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Newspaper Page TextA2 THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 2019 New wolfpack discovered Oregon might join the in western Oregon popular-vote movement State conﬁ rms Indigo activity By DIRK VANDERHART Oregon Public Broadcasting By GEORGE PLAVEN Capital Press A new group of wolves is living in w estern Oregon, according to state wildlife ofﬁ cials, occupying terri- tory in the Cascade moun- tains that includes parts of Lane and Douglas counties. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife con- ﬁ rmed the discovery last week after years of reports from the public. Not much is known so far about the group, though remote trail cameras did capture images of three wolves in February in the Umpqua National Forest. Biologists also found tracks left by several wolves in late 2018. The combination of evi- dence was enough for the Department of Fish and Wildlife to designate a new “Area of Known Wolf Activity,” where ranchers are recommended to take preventive measures to protect their livestock. Such measures include cleaning up carcasses and bone piles to avoid attract- ing wolves, and using tools such as ﬂ ashing lights, alarm boxes and ﬂ adry to scare off the predators. Wolves are still feder- ally endangered in Ore- For advocates pushing Oregon to join a list of states honoring the national popu- lar vote in presidential elec- tions, it appears the eighth time will be the charm. A dozen years after a pro- posal to join the National Popular Vote Compact ﬁ rst died in the Legislature, the concept appears poised to pass this year. The reason: The pow- erful ﬁ gure who cut down past efforts has changed his approach. State Senate Pres- ident Peter Courtney’s ofﬁ ce says he’ll allow a vote on the concept on the ﬂ oor of the Senate. “There are the votes, so the bill’s going to the ﬂ oor,” Courtney said , according to a spokeswoman. That’s a shift for the 75-year-old lawmaker that all but assures a popular-vote bill will pass in 2019. In 2009, 2013, 2015 and 2017 a bill that would have added Oregon to the popu- lar-vote compact passed the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service The state has conﬁ rmed a new area of wolf activity in western Oregon, occupying territory in the Willamette and Umpqua watersheds in Lane and Douglas counties. gon west of highways 395, 78 and 95, though the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently issued a proposal to delist the species in the Lower 48 states. If delisted, the Oregon Wolf Conservation and Management Plan would apply statewide, which allows for killing wolves that repeatedly prey on livestock, but under strict conditions. The newly named Indigo group of wolves is the third to be conﬁ rmed in the Cas- cades, joining the Rogue pack near Crater Lake and White River group south of Mount Hood. At last count, Oregon’s wolf population was at least 124 at the end of 2017. An updated count should be released in April, said Department of Fish and Wildlife spokeswoman Michelle Dennehy. Additional surveys are needed to ﬁ nd out more about the Indigo wolves, such as sex, breeding status and speciﬁ c territory. In the meantime, envi- ronmental groups are cheer- ing the species’ continuing recovery in the area. “Today’s exciting news further demonstrates that with enough time and human tolerance, gray wolves will continue to re-establish themselves across historic habitats in the region,” said Josh Laughlin, executive director of the Eugene-based Casca- dia Wildlands. “It is critical that strong state and federal protections remain in place during this tenuous recov- ery process.” WEDNESDAY THURSDAY 60 39 38 Mostly cloudy, a shower in the afternoon Partly cloudy FRIDAY 59 39 The Daily Astorian SATURDAY 58 37 Cloudy with a shower in the afternoon 62 40 Clouds breaking for some sun Sun and clouds ity of us now believe that” the bill should pass, Dem- brow said Monday. House Speaker Tina Kotek has supported the con- cept in the past and continues to do so, her ofﬁ ce said. The popular-vote concept would sidestep the E lectoral C ollege system, in which a state’s electoral votes are given to whichever candi- date wins the contest in that state. Proponents of a change say that system leads cam- paigns to focus on a small number of battleground states. They also point out that the system can lead to the election of presidents who do not win the popular vote, such as President Don- ald Trump’s victory in 2016. Under the National Pop- ular Vote Compact, states jointly agree to apportion their electoral votes to the candidate for president who wins the most votes nation- ally. The compact takes effect once enough states sign on to reach at least the combined 270 electoral votes required to win the presidency. Clatsop Cultural Coalition seeks public input FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA TONIGHT House, only to be held up by Courtney once it reached the Senate. It died without pass- ing out of either chamber in 2007 and 2011. Courtney has long said only voters should be able to decide whether Oregon becomes a popular-vote state. A proposal in 2018 to put the question on the bal- lot had Courtney’s support, but wound up dying amid opposition from the Califor- nia-based group that is a cen- tral champion of the concept. The group, National Pop- ular Vote, argued it’s more appropriate under the U.S. Constitution for lawmakers to decide how a state’s elec- toral votes are apportioned. This year, three bills have been introduced to enact the popular vote concept in Ore- gon. Senate Bill 870 has the most sponsors, including 13 senators. It needs 16 votes to pass out of the Senate. Sen. Michael Dembrow, D-Port- land, one of the bill’s chief sponsors, said he expects this is the year Oregon passes the bill. “I can safely say a major- The Clatsop County Cul- tural Coalition administers annual grant funds from the Oregon Cultural Trust to nonproﬁ t organizations . Projects eligible for fund- ing are those that support, maintain, preserve and pro- mote cultural programs in visual and performing arts, heritage and humanities. The c oalition’s goals and funding priorities must be submitted for review by the community every four years. Current goals and funding priorities can be viewed at clatsopculturalcoalition.org County residents are invited to submit input by email to information@clat- sopculturalcoalition.org or by attending a public forum at 7 p.m. Thursday at Room 219, Columbia Hall, at Clat- sop Community College, 1651 Lexington Ave. For information, call Charlene Larsen at 503- 791-6207 or Tita Montero at 503-440-4454. Woman crushed by log after wave hits beach ALMANAC Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs. ASTORIA 38/60 Astoria through Monday. Temperatures High/low ....................................... 51°/43° Normal high/low ........................... 55°/40° Record high ............................ 69° in 1934 Record low ............................. 27° in 1996 Tillamook 42/58 Salem 39/57 Newport 40/54 Sunset tonight ........................... 7:36 p.m. Sunrise Wednesday .................... 7:06 a.m. Moonrise today ........................... 1:23 a.m. Moonset today .......................... 10:45 a.m. Mar 27 First Apr 5 Coos Bay 41/56 Full Apr 12 TOMORROW'S TIDES Astoria / Port Docks Time 12:25 a.m. 1:38 p.m. Low 2.9 ft. 0.9 ft. and discuss their concerns with Mayor Bruce Jones on Wednesday. Jones will hold a “Meet the Mayor” event at the Astoria Library’s Flag Room from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Today Lo 42 28 30 41 42 25 58 31 67 29 45 58 53 37 63 33 52 31 45 32 35 47 54 43 34 City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newberg Newport North Bend Hi 52 51 56 62 55 50 61 60 56 57 Today Lo 34 31 45 38 43 35 41 41 40 42 W c pc pc pc c pc pc pc pc pc Hi 52 47 55 57 58 51 61 58 54 57 Wed. Lo 32 32 46 38 43 30 39 39 42 44 W sh r r sh pc r r sh sh c City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Springfi eld Vancouver Yakima Hi 60 56 62 64 62 57 54 62 60 60 Today Lo 31 37 41 41 39 42 31 38 39 32 W pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc Hi 61 52 59 61 57 60 56 57 58 56 Wed. Lo 35 40 40 41 40 42 39 39 39 40 W pc c sh r sh sh pc sh sh c HIV prevention event scheduled for Wednesday The Daily Astorian The Clatsop County Public Health Department, Lower Columbia Q Center and HIV Alliance are host- ing “PrEPeroni,” an event aimed at educating the pub- lic on p re-e xposure p rophy- laxis, a daily pill that can prevent HIV. The event is from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday at Clatsop Community Col- lege in Room 219. Anyone with questions can call the Public Health Department at 503-325-8500. TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER NATIONAL CITIES Hi 60 42 44 68 56 43 79 48 82 48 60 82 73 58 84 59 71 47 65 49 54 67 64 60 53 Astorians will have a chance to ask questions Lakeview 34/45 REGIONAL CITIES Source: Jim Todd, OMSI 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 Astoria mayor holds ‘meet and greet’ event The Daily Astorian Ashland 42/56 Nehalem Bay Fire & Rescue said the injury was a reminder that beachgoers need to not turn their backs on the ocean. Sneaker waves are large waves that can appear suddenly. Baker 34/52 Burns 37/53 Klamath Falls 35/51 KGW reported that the woman was sitting on the log Saturday when a sneaker wave hit, ﬂ ipping the log on top of her. She suffered seri- ous injuries and was ﬂ own to a Portland hospital. Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2019 UNDER THE SKY High 8.2 ft. 6.6 ft. La Grande 36/50 Ontario 40/60 Bend 31/47 Medford 41/61 Apr 19 John Day 37/53 NEHALEM — A woman was crushed by a large drift- wood log after a sneaker wave hit the beach at Nehalem Bay. Roseburg 41/61 Brookings 44/55 Tonight's Sky: The waning gibbous moon and Jupiter are two degrees of each other. Time 6:24 a.m. 8:13 p.m. Prineville 33/51 Lebanon 39/56 Eugene 38/57 SUN AND MOON New Pendleton 37/52 The Dalles 37/52 Portland 41/59 Precipitation Monday ............................................ 0.48" Month to date ................................... 1.94" Normal month to date ....................... 6.13" Year to date .................................... 14.53" Normal year to date ........................ 23.52" Last Associated Press REGIONAL WEATHER W sh s s pc pc s c pc pc s s pc pc s s s s s s s s pc c pc s Hi 64 43 55 73 68 51 84 42 82 56 69 79 69 66 80 68 71 48 71 52 64 70 63 63 55 Wed. Lo 42 34 47 40 47 38 57 26 68 42 55 56 54 48 64 46 52 35 55 32 51 45 50 47 38 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. DEATH W s s pc pc pc s pc pc pc s pc pc c s s s s s pc s s pc r pc s March 15, 2019 CONNELLY, David, 66, of Hammond, died in Hammond. Hughes-Ransom Mortuary is in charge of the arrangements. PUBLIC MEETINGS TUESDAY Clatsop County Human Services Advisory Council, 4 to 5:30 p.m., Room 430, 800 Exchange St.. Astoria Library Board, 5:30 p.m., Flag Room, 450 10th St. Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice. Seaside Airport Advisory Committee, 6 p.m., City Hall, 989 Broadway. Warrenton City Commission, 6 p.m., City Hall, 225 S. Main Ave. Astoria Planning Commission, 6:30 p.m., City Hall, 1095 Duane St. WEDNESDAY Astoria Parks Advisory Board, 6:45 a.m., City Hall, 1095 Duane St. Clatsop County Board of Commissioners, 6 p.m., Judge Guy Boyington Building, 857 Commercial St., Astoria. Monday’s Megabucks: 2-7- 10-12-22-47 Estimated jackpot: $9.9 million Estimated jackpot: $190,000 Monday’s Keno: 03-05-06-08- 16-21-23-24-27-36-37-44-54- 55-60-64-67-68-72-79 Monday’s Lotto: 02-12-33- 34-39-48 Estimated jackpot: $6 million Monday’s Match 4: 07-10- 11-16 LOTTERIES APPLIANCE PACKAGE DEALS APPLIANCE AND HOME FURNISHINGS 3 A 0 RS IN YE TSOP C LA NTY C OU Mattresses, Furniture & More! WASHINGTON Monday’s Daily Game: 4-0-4 Monday’s Hit 5: 06-08-14- 21-29 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. 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