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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 2019
Interior boss aims to protect US public land access
tion credentials ahead of a
Senate confi rmation hearing
next week, in which Demo-
crats are likely to highlight
his past work as an energy
industry lobbyist.
Bernhardt has been nom-
inated to replace former
Secretary Ryan Zinke, who
resigned in January.
Several hunting and con-
servation groups voiced sup-
port for the action, includ-
ing the Rocky Mountain Elk
Foundation and the Associa-
tion of State Fish and Wild-
life Agencies. But others
said it appeared politically
calculated to curry favor
among lawmakers ahead of
the hearing.
The critics pointed to
drastic cuts in President
Donald Trump’s proposed
budget to the Land and
Water Conservation Fund,
which supports conservation
and outdoor recreation proj-
ects nationwide.
Bernhardt said in a state-
ment that the administration
“has and will continue to pri-
oritize access so that people
can hunt, fi sh, camp and rec-
reate on our public lands.”
Hunting and fi shing
Critics question
the timing
By MATTHEW BROWN
Associated Press
BILLINGS, Mont. —
Acting U.S. Interior Sec-
retary David Bernhardt
ordered federal land man-
agers on Thursday to give
greater priority to access for
hunting, fi shing and other
kinds of recreation when the
government considers sell-
ing or trading public land.
The secretarial order
comes amid longstanding
complaints that millions
of acres of state and fed-
eral land in the West can be
reached only by traveling
across private property or
small slivers of public land.
Bernhardt’s order requires
the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment to come up with alter-
natives to access routes that
could be lost during land
sales or exchanges. It also
helps prevent land from
being selected in the fi rst
place for potential sale.
The move could help
boost Bernhardt’s conserva-
Steve Allison/Miles City Star
Deer in the grasslands near Miles City, Mont.
advocates had pressed the
administration to close what
they considered a loophole
in federal land policies that
allows some sites to be sold.
The Bureau of Land
Management
oversees
almost 400,000 square miles
of federal land. A 1976 law
requires agency offi cials to
identify lands for potential
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CLOVERDALE — A
man and woman from the
Salem area were arrested
after police say they robbed
a bank at gunpoint in Tilla-
mook County and later got
into a shootout with police.
Astoria
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cle hit a police vehicle and
that the woman and man
were arrested after exchang-
ing gunfi re with police. The
woman and man were taken
to a hospital for evaluation
from the crash.
Police say no one was
injured in the shooting.
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the robbery was reported at
a U.S. Bank in Cloverdale
around 11:30 a.m. Thursday.
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arrived.
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odore Roosevelt Conserva-
tion Partnership.
The area sits beneath the
towering peaks of the Big-
horn Mountains. One of the
parcels identifi ed for poten-
tial sale has a hiking trail
passing directly through it,
Webster said.
Another area identi-
fi ed for potential sale — an
Arrests made after a bank robbery
and shootout in Cloverdale
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sale or exchange, but not to
look at potential effects on
recreational access.
As a result, the bureau
has identifi ed for potential
sale sites such as 11 parcels
of land totaling 4.3 square
miles adjacent to the Big-
horn National Forest west
of Buffalo, Wyoming, said
Joel Webster with the The-
8-square mile tract of mostly
grasslands near Miles City,
Montana — is popular for
deer, antelope and bird
hunting and can be accessed
from a nearby highway.
“It is one of the best
mule deer hunting areas in
the nation,” Webster said.
“The BLM just has not been
thinking about recreational
access when they’ve been
looking to sell lands. We
think this order means much
fewer acres with access are
going to be available for
sale.”
National Parks Conser-
vation Association Vice
President Kristen Brengel
said the order’s timing —
exactly one week before
Bernhardt appears in front
of the Senate Energy and
Natural Resources Commit-
tee — casts doubt over the
administration’s purpose.
“They’re paying lip ser-
vice to an issue a lot of
people care about,” Bren-
gel said. “When the presi-
dent’s budget doesn’t fund
the most prominent pro-
gram that would guaran-
tee this access, this is com-
pletely empty.”
Mary Jean (Henry) Zillman, of Astoria, ginia Younger Chaney and William Don-
died Thursday, March 14, 2019,
ald George; great-grandsons,
in Astoria. She was born June 16,
Joseph Peck and Andrew Peck;
1929, to Carl August Henry and
great-great-granddaughter,
Bri-
Minnie Cornelia Larson Henry in
ella; niece, Kit Haldman Gosha;
and another niece.
Bonanza, Oregon.
She was preceded in death by
She graduated from Ashland
her husband, William Fredrick
H igh S chool in Oregon.
Zillman, and a grandchild, Alisha
On May 5, 1956, she married
George.
William Fredrick Zillman.
In lieu of fl owers, memorial
She is survived by a son, Tim-
contributions may be made to
othy William Zillman; a daughter,
Mary Zillman
the Astoria Senior Center, 1111
Kathleen Jean Zillman; grandchil-
Exchange St., Astoria, OR., 97103.
dren, Lisa Marie Beardsley, Vir-
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DEATH
March 21, 2019
MEDAL, Lorraine “Lorrie” R., 72, of Astoria, died in Astoria. Ocean View Funeral &
Cremation Service of Astoria is in charge of the arrangements.
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