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A5 THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TuESDAY, ApRIL 23, 2019 ‘Mud larkers’: Items at Lewis and Clark site date back about 100 years Continued from page A1 It’s a lesson the park learned the hard way. Hard lesson In the early 1940s and ’50s, professionals dug where they believed the original Fort Clatsop was located. “They were using heavy machinery to do the exca- vations,” Clatterbuck said. “They never sifted the dirt.” Decades later, more advanced technology designed to pick out abnor- malities in the ground found the scars of this trenching. It is possible the rough work by earlier archaeologists destroyed a chance to see the fort’s original foundation. “Now, in modern archae- ology, you take it very slowly, layer by layer, and as you put the dirt through these screens you can find smaller objects — like a trade bead, for example — that can be incredibly important,” Clat- terbuck said. A trade bead found next to a fragment of porcelain only made in a certain era and found in one layer of soil tells a particular story. That same bead, hastily excavated and jumbled in a pile of dirt next to a modern-day plastic bag — not so much. “Because of those les- sons where we’ve seen, ‘Oh, if what they did 50 years ago wasn’t the best and it dam- aged the site,’ we ask, ‘Are we doing anything that, 50 years from now, people will Colin Murphey/The Daily Astorian Don Kelly shows off one of his favorite finds with a metal detector: an antique cannonball. Lewis and Clark National Historical Park A marker shows the depth of a hole dug by looters at Lewis and Clark National Historical Park. look back and wish we hadn’t done?’” For this reason, the park had documented the site that was looted at Lewis and Clark in detail and probed small sections but never fully excavated it. The items at the site date back about 100 years and do not include any native Clatsop artifacts. The people who dug at the park in March not only removed artifacts, they also destroyed the story those items might have told. Clatsop County is steeped in history and the national park is not alone in dealing with would-be archaeologists. Fort Stevens State Park is home to a historic military site, as well as the skeletal remains of the Peter Iredale shipwreck. Like other shipwrecks in Oregon, the Iredale is a pro- tected archaeological site. It is also a popular destination for tourists and, like the bun- kers, outbuildings and Fort Stevens itself, it is right there in the open. The amount of the wreck visible on the beach at any given time shifts with the sands and the tides, but one rusting end of the barque is always prominent and pres- ents a tempting — but dan- gerous — jungle gym to visitors looking for a more dramatic photo op. Metal detectors can be used on most Oregon beaches, but it is illegal to dig or use a metal detector in Fort Stevens State Park and around the shipwreck. “From time to time folks do some kind of amateur investigations (in the park),” said Justin Parker, the park manager. With the Iredale, “our biggest concern with that is we don’t want peo- ple trying to take pieces of it home as souvenirs.” Buried treasure Farther south, Ben Cox, manager of the state’s Nehalem Bay Management Unit, has not had to deal with illegal digging in the three years he’s been in charge. However, the legend of bur- ied treasure at Neahkahnie Mountain caused plenty of headaches in the past. “The lore passed along to me paints a vivid picture of people poking potholes prob- ing for plunder — with zero respect for cultural and natu- ral resources,” Cox said. There is no proof the trea- sure ever existed, but native stories, rocks inscribed with strange marks and a cen- turies-old shipwreck on Nehalem Spit fueled rumors for decades. Neahkahnie got the moniker “mountain of a thousand holes” because of the intensive treasure hunting. An executive director of the Tillamook County Pio- neer Museum told Portland Monthly in 2011 that the leg- end was a ploy by Manzanita to “entice new residents to buy land in the area.” Today, Cox and rangers avoid talking about the leg- end, not wanting to trigger would-be treasure seekers. Lewis and Clark National Historical Park has worked with outside groups to profes- sionally investigate artifacts in the park. In 2015, a team from the then newly-formed Maritime Archaeological Society made detailed mea- surements and drawings of the remains of a wooden boat, partially submerged in a creek on park property. Part of the boat’s story — a 1920s gillnetter used by dairy farmers to haul prod- uct to market long before the national park arrived — is about where it rests now. For other vessels in Clatsop County, the society has cho- sen to simply document rather than push for excavation. It is expensive to excavate and restore historic vessels, but there is also the thought that, at the very least, a boat is documented and listed with the state. Maybe in the future, someone else will come along with the resources to go through the long, difficult process of a full excavation. But Chris Dewey, the president of the Maritime Archaeological Society, said you can’t avoid disturbing a site in the end. “That’s always an issue with archaeology,” he said. “We investigate something and we tend to destroy it if we go too far.” Roadkill: Skunks, raccoons, possums are off limits. Only deer, elk can be salvaged Continued from page A1 Oregonians who have harvested roadkill say the online process for obtaining a permit works smoothly. Benjamin Fowler, a 28-year-old roof clean- ing technician from Keizer, got a permit after a deer ran in front of his pickup truck in March on a rural road south of Salem. By then, he said he had heard people talking about the new law and checked with wildlife officials to make sure it was legal. A bow hunter, Fowler was able to dress and pre- pare the deer himself. It pro- vided steaks and hamburger for him and his family, which includes his parents and son, he said. “It did help save on the grocery bill quite a bit, not having to pay for meat,” he said. Cody Berrell, of Silverton, salvaged a deer after he saw a vehicle hit it several miles outside of town. After call- ing state officials, he found out about the salvage per- mit, which he called a “pretty straightforward process.” The whole animal, with the exception of one thigh, was salvaged and provided about 65 to 70 pounds of meat. An avid hunter, Berrell, 24, said salvaging an animal is a good option if it’s fresh. “It just depends on how long it’s been sitting out,” he said. “If it’s been sitting out for a couple days, it’s not something you want to take.” Skunks are off limits Oregon’s roadkill rules are relatively simple. For starters, skunks, raccoons and possums are off lim- its. Only deer and elk can be salvaged. After a motorist strikes a deer or elk, or finds one hit by another vehicle, they can salvage the animal. But within 24 hours, they have to submit an online appli- cation for a permit from the Department of Fish and Wildlife. When salvaging the ani- mal, they need to remove the entire carcass from the road. It continues to be illegal to intentionally hit a deer or elk. The head and antlers of salvaged animals must be turned into a Department of Fish and Wildlife location within five business days. The agency tests tissue from the head for chronic wasting disease as part of its surveil- lance efforts. It’s illegal to sell roadkill, but transferring it to another person is allowed if a written record is kept. Dennehy said the pro- gram overall is working well, though there have been a couple of issues. Sometimes, people have tried to turn in a head with the antlers cut off — often because they found the ani- mal that way, she said. In those cases, a person cannot keep the animal because it’s not legal to salvage it. People also have tried to salvage white-tailed deer, Dennehy said. White-tailed deer can only be salvaged from Douglas County and east of the crest of the Cas- cade Mountains because the species is protected in much of western Oregon. In some cases, attempts have been made to salvage pronghorn antelope and T UESDAY E VENING (2) (-) (-) (6) (-) (8) (9) (10) (12) (13) (-) (20) (-) (29) (30) (31) (32) (34) (35) (36) (38) (39) (43) (44) (45) (46) (47) (48) (49) (50) (51) (52) (53) (54) (56) (57) (58) (61) (63) (64) (65) (162) L KATU KOMO KING KOIN KIRO KGW KRCW KOPB KPTV KPDX KCPQ TBS KZJO ESPN ESPN2 NICK DISN FAM FMC LIFE ROOT FS1 SPIKE COM HIST A&E TLC DISC NGEO TNT AMC USA FOOD HGTV FX CNN FNC CNBC BRAV TCM SYFY RFD (2) (4) (5) (-) (7) (-) (3) (10) (12) (-) (13) (20) (22) (29) (30) (31) (32) (34) (35) (36) (38) (39) (43) (44) (45) (46) (47) (48) (49) (50) (51) (52) (53) (54) (56) (57) (58) (61) (63) (64) (65) (162) 6 PM A porcupine Idahoans salvaged 1,737 animals in 2018, according to Idaho Department of Fish and Game data. Most were for deer and elk, but permits were issued for 29 species in all, the most diverse of any state in the Northwest. Ida- ho’s roadkill haul included 12 bobcats, three red fox and a porcupine. In Utah, roadkill from wildlife, including deer and elk, can be handed over to the person who hits the ani- mal or finds it. They need to get a donation slip from the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, said Faith Jolley, a public information officer with the agency. Antlers and horns of animals cannot be kept. Much of the time, Jolley said, “roadkill turns out to not be consumable due to the damage to the carcass that renders the meat unusable.” The Nevada Department of Wildlife doesn’t allow people to pick up or sal- vage big game roadkill, said Ashley Sanchez, a spokes- woman for agency. Oregonians have state Sen. Bill Hansell, R-Ath- ena, to thank for the state’s roadkill law, which passed in 2017. The senator got the idea while driving toward Pendleton along a rural high- SCHEDULE THE DAILY ASTORIAN A other species not included under the law. Oregon’s law is modeled after Washington state’s sal- vage permit system, which began in 2016 for elk and deer. It’s caught on quickly and has grown. The state has issued 5,470 permits for deer and elk roadkill from mid-2016 through 2018, Washing- ton state data show. In 2018 alone, 2,329 permits were issued, a 16 percent increase over 2017. Idaho’s roadkill and sal- vage law, put in place in 2012, is more permissive. Motorists can get permits for most animals, with the exception of protected non- game, threatened and endan- gered species and migratory birds. That leaves plenty of options for Idahoan motor- ists. Skunks, beavers and coyotes are on the list of allowed animals. way about three years go. It’s a stretch of road where game and roadkill is frequent, as it was during his drive. The thought occurred to me: ‘Is there any positive usage?’” the senator said. His staff researched and discovered roadkill laws are common throughout the U.S., regardless of geogra- phy or politics. “It stretched the political gamut,” he said. “You had liberal Vermont to conserva- tive Wyoming.” He introduced Senate Bill 372 in 2017, which passed unanimously with bipartisan support. Oregon’s smooth roll out of its roadkill law hasn’t gone unnoticed. The senator heard from California legis- lators, who are also weigh- ing a roadkill bill. He testified in front of a California Senate com- mittee last week about how Oregon’s roadkill law has worked. “I was honored to be asked to come down,” he said. “We might be able to be a model to other states that don’t currently have it.” Evening listings TUESDAY A PRIL 23 A - Charter Astoria/ Seaside - L - Charter Long Beach 6:30 7 PM 7:30 8 PM 8:30 9 PM 9:30 10 PM 10:30 11 PM 11:30 fews (N) fews (N) Jeopardy! 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