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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2018
Forum: ‘We are told
more, but we know less’
Continued from Page 1A
Now, from his Grant County
ranch, he is the editor and publisher
of the weekly Malheur Enterprise.
This year, he founded the Salem
Reporter, a digital news service
based in the state capital that has
partnered with EO Media Group
— the owner of The Daily Astorian
— and Pamplin Media Group on
expanded coverage of politics and
government.
Zaitz cited a number of reasons
for the distrust, with both journal-
ists and news consumers to blame.
America is divided. As a result,
news consumers often only trust
outlets that affirm their “tribal”
viewpoints, he said.
“There’s a big difference
between something that’s made up
and reading something that’s true,
but you just don’t like it and you
declare that it is false,” Zaitz said.
For journalists, much of the dis-
trust is born out of economic hard-
ship and the profession’s response.
With less advertising and sub-
scription revenue, many news out-
lets have been forced to dramat-
ically cut staff. Fewer stories are
covered, and the ones that are can
be rushed.
Journalists rarely falsify or mis-
lead intentionally. But some sto-
ries have been given more attention
than they deserve, while important
ones fall by the wayside, Zaitz said.
He referenced the New York Times’
reporting of a past incident in which
Supreme Court Justice Brett Kava-
naugh allegedly threw ice in some-
one’s face at a bar while in college.
“The press clearly has its prob-
lems,” Zaitz said. “We are told
more, but we know less.”
So what can be done?
The news-thirsty public must
invest in local journalism, both
financially and by informing local
outlets about crucial stories they
may be missing, Zaitz said. For its
part, the press can re-educate peo-
ple about its mission of truth, integ-
rity and fairness.
“For far too long, publishers,
editors, reporters, TV newscasters,
have just assumed that each one
of you knows that we operate with
this framework of ethics and stan-
dards,” Zaitz said. “We’re not in
the assumption business. If we’re
going to tell you the truth about
what’s going on in the community,
we need to tell you the truth about
what motivates us and share that
with you.”
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Private developers
donate 111 acres
By BRENNA VISSER
The Daily Astorian
MANZANITA — In its larg-
est land acquisition ever, the Lower
Nehalem Community Trust now
owns 111 acres of forestland on the
south slope of Neahkahnie Mountain
for conservation.
The property, known as “The
Headwaters,” is connected to the
southern edge of Oswald West State
Park and runs nearly a mile south.
The area holds ecological signifi-
cance both for its large, mixed-age
timber and for the tributaries that feed
into the Neahkahnie Creek watershed
below, the land trust said.
“We’re pretty excited. The fact the
community gets to have community
forestland like this is a big deal for
us,” Doug Firstbrook, a board mem-
ber for the land trust, said.
The acquisition began last sum-
mer when Firstbrook heard about
181 acres near Neahkahnie Moun-
tain was going to be logged. He got
ahold of plans published by the Ore-
gon Department of Forestry and con-
tacted the local point person who rep-
resented the landowners, which were
two California-based development
companies: Seventeen Enterprises
LLC and Pacific Land Conservation
LLC.
Firstbrook told the representative
he was concerned about how a log-
ging operation would affect properties
the land trust had worked to restore
downstream, including a marsh resto-
ration project above Neahkahnie Lake
and Alder Creek Farm, a community
garden and ethnobotanical trail.
The companies took a tour with
Firstbrook to look at areas of concern,
but ultimately logged about 30 acres
of the property later that summer.
About a year later, Firstbrook heard
again from the development compa-
nies, but this time they asked if the
trust would be interested in acquiring
the land for conservation.
“They needed a mechanism for a
tax write-off and were looking for a
conservation group,” Firstbrook said.
“My name came up because of the
tour we took before.”
In September, the development
companies donated 111 acres —
along with about $22,000 for replant-
ing and maintenance costs — to the
land trust. The companies still own
the other 70 acres, which are zoned
residential, for future development,
Firstbrook said.
“We’re pleased it happened so
quickly. Often these kinds of proj-
ects can take an inordinate amount of
time,” he said.
In addition to its conservation
value, the land is also significant due
to its proximity to one of Oregon’s
largest state parks. The land trust is
in conversations with Connie Soper,
a trail advocate working with Man-
zanita to extend the existing Neah-
kahnie Hiking Trail. Doing so would
help connect a gap in the Oregon
Coast Trail, which now routes hik-
ers out onto U.S. Highway 101 before
reconnecting at Manzanita Beach.
Firstbrook said the land trust has
to consider whether it has enough to
resources to take on the responsibil-
ities of ongoing trail maintenance,
as well as look into whether the trail
would have any negative impacts.
Trail or not, the land trust consid-
ers the donation as a conservation
win.
“We feel any significant amount of
ground we can protect, any trees we
can see grow … is an imperative eco-
logical service to provide to the pub-
lic,” he said.
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