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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 2018
A ‘rest stop’ for salmon on the Willamette River
Culvert
replacement
could help fish
By CASSANDRA
PROFITA
Oregon Public Broadcasting
The Oaks Bottom Wildlife
Refuge is the largest undevel-
oped stretch of the Willamette
River flood plain below Wil-
lamette Falls. It’s 175 acres of
prime habitat.
But for nearly a century,
a small culvert has blocked
young salmon from swimming
into this sanctuary in the heart
of southeast Portland.
Last week, Portland and the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
started construction on a proj-
ect that’s designed to let the
salmon back in.
The project will replace
an old culvert that’s 5 feet in
diameter with a new one that’s
16 feet wide and 10 feet tall.
It’s also restoring the habitat
leading into the Oaks Bottom
Wildlife Refuge by deepening
the side channels and adding
large wood and native plants.
Young salmon swimming
down the Willamette River
need places to stop to eat and
to hide from predators on their
way to the ocean, said Ronda
Fast, environmental coordina-
tor with Portland’s Bureau of
Joseph Winters/Oregon Public Broadcasting
Construction crews install a new culvert that will make it easier for fish to travel between the Willamette River and the
Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge.
Environmental Services.
But once they pass Willa-
mette Falls in Oregon City,
most of the places that would
provide these “rest stops”
have been wiped out by
development.
“Oaks Bottom is such an
important wildlife refuge that
salmon can’t currently get to,”
Fast said. “There’s not a lot of
habitat left within this stretch
of the river between Willa-
mette Falls and the conflu-
ence with the Columbia where
salmon can find food and shel-
ter on their journey.”
Fast said the Oaks Bottom
restoration project is designed
to welcome young salmon into
the cool, slow-moving waters
of the wildlife refuge, where
there will be lots of food for
them to eat.
“We are removing barriers
for salmon so they can access
prime habitat,” she said.
Jim Adams, project man-
ager for the Army Corps,
said juvenile salmon need
side-channel areas like the
Oaks Bottom Wildlife Ref-
uge, but don’t have any for a
long stretch of the Willamette
River through the Portland
metro area.
“This is the last exist-
ing off-channel wetland area
between Willamette Falls
and the Columbia River,” he
said. “There is a huge gap
that allows for a lot of preda-
tion. A significant amount of
fish get eaten before they get
there.”
Adams said the Oaks Bot-
tom area is rare “low-hang-
ing fruit” that can be easily
restored to help salmon sur-
vive. The city and the Corps
also have plans to replace
another culvert blocking
salmon habitat on Tryon
Creek in southwest Portland.
“It gets harder and harder
to find areas that haven’t been
developed that can be easily
restored to their near original
condition,” he said.
After the new culvert is
installed at Oaks Bottom, the
berm, the trail and railroad
on top will be replaced. The
project has closed a section
of the Springwater Corridor
Trail through October.
OBITUARIES
Robert D. Bulletset
Kirsten Else Penner Kienberger
Warrenton
June 2, 1929 — Aug. 19, 2018
Astoria
July 10, 1960 — Aug. 18, 2018
Robert D. Bulletset, 89, of Warrenton,
He is survived by daughters, Ann Bul-
passed away peacefully at home on Aug. 19, letset (Camas, Washington), Katie Bulletset
2018, with his family by his side. Bob was (Seaside, Oregon) and Von Whitney (Seaside,
born in Portland, Oregon, on June 2, 1929, to Oregon; sister-in-law, Elsie Cook; cousin,
Frank and Fran Bulletset.
Rozeanne Douthit; nieces and
At 16, he was too young to join
nephews, Jim, Claudia, Dave and
the Marine Corps, so he ran away
Mike Cook, Susan, Denzel, Karen
from home and joined the Merchant
and Eric Wassilchalk and Debbie
Marines, calling home from
and Tim Bulletset; grandchildren,
India to tell his mother he was OK.
Emily, Michael and O’Casey; and
After he left the Merchant Marines,
great-grandson, Owen O’Casey. He
he went to work for a few months at
had many, many devoted friends
the telephone company. As soon as
who made his life very special, and
he turned 18, he joined the Marine
he loved them all.
Corps, his lifelong dream.
Bob’s lifetime of giving didn’t
At the end of his two-year career Robert and Doris stop with retirement; he contin-
Bulletset
ued to serve his church and assist
with the Marine Corps, Bob rose to
his friends with various carpentry
the rank of staff sergeant. He was
also a captain in the Civil Air Patrol. His life- needs — never forget, measure twice and cut
time civilian career spanned nearly 50 years once.
as a telecommunications cable splicer for the
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made
phone company.
to Lower Columbia Hospice or the Clatsop
On Dec. 23, 1950, he married his wife, County Animal Shelter.
Doris Samuelson, and together they had
A memorial service to celebrate Bob’s life
many adventures; biking through many Euro- is scheduled at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 8,
pean countries, hiking, fishing and camping 2018, at the Lighthouse Church in Warren-
in the High Sierra in California and travel- ton. For details please visit the memorial trib-
ing through many of the states. Most of these ute for Bob at hughes-ransom.com, where you
adventures were with his brother- and sister- can sign the online guest book, share a favorite
memory or upload pictures and more.
in-law, Dwight and Elsie Cook.
Bob was preceded in death by his parents;
Funeral arrangements handled by Hughes-
his wife of 62 years, Doris; his brother, Ken; Ransom Mortuary and Crematory, Astoria,
and nephew, Fred.
Oregon, fb.me/hughesransommortuary
Kristi was born to Robert I. and Elsie A. Pen- Caribbean Chorale. She did research, and pre-
ner on July 10, 1960, in Wolf Point, Montana. sented a session on the life of native Virgin
She died on Aug. 18, 2018, in Astoria, Oregon, Islander, Alton Augustus Adams, first black
from an aggressive form of cancer.
Navy bandmaster, at UVI and at the California
Music Education Association Music
Kristi received her bachelor’s
Educator’s Conference in Pasadena.
degree in music education from
In 2006, she moved with her
Pacific Lutheran University in
family to Oslo, Norway. Her musi-
Tacoma, Washington, and her mas-
ter’s degree in music from San Fran-
cal work continued with two church
cisco State University in California.
choirs and instrumental opportunities
at the American Lutheran Church,
Kristi married the Rev. Stephan
including organizing the annual sing-
M. Kienberger on Aug. 4, 1984. She
along “Messiah.” In 2010, she moved
taught music in the San Francisco Bay
with her family to Berlin, Germany.
Area for 11 years, including Los Altos,
In addition to her support of the
Miramonte, Concord and North-
Kirsten
American Church in Berlin music
gate high schools. She took leaves of
Kienberger
program, she continued to perform
absence two times for church work
on bassoon and teach double reeds at
in Germany, and as a short-term mis-
sionary with the Evangelical Lutheran Church the John F. Kennedy School.
Kristi is survived by her husband, Steve;
in America at the Peace Centre for the Blind in
daughters, Elsa and Anna; and her brother and
North Jerusalem from 1994-1995.
With the birth of their first child, Elsa, she sisters, James Penner, Patricia Penner Darchuk
moved with her husband, Steve, to serve Freder- and Karen Traeholt, and their families.
ick Evangelical Lutheran Church in St. Thomas,
The light of Christ shone bright throughout
U.S. Virgin Islands. Her second daughter, Anna, her life and she was truly the embodiment of an
was born there, and she devoted herself to rais- “Eshet Chayil,” Woman of Valor!
ing her daughters and supporting the ministries
A memorial service will be held at First
and music programs of the local congregations Lutheran Church Astoria at 11 a.m. Aug. 31, fol-
lowed by a reception.
and Caribbean Synod.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given
St. Thomas brought new professional devel-
opment to her through church music opportu- to: Astoria Friday Music Club Scholarship,
nities, and choral conducting at University of Pacific Lutheran University Music, or First
the Virgin Islands, and as music director of the Lutheran Church Memorial Fund.
Astoria street paving could
cause some traffic delays
The Daily Astorian
Astoria has scheduled pav-
ing work for the following
locations and dates:
• Wednesday — 11th Street
from Duane to Exchange
streets; and Franklin Avenue
from 10th to 12th streets.
• Thursday — Irving Ave-
nue from 16th to 18th streets.
• Friday — 15th Street from
Duane to Franklin; Irving from
12th to 14th streets; 15th from
Lexington to Jerome avenues.
Temporary traffic delays
and road closures should be
expected, and alternate routes
used where possible. Notifica-
tion of parking restrictions will
occur prior to the work. All
schedules are subject to change
in the event of unfavorable
weather conditions.
For
questions
call
503-338-5173.
Trump administration agrees to
protect West Coast humpbacks
Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO — In
a settlement with environmen-
tal groups, the Trump admin-
istration has agreed to des-
ignate critical Pacific Ocean
habitat for endangered hump-
back whales.
The animals face threats
from getting tangled in fishing
gear, oil spills and being struck
by ships. Federal authorities
have designated three groups
of West Coast humpbacks as
endangered or threatened.
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