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2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2018 What’s your favorite thing at the fair? “The corn dogs.” “I always like the music.” “The snacks. I like the funnel cakes.” Julz Banse-Fay, Tualatin Simone Mohr, Aloha David Beck, Nashville, Tennessee THE DAILY ASTORIAN // QUESTION OF THE WEEK Bonamici visit highlights Large wildfires in southwest salmon recovery efforts Oregon threaten to meet By JES BURNS Oregon Public Broadcasting Money key for habitat projects Fire conditions in south- west Oregon improved slightly over the past couple of days, as stagnant smoke helped raise the humidity. Those conditions started to change Tuesday morning, which is expected to increase activity on multiple wildfires burning in the region. West of Grants Pass, the boundaries of the Taylor Creek and Klondike fires had grown to within 3 miles of each other Tuesday. Fire information offi- cer Bill Queen said crews will try to maintain the gap because of what lies in between. “There’s some recreational infrastructure between the two fires over in Briggs Valley that we don’t want to burn up,” he said. This includes trailheads, a campground, horse camp and interpretive sites. But keeping the fires sepa- rate may not be possible, and the commands in charge of each are starting to plan how to combine resources. “A lot of coordination there to figure out how these two fires might end up coming together. And (how) our oper- ations can be organized and coordinated for the highest effect with the resources we have,” said Kale Casey with the Southwest Oregon Joint Information Center. The Taylor Creek Fire, which was broken off from a larger complex of fires Mon- day and given its own com- mand structure, has been the latest focus for crews. Several By EDWARD STRATTON The Daily Astorian U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici visited a proposed restoration project Tuesday at South Tongue Point, high- lighting the importance of the Pacific Coast Salmon Recov- ery Fund in aiding local hab- itat projects. The Columbia Land Trust recently secured federal and state grants to purchase 90 acres of South Tongue Point. The Columbia River Estuary Study Taskforce will oversee the restoration. Afterwards, the property will be trans- ferred to Clatsop Community College for use as a living lab- oratory in a new environmen- tal sciences program. The grants for the South Tongue Point acquisition included $1 million from the national coastal wetlands conservation program and a $332,000 local match from the state Watershed Enhance- ment Board. Dan Roix, con- servation director for the land trust, said much of the fund- ing for the watershed board comes from the salmon recov- ery fund and helps provide matching grants leveraged with larger pots of money. The grant program, man- aged by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- tion, helps fund Pacific salmon and steelhead trout recov- ery projects along the West Coast and in Idaho. NOAA Edward Stratton/The Daily Astorian U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, center, visited South Tongue Point on Tuesday to learn more about the effort to restore and preserve 90 acres of wetlands. has found that every $1 mil- lion invested from the fund leads to 17 new jobs and $1.8 million in economic activ- ity. President Donald Trump’s proposed budget would elim- inate the program, part of a proposed $250 million in cuts to NOAA programs. Without the recovery fund, Roix said, “the whole fund- ing strategy unravels on a lot of this.”. Bonamici is pushing to maintain the $65 million bud- get for the recovery fund but said it has been difficult con- vincing congressional col- leagues outside of the five states it serves. “It’s a constant struggle as the administration keeps elim- inating all these programs,” the Oregon Democrat said. Christopher Breitmeyer, the college president, said the South Tongue Point prop- erty will change the face of the institution, providing a lab where environmental sci- ence students can practice hands-on stewardship and data collection. “My hope is that students will get actual real-world sci- ence experience with pub- lications,” Breitmeyer said. “That’s something when I was an undergrad, I didn’t have an option for that. I didn’t know anything about that. “That really increases your chances of going on to gradu- ate school, if you’ve got that publication already, and you have a demonstrated ability to do science.” Austin Tomlinson, a stew- ard with the land trust, is orig- inally from Seaside. Had such a program been avail- able locally, he said, he would have taken advantage instead of going to Humboldt State University in California. “I always wanted to come back and live here and work here, so having that oppor- tunity for kids here is awe- some,” he said. THURSDAY FRIDAY 57 65 57 Increasing clouds, rain and drizzle late Low clouds followed by some sun SATURDAY 66 54 SUNDAY 68 54 A shower in the morning; rather cloudy 66 56 Mostly cloudy, rain possible in the p.m. Mostly cloudy areas on the outskirts of Grants Pass remain under evacuation notice. In addition, part of the Rogue River has been closed to public access. In total, wildfires in the region had burned more than 50,000 acres of forestland by Tuesday afternoon. The imme- diate impacts are being felt by people living near the fires, but communities downwind are feeling the effects as well. The 150,000 people that live in the Rogue Valley — southern Oregon’s largest population center — have been breathing unhealthy lev- els of smoke for going on two weeks. It’s making life much more complicated for those wanting to be outdoors. For example, in Ashland, the Southern Ore- gon University football and soccer teams have been forced to practice inside. The athletic department says they make a call every morning based on air quality. Across the valley in Jack- sonville, the popular out- door Britt Music Festival has decided to move its classical performances to a local high school. “This is going to have a tre- mendous impact on the Britt organization. Absolutely. It’s going to be very costly,” said festival CEO Donna Briggs. And for more than a week, Oregon Shakespeare Festival has canceled its main outdoor performances due to smoky conditions deemed too danger- ous for its company. The smoke in southwest Oregon has mostly been com- ing from the Taylor Creek, Klondike and Garner Complex fires. A., 79, of Nehalem, died in Nehalem. Hughes-Ransom Mortuary is in charge of the arrangements. July 21, 2018 HODNEY, Virginia “Delores,” 85, of Albany, formerly of Warren- ton, died at home. Fisher Funeral Home of Albany is in charge of the arrange- ments. Online condolences may be left at fisherfuner- alhome.com. Private fam- ily services will be held in Eugene. DEATHS FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA TONIGHT Darren Stebbins/U.S. Forest Service The smoke of the Taylor Creek Fire still plumes behind the Joint Information Center, just outside of Grants Pass. July 31, 2018 FAUSETT, Wendy, 55, of Astoria, died in Astoria. Ocean View Funeral & Cremation Service of Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. July 30, 2018 RAMBERG, Phyllis MEMORIAL ALMANAC REGIONAL WEATHER Tillamook 56/67 Salem 57/78 Newport 54/62 Sunset tonight ........................... 8:46 p.m. Sunrise Thursday ........................ 5:59 a.m. Coos Bay Moonrise today ........................ 11:19 p.m. 58/66 Moonset today .......................... 10:42 a.m. Aug 4 First Aug 11 Full Aug 18 THURSDAY Northwest Oregon Housing Authority Board, 10 a.m., Ontario 69/99 Bend 50/86 TOMORROW'S TIDES Time 11:26 a.m. none Low 0.3 ft. City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newberg Newport North Bend W t pc pc t pc c pc r pc pc s s pc pc t pc c t s t pc pc pc pc t Thu. Hi Lo 78 69 91 76 82 60 92 66 83 65 85 66 99 73 70 55 88 78 84 66 90 66 105 84 88 68 88 69 89 79 85 69 87 75 87 75 89 68 88 74 90 70 92 73 66 52 71 59 87 76 Klamath Falls 48/85 Lakeview 45/87 Ashland 60/90 Hi 98 92 63 86 64 91 96 85 62 66 Today Lo 52 50 51 52 58 48 58 55 54 57 W s s pc s pc pc pc s pc pc Hi 92 86 64 77 63 85 90 76 62 66 Thu. Lo 45 45 52 53 57 42 55 56 55 56 W s s pc s c pc pc pc pc c City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Springfi eld Vancouver Yakima Hi 77 97 86 88 88 67 93 86 83 97 Today Lo 53 63 60 58 57 56 61 55 58 56 W pc s s s s pc s s s s Hi 70 90 77 81 78 65 87 77 74 90 Thu. Lo 54 57 60 59 58 57 56 54 58 50 W pc s pc s pc pc s s pc s Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W t pc t s s pc t c pc s s t s s t t t t pc t s pc pc pc t Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice. mittee, 7 p.m., City Hall, 163 E. Gower St. Tuesday’s Lucky Lines: 04-07- 12-15-17-21-28-32 Estimated jackpot: $11,000 Tuesday’s Mega Millions: 12- 15-35-64-69, Mega Ball: 9 Estimated jackpot: $50 million WASHINGTON Tuesday’s Daily Game: 2-2-5 Tuesday’s Keno: 01-03-04-06- 13-16-18-26-35-39-43-46-48- 49-57-60-65-70-76-80 Tuesday’s Match 4: 04-17-18-19 LOTTERIES TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER NATIONAL CITIES NOHA office, 147 S. Main Ave., Warrenton. Seaside Parks Advisory Com- Burns 49/90 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018 Astoria / Port Docks City Atlanta Boston Chicago Denver Des Moines Detroit El Paso Fairbanks Honolulu Indianapolis Kansas City Las Vegas Los Angeles Memphis Miami Nashville New Orleans New York Oklahoma City Philadelphia St. Louis Salt Lake City San Francisco Seattle Washington, DC PUBLIC MEETINGS Baker 52/92 REGIONAL CITIES Source: Jim Todd, OMSI Today Hi Lo 77 69 81 76 85 67 87 60 85 61 80 63 96 74 67 53 89 78 78 62 87 64 108 86 89 70 85 67 89 78 84 69 86 75 84 75 88 66 88 76 85 69 97 74 66 52 77 58 88 77 John Day 60/90 La Grande 57/89 Roseburg 58/81 Brookings 51/65 Aug 26 Tonight's Sky: Maria Mitchell's birthday (1818). High 7.1 ft. 7.6 ft. Lebanon 56/77 Medford 58/90 UNDER THE SKY Time 5:09 a.m. 5:54 p.m. Prineville 53/88 Eugene 52/77 SUN AND MOON New Pendleton 63/90 The Dalles 65/84 Portland 60/77 Precipitation Tuesday ............................................ Trace Month to date ................................... 0.09" Normal month to date ....................... 1.03" Year to date .................................... 35.74" Normal year to date ........................ 36.94" Last Saturday, Aug. 4 BALLARD, William T. (Bill) — Celebration of life at noon with Coast Guard flyover and return to the sea, Sunset Beach (north of ramp) in Warrenton, followed by a potluck at the Pacific Grange, 90475 U.S. Highway 101 in Warrenton. Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs. ASTORIA 57/65 Astoria through Tuesday. Temperatures High/low ....................................... 66°/59° Normal high/low ........................... 68°/54° Record high ............................ 93° in 1913 Record low ............................. 46° in 1970 OREGON Tuesday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 7-0-6-3 4 p.m.: 0-0-3-1 7 p.m.: 8-5-4-9 10 p.m.: 3-6-0-9 OBITUARY POLICY The Daily Astorian publishes paid obituaries. 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