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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.”
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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
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Astoria through Monday.
Temperatures
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Normal high/low ........................... 55°/40°
Record high ............................ 69° in 1934
Record low ............................. 27° in 1996
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Salem
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Newport
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Sunset tonight ........................... 7:36 p.m.
Sunrise Wednesday .................... 7:06 a.m.
Moonrise today ........................... 1:23 a.m.
Moonset today .......................... 10:45 a.m.
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TOMORROW'S TIDES
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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
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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
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Astorians will have a
chance to ask questions
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REGIONAL CITIES
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Salt Lake City
San Francisco
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Astoria mayor holds ‘meet and greet’ event
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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
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Klamath Falls
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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.
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NEHALEM — A woman
was crushed by a large drift-
wood log after a sneaker
wave hit the beach at
Nehalem Bay.
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Tonight's Sky: The waning gibbous moon and
Jupiter are two degrees of each other.
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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.
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