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Newspaper Page TextA2 THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2019 New council will advise governor on wildﬁ re response Recommendations expected to Brown by this fall By CASSANDRA PROFITA Oregon Public Broadcasting Gov. Kate Brown says the state needs to do more to reduce the threat of wildﬁ re. She spoke Mon- day at the ﬁ rst meeting of a new council she created to improve the state’s wild- ﬁ re response capabilities. The 19-member coun- cil is made up of repre- sentatives from the tim- ber industry, a variety of businesses, environmental groups, local governments, ﬁ reﬁ ghting and public health agencies. The group will meet regularly before making recommendations to the governor this fall on how the state can improve its approach to wildﬁ re. “We know many thou- sands of acres of forest- land are unhealthy due to past management prac- tices, and we know we must do more,” Brown told the council. “Every single ﬁ re season since I became governor has been a historic ﬁ re sea- son. Each season we’ve seen unprecedented dam- age to our homes, liveli- hoods and Oregon’s natu- ral environment.” Brown said bigger and more frequent wildﬁ res are putting lives at risk while wildﬁ re smoke is com- promising public health. She created the Wildﬁ re Response Council to make sure the state is following all the best practices and investing in the tools, tech- nology and resources it needs to prepare for wild- ﬁ res and ﬁ ght them. “I am personally and professionally not will- ing to accept this pattern of wildﬁ re and drought, and I don’t think anyone else in the room is, either,” she said. “We have to be pro- active to get ahead of this threat.” Oregon Fire Marshall Jim Walker and State For- ester Peter Daugherty also spoke to the coun- cil and emphasized the need to re-evaluate how the state responds to wild- ﬁ re and how that response is funded. “We’re a can-do agency, but we are challenged by the increasingly complex wildﬁ re season,” Daugh- erty said. “Fire is our No. 1 priority, but as our staff spend more time ﬁ ght- ing ﬁ re our resources are increasingly stretched and other work is left behind.” He and other leaders talked about the long-stand- ing collaboration between the Oregon Department of Forestry and the U.S. For- est Service and a desire to increase the pace of for- est restoration through an ongoing federal forest res- toration program. Oregon has two dozen forest collaboratives that work with local communi- ties on ways to reduce wild- ﬁ re risk. Daugherty noted this year Oregon updated its smoke management rules, which should allow for more prescribed burning to reduce ﬁ re risk on forest- land throughout the state. The council’s agenda included a presentation from U.S. Forest Service scientist Paul Hessburg, who said prescribed burn- ing creates 50 to 90 percent less smoke than wildﬁ res. He also noted Ore- gon needs to dramatically increase the acreage it is treating with prescribed burns to cover 40 to 50 percent of the landscape to reduce the risk of cata- strophic ﬁ res in the future. Right now, he said, the number of acres burned by wildﬁ re is expected to triple or quadruple in the next 30 years. “This isn’t settling out,” Hessburg said. “It’s just increasing right now.” Mateusz Perkowski/Capital Press A worker at Rogue Farms cuts hop vines in preparation for harvest. US hop stocks dip 2 percent as supply, demand align in market By DAN WHEAT Capital Press FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA TONIGHT WEDNESDAY THURSDAY 64 43 43 Patchy clouds Times of sun and clouds ALMANAC Mostly cloudy with a passing shower Last New Mar 27 Salem 43/67 Newport 44/55 Coos Bay 45/55 First Apr 5 Apr 12 John Day 38/59 La Grande 30/60 Baker 28/60 March 17, 2019 BERGMAN, Gladys H., 95, of Clats- kanie, died in Longview, Washington. Ocean View Funeral & Cremation Service of Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. March 14, 2019 JAMIESON, Delbert Francis, 90, of Asto- ria, died in Portland. Caldwell’s Luce-Lay- Ontario 32/66 Bend 28/54 Burns 34/57 Klamath Falls 41/54 Lakeview 35/50 Ashland 46/61 TOMORROW'S TIDES Astoria / Port Docks Time 7:44 a.m. 8:14 p.m. Low 0.9 ft. -0.7 ft. Today Lo 39 32 36 24 32 31 48 14 65 36 38 57 54 41 66 35 50 36 42 34 44 35 52 49 36 REGIONAL CITIES City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newberg Newport North Bend Hi 59 55 59 72 68 64 75 73 66 62 Today Lo 28 28 46 44 47 41 46 45 44 45 W s pc c pc pc pc c pc pc c Hi 60 54 54 63 62 54 63 68 55 55 Wed. Lo 31 34 44 45 45 35 44 44 44 44 W pc pc sh c pc sh c pc c c City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Springfi eld Vancouver Yakima Hi 74 56 70 74 76 70 56 74 69 58 Today Lo 33 31 47 45 43 46 33 43 46 32 W s s pc pc pc pc s pc pc s Hi 73 61 69 63 67 63 59 63 69 60 Wed. Lo 41 36 46 47 46 45 32 46 45 35 W pc pc pc c pc pc s c pc pc TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER NATIONAL CITIES W s s pc pc c pc s pc s pc r pc pc s r s pc s pc s pc pc c s s Hi 62 51 49 50 50 46 67 40 82 47 55 67 63 59 78 63 69 54 59 56 54 61 58 73 56 Wed. Lo 45 36 34 29 31 35 51 27 67 36 33 51 50 40 63 43 52 41 37 40 37 41 49 48 43 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W s s r pc pc r c pc s r pc c c r pc pc pc s pc s sh pc r pc pc APPLIANCE AND HOME FURNISHINGS Station, 33496 West Lake Lane, Warrenton. Monday’s Megabucks: 1-8- 19-33-36-41 Estimated jackpot: $9.6 million Estimated jackpot: $100,000 Monday’s Keno: 03-17-18-20- 23-25-27-28-32-36-37-44-45- 51-54-62-63-66-71-75 Monday’s Lotto: 12-15-29-35- 38-40 Estimated jackpot: $5.7 million Monday’s Match 4: 06-18- 19-20 WASHINGTON Monday’s Daily Game: 8-5-3 Monday’s Hit 5: 07-16-17- 23-29 WEDNESDAY Clatsop Soil and Water Conservation District Board, 10 a.m., Room 207, 750 Com- mercial St., Astoria. Seaside Tree Board, 4 p.m., City Hall, 989 Broadway. The Daily Astorian publishes paid obituaries. The obituary can include a small photo and, for veterans, a ﬂ ag symbol at no charge. The deadline for all obituaries is 9 a.m. the business day prior. Obituaries may be edited for spelling, proper punctuation and style. Death notices and upcoming services will be published at no charge. Notices must be submitted by 9 a.m. the day of publication. Obituaries and notices may be submitted online at DailyAstorian.com/forms/obits, by email at ewilson@dailyastorian.com, placed via the funeral home or in person at The Daily Astorian ofﬁ ce, 949 Exchange St. in Astoria. For more information, call 503-325-3211, ext. 257. Subscription rates Eﬀ ective July 1, 2015 Established July 1, 1873 (USPS 035-000) 503-861-0929 Published daily, except Saturday and Sunday, by EO Media Group, 949 Exchange St., PO Box 210, Astoria, OR 97103 Telephone 503-325-3211, 800-781-3211 or Fax 503-325- 6573. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Daily Astorian, PO Box 210, Astoria, OR 97103-0210 HOURS OPEN: MON-FRI 8-6 * SATURDAY * SUNDAY 10-4 MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS We Service What We Sell The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all the local news printed in this newspaper. 529 SE MARLIN, WARRENTON YE TSOP C LA NTY C OU ty Center, 1225 Avenue A, Seaside. Seaside School District Board of Directors, 6 p.m., 1801 S. Franklin. Seaside Planning Commis- sion, 6 p.m., work session, City Hall, 989 Broadway. Shoreline Sanitary District Board, 7 p.m., Gearhart Hertig OBITUARY POLICY PACKAGE DEALS IN TUESDAY Port of Astoria Commission, 4 p.m., Port oﬃ ces, 10 Pier 1, Suite 209. Astoria Historic Landmarks Commission, 5:15 p.m., City Hall, 1095 Duane St. Sunset Empire Park and Recreation District, 5:15 p.m., Bob Chisholm Communi- OREGON Monday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 9-9-5-2 4 p.m.: 9-0-2-1 7 p.m.: 6-5-1-1 10 p.m.: 3-5-4-5 Monday’s Lucky Lines: 3-6- 12-14-20-23-27-29 Estimated jackpot: $14,000 APPLIANCE Mattresses, Furniture & More! PUBLIC MEETINGS LOTTERIES Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice. 3 A 0 RS ton Mortuary of Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. Feb. 28, 2019 EVERHART, William Wallace, 94, of Lake Oswego, formerly of Astoria, died in Lake Oswego. Wherity Family Funerals and Cremations of Tualatin was in charge of the arrangements. Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2019 Source: Jim Todd, OMSI Over widely available but still growing to meet demand, many breweries scrambled to contract those new variet- ies so they would not be at the mercy of a short market and an over-reliance on spot hops, she said. This was at the same time the Brewers Associa- tion projected that craft beer would have a 20% market share by 2020, which was an overestimation, she said. “So, in a sentence, we had an overcorrection hap- pening at the same time as a market slowdown — still a growing market, but growth had slowed down consider- ably,” Brophy said. The National Agricul- tural Statistics Service report shows 130 million pounds held by dealers and growers on March 1 and 35 million pounds held by brewers. That compares to 132 million and 37 million held a year earlier. A lot of breweries are taking advantage of more frequent just-on-time ship- ments to save on space, Bro- phy said. DEATHS Roseburg 45/63 Brookings 47/54 Tonight's Sky: Arcturus of Bootes is a red giant, 22 million miles in diameter. Hi 60 45 50 41 51 47 70 30 81 51 54 78 70 61 70 58 67 49 68 51 56 57 64 74 54 Prineville 28/57 Lebanon 42/65 Medford 46/63 UNDER THE SKY High 8.8 ft. 9.4 ft. Pendleton 31/61 The Dalles 36/60 Portland 47/69 Eugene 44/63 Sunset tonight ........................... 7:26 p.m. Sunrise Wednesday .................... 7:19 a.m. Moonrise today .......................... 5:58 p.m. Moonset today ............................ 7:01 a.m. 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 Cloudy with a little rain Tillamook 45/63 SUN AND MOON Time 1:45 a.m. 1:40 p.m. Clouds and sunshine 55 38 Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs. ASTORIA 43/64 Precipitation Monday ............................................ 0.00" Month to date ................................... 1.34" Normal month to date ....................... 4.47" Year to date .................................... 13.93" Normal year to date ........................ 21.86" Mar 20 SATURDAY 56 43 REGIONAL WEATHER Astoria through Monday. Temperatures High/low ....................................... 74°/41° Normal high/low ........................... 54°/39° Record high ............................ 74° in 2019 Record low ............................. 27° in 1971 Full FRIDAY 57 42 MOXEE, Wash. — U.S. hop stocks totaled 165 mil- lion pounds on March 1, down 2% from 2018 after three years of increases. “With any swing in the market, history has shown time and time again there is bound to be an overcorrec- tion. This is a sign the mar- ket is balancing back out,” said Jaki Brophy, spokes- woman for the Hop Growers of America and the Wash- ington Hop Commission, both in Moxee. Washington state pro- duced 73% of the nation’s hops in 2018, with Idaho at 15% and Oregon at 12%. Production was pushed upward for years by 20% annual growth in the craft beer industry. But the growth of craft beer has slowed to 5% a year since 2015, resulting in the growth of hop inventories. In December, Pete Mahony, vice president of supply chain and purchas- ing for John I. Haas Inc. in Yakima, said hop consump- tion appeared to be keeping pace with supply, a positive sign. The industry hopes that’s the case, preventing oversup- ply and a downturn in prices, but there are a lot of variables, Ann George, administrator of Hop Growers of America and the Washington Hop Com- mission, said in December. The supply of some aroma hop varieties is still expanding to meet craft brewery demand, while the supply of other varieties is shrinking because it has met demand, she said. In 2015, few hops were available on the spot (uncon- tracted) market because of “lower yields due to unfa- vorable weather and too many new or fast-growing breweries relying too heavily on spot hops either due to a lack of knowledge in the hop procurement process or an unexpected quick growth in their brewery,” Brophy said. Additionally, with more varieties becoming more DailyAstorian.com SUBSCRIBER TO THE NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE MEMBER CERTIFIED AUDIT OF CIRCULATIONS, INC. 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