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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
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85 69
87 75
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88 74
90 70
92 73
66 52
71 59
87 76
Klamath Falls
48/85
Lakeview
45/87
Ashland
60/90
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Pendleton
Portland
Roseburg
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Vancouver
Yakima
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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-
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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
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