mountains salmander could be at risk.
SEATTLE — The Navy is
considering using more Wash-
ington state parks along the
coastline for training its spe-
cial operations forces.
The Seattle Times reported
a draft proposal calls for the
possible use of 29 parks in the
state for stealth training exer-
cises for Navy SEALs.
The Navy currently has
a permit to conduct training
exercises at five state parks.
Navy Region Northwest
public affairs deputy Sheila
Murray says the training
would not interfere with nor-
mal park operations.
Using the parks for train-
ing exercises requires approval
from the state Parks and Recre-
ation Commission. The Navy
has not yet submitted a permit
request to the commission.
State Parks and Recreation
spokeswoman Virginia Painter
says the department “would
be concerned about anything
that would affect the visitor’s
experience, environment and
safety.”
Delgani String Quartet performs at Liberty Theatre
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TUESDAY
Seaside School District School Construction
Citizen Oversight Committee, 3 p.m., 1801 S.
Franklin, Seaside.
Warrenton City Commission, 6 p.m., City Hall,
225 S. Main Ave.
Lewis & Clark Fire Department Board, 7 p.m.,
main fire station, 34571 Highway 101 Business.
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Astoria City Council, 9 a.m., special session on
Tongue Point, City Hall, 1095 Duane St.
Clatsop Soil and Water Conservation District
Board, 10 a.m., Astoria Post Office, 750 Commer-
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Cannon Beach City Council, 5:30 p.m., work
session, City Hall, 163 E. Gower St.
Clatsop County Board of Commissioners, 6
p.m., Judge Guy Boyington Building, 857 Com-
mercial St.
Warrenton-Hammond School Board, 6 p.m.,
special meeting, 7 p.m., regular meeting, Warren-
ton High School library, 1700 S. Main Ave.
Astoria School Board, 6:15 p.m., study session,
7:30 p.m., regular meeting, Capt. Robert Gray
School third-floor boardroom, 785 Alameda Ave.
Wickiup Water District Board, 6:30 p.m., 92648
Svensen Market Road, Svensen.
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Gresham, was arrested by
Astoria police on Marine
Drive near Portway Street
and charged with DUII, reck-
less driving and driving while
suspended. His blood alcohol
content was 0.12 percent.
• At 12:39 a.m. Saturday,
Sheena Lynn Kalenakai Mar-
tin, 33, of Astoria, was arrested
by Astoria police on 12th and
Exchange streets and charged
with DUII, hit-and-run and
reckless driving. Her blood alco-
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police on Columbia Street near
Avenue A and charged with
driving under the influence of
intoxicants and hit and run.
She allegedly hit a parked car.
• At 12:52 a.m. Monday,
Roger Davis, 37, of Mount Ver-
non, Washington, was arrested
by Seaside police on Roosevelt
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side and charged with DUII and
open container. His blood alco-
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• At 3:03 a.m. Sunday,
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The Liberty Theatre pres-
ents the Delgani String Quartet,
a chamber music ensemble, at 7
p.m. Friday.
Tickets cost $20 for general
admission.
Delgani was formed in 2014
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Record high ............................ 74° in 1941
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with a mission to cultivate an
appreciation for chamber music,
and the group’s musicians have
performed throughout the U.S.
and internationally. They col-
lectively hold 12 degrees in
string performance from vari-
ous schools of music and con-
servatories across the nation.
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